Sam Bourne Books in Order
Sam Bourne has written 9 books, published between 2006 and 2020. The first book is The Righteous Men (As: Sam Bourne) (2006) and the newest is To Kill a Man (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2006–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,557 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 43–64 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,557 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Sam Bourne is the pseudonym British journalist Jonathan Freedland, born 25 February 1967, uses for most of Freedland's thrillers. Freedland writes a weekly Guardian column and presents The Long View, a contemporary history series on BBC Radio 4. The Sam Bourne catalogue holds 9 books, from The Righteous Men (2006) and The Last Testament (2007) to To Kill a Man (2020). The Chosen One (2010), Pantheon (2012), American Winter (2014) and To Kill the Truth (2019) are among them, and Maggie Costello is the named series. Prophecies, the Bible and journalists recur in the subjects.
How many Sam Bourne books are there?
Sam Bourne has 9 books, released between 2006 and 2020. 5 of them belong to the Maggie Costello series.
Sam Bourne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Sam Bourne 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 Righteous Men (As: Sam Bourne)2006 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/420064072/4
- 220074322/4
- 3The Final Reckoning (As:Sam Bourne)2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 420104382/4
- 5Pantheon (As:Sam Bourne)2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 6American Winter2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 7To Kill The President / The Plot Against the PresidentMaggie Costello #32017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420174162/4
- 820194642/4
- 920204002/4
Sam Bourne 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.
Maggie Costello in order
5 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Sam Bourne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Sam Bourne Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Sam Bourne books run from The Righteous Men (As: Sam Bourne) (2006) to To Kill a Man (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sam Bourne in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Sam Bourne books in order?
You only need to read Sam Bourne books in order within the Maggie Costello series, which holds 5 of the 9 Sam Bourne books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Sam Bourne
Start with The Righteous Men (As: Sam Bourne) (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sam Bourne book?
To Kill a Man (2020) is the newest Sam Bourne book released so far.
Is there a new Sam Bourne book coming?
No next Sam Bourne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sam Bourne at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Sam Bourne title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Sam Bourne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,557 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 424 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sam Bourne books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sam Bourne books are about
8 of the 9 Sam Bourne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 4 of 8 books
- Thrillers 3 of 8 books
- Investigation 2 of 8 books
- Murder 2 of 8 books