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Matthew Dunn Books in Order

Matthew Dunn has written 15 books, published between 2011 and 2022. The first book is Spycatcher / Spartan (2011) and the newest is The Private Spy (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2011–2022
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
2,957 in 9 of 15 books
Reading time
49–74 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,957 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Matthew Dunn, born in 1968, is a British spy novelist and a former MI6 intelligence officer. Will Cochrane is Dunn's principal character, introduced in the Spycatcher series that opens the catalogue in 2011, and a second series follows Ben Sign. Dunn's 15 books were published between 2011 and 2022, closing with The Private Spy. Intelligence services, terrorism and operations across Britain, the United States and Russia are the recurring subjects.

How many Matthew Dunn books are there?

Matthew Dunn has 15 books, released between 2011 and 2022. They include 2 separate series.

Matthew Dunn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Matthew Dunn 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.

  1. Cover of Sentinel by Matthew Dunn, book 2 of the Spycatcher series (2012)
  2. Cover of Slingshot by Matthew Dunn, book 3 of the Spycatcher series (2013)
  3. Cover of Counterspy by Matthew Dunn, book 4 of the Spycatcher series (2014)
  4. Cover of Dark Spies by Matthew Dunn, book 5 of the Spycatcher series (2014)
  5. Cover of The Spy House by Matthew Dunn, book 7 of the Spycatcher series (2015)
  6. Cover of A Soldier's Revenge by Matthew Dunn, book 8 of the Spycatcher series (2016)
  1. 1
    Spycatcher / SpartanSpycatcher #12011 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011544
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  2. 2
    SentinelSpycatcher #22012 · 313 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012313
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  3. 3
    SlingshotSpycatcher #32013 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013407
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  4. 4
    CounterspySpycatcher #42014 · 147 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014147
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  5. 5
    Dark SpiesSpycatcher #52014 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014384
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  6. 6
    Spy TradeSpycatcher #62015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    The Spy HouseSpycatcher #72015 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015339
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  8. 8
    A Soldier's RevengeSpycatcher #82016 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016307
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  9. 9
    Act of BetrayalSpycatcher #92017 · 299 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017299
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  10. 10
    The Spy WhispererBen Sign #12018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  11. 11
    The Fifth ManBen Sign #22018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    The Russian DollBen Sign #32018 · 217 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018217
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  13. 13
    The Kill HouseBen Sign #42019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  14. 14
    The Spy ThiefBen Sign #52021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  15. 15
    The Private SpyBen Sign #62022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Matthew Dunn characters in order

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

Matthew Dunn 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.

Spycatcher in order

9 books
  1. 1. Spycatcher / Spartan
  2. 2. Sentinel
  3. 3. Slingshot
  4. 4. Counterspy
  5. 5. Dark Spies
  6. 6. Spy Trade
  7. 7. The Spy House
  8. 8. A Soldier's Revenge
  9. 9. Act of Betrayal

Ben Sign in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Spy Whisperer
  2. 2. The Fifth Man
  3. 3. The Russian Doll
  4. 4. The Kill House
  5. 5. The Spy Thief
  6. 6. The Private Spy

Do you have to read Matthew Dunn books in order?

You only need to read Matthew Dunn books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Matthew Dunn

Start with Spycatcher / Spartan (2011), the first Will Cochrane book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Matthew Dunn book?

The Private Spy (2022) is the newest Matthew Dunn book released so far.

Is there a new Matthew Dunn book coming?

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

Matthew Dunn at a glance

Paused
No new Matthew Dunn title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Matthew Dunn books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,957 pages across the 9 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 313 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Matthew Dunn books, 13 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Matthew Dunn books are about

9 of the 15 Matthew Dunn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: intelligence officers is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.