Martin Cruz Smith Books in Order

How many Martin Cruz Smith books are there?

Martin Cruz Smith has 30 books, released between 1970 and 2025. They include 3 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

Martin Cruz Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Martin Cruz Smith books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

Martin Cruz Smith series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

• Arkady Renko books in order 11 books

Martin Cruz Smith books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Martin Cruz Smith Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Martin Cruz Smith books run from The Indians Won (1970) to Hotel Ukraine (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Martin Cruz Smith in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Martin Cruz Smith books in order?

You only need to read Martin Cruz Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Martin Cruz Smith

Start with Gorky Park (1981), the first Arkady Renko book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Indians Won (1970).

What is the newest Martin Cruz Smith book?

Hotel Ukraine (2025) is the newest Martin Cruz Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Martin Cruz Smith book coming?

No next Martin Cruz Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Martin Cruz Smith has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Martin Cruz Smith. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• The Grand Master2019Won
• Hammett Prize1996Won

Martin Cruz Smith at a glance

Died

Martin Cruz Smith died in 2025, according to Wikidata.

Last book

The newest book credited to Martin Cruz Smith on record dates from 2025.

Release pace

Martin Cruz Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.

Length

4,142 pages across the 12 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Martin Cruz Smith books, 14 of 30, were published in the 1970s.

What the Martin Cruz Smith books are about

19 of the 30 Martin Cruz Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: arkady renko (fictitious character) is tagged on 6 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Arkady Renko (Fictitious character) 6 of 19 books
• Police 6 of 19 books
• Mystery & detective 5 of 19 books
• Thrillers 5 of 19 books
• Moscow (russia) 4 of 19 books
• Renko, arkady (fictitious character) 4 of 19 books
• Fiction in English 3 of 19 books
• History 3 of 19 books
• Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 19 books
• Adventure stories 2 of 19 books
• Americans 2 of 19 books