Mike Bond Books in Order
Mike Bond has written 17 books, published between 1992 and 2024. The first book is The Ivory Hunters (1992) and the newest is Crude (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1992–2024
- Pages on record
- 4,383 in 12 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 73–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,383 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Mike Bond is an American novelist, poet, ecologist and journalist who has covered war and human rights. He has worked as an environmental activist, an international energy expert and an advisor to U.S. and foreign governments, living and working in 30 countries on six continents. The BBC called Bond the master of the existential thriller. The catalogue counts 17 books from The Ivory Hunters (1992) to Crude (2024), including the Pono Hawkins and America series. Poachers, elephants, endangered species, political corruption and the wind power industry are among the subjects.
How many Mike Bond books are there?
Mike Bond has 17 books, released between 1992 and 2024. They include 2 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.
Mike Bond Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Mike Bond 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.
- 1The Ivory Hunters1992 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419923521/4
- 2Night of the Dead1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419933201/4
- 3House of Jaguar1993 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/419933871/4
- 4Crossfire1994 · 500 pages · confirmed 1/419945001/4
- 520123021/4
- 6The Last Savanna2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 7Holy War2014 · 434 pages · confirmed 1/420144341/4
- 8Tibetan Cross2014 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/420144101/4
- 920153861/4
- 10Assassins2016 · 538 pages · confirmed 1/420165381/4
- 11Snow2017 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/420172681/4
- 12The Drum That Beats Within Us2018 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420181281/4
- 132019–1/4
- 1420213581/4
- 152021–1/4
- 162022–1/4
- 17Crude2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Mike Bond 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.
Pono Hawkins in order
3 booksAmerica in order
3 books- 1. America
- 2. Freedom
- 3. Revolution
Standalone books
11 books11 Mike Bond titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mike Bond books in order?
You only need to read Mike Bond 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 Mike Bond
Start with The Ivory Hunters (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mike Bond book?
Crude (2024) is the newest Mike Bond book released so far.
Is there a new Mike Bond book coming?
No next Mike Bond book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mike Bond at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mike Bond published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Mike Bond books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,383 pages across the 12 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 372 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mike Bond books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mike Bond books are about
8 of the 17 Mike Bond books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 7 of 8 books
- Action & adventure 5 of 8 books