Nicholas Irving Books in Order
Nicholas Irving has written 10 books, published between 2011 and 2022. The first book is Basic & Intermediate Combat Survival: Combat Effective...Combat Proven (2011) and the newest is The Good, Bad and The Ugly (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2011–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,274 in 6 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 21–32 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,274 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Nicholas Irving writes military non-fiction drawn from his service as a sniper with the 3rd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan. The Reaper (2015) is Irving's autobiography, and Way of the Reaper (2016) and Team Reaper set out his missions and his sniper team. Irving also published marksmanship manuals, including two volumes of the Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E. Ten catalogued books span 2011 to 2022, with nothing new since.
How many Nicholas Irving books are there?
Nicholas Irving has 10 books, released between 2011 and 2022.
Nicholas Irving Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Nicholas Irving 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.
- 1Basic & Intermediate Combat Survival: Combat Effective...Combat Proven2011 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420111441/4
- 2Team Reaper: 3rd Ranger Battalion's Deadliest Sniper Team2012 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/420121961/4
- 3Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E2012 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/420121481/4
- 4Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E Volume 22013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 5The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers2015 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420153121/4
- 6Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper2016 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/420162821/4
- 7Never Fear Anything: My Untold Story As A Sniper In Our Nations Longest War2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 8Earned: My Journey to becoming a Hunter of Man2020 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420201921/4
- 9Walker Drive: A Paranormal Diary2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 10The Good, Bad and The Ugly2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Nicholas Irving 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Nicholas Irving titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nicholas Irving books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Nicholas Irving books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Nicholas Irving
Start with Basic & Intermediate Combat Survival: Combat Effective...Combat Proven (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nicholas Irving book?
The Good, Bad and The Ugly (2022) is the newest Nicholas Irving book released so far.
Is there a new Nicholas Irving book coming?
No next Nicholas Irving book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nicholas Irving at a glance
- Paused
- No new Nicholas Irving title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Nicholas Irving books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,274 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 194 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nicholas Irving books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nicholas Irving books are about
5 of the 10 Nicholas Irving books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: afghan war, 2001- is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Afghan War, 2001- 3 of 5 books
- American Personal narratives 3 of 5 books
- Biography 3 of 5 books
- Snipers 2 of 5 books
- African american soldiers 1 of 5 books
- Campaigns 1 of 5 books
- Horror 1 of 5 books
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 1 of 5 books
- Officers 1 of 5 books
- Short stories 1 of 5 books
- Special operations (military science) 1 of 5 books
- Survival 1 of 5 books



