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Tom Clancy and various other authors Books in Order

Tom Clancy and various other authors has written 23 books, published between 1984 and 2024. The first book is The Hunt for Red October (1984) and the newest is Act of Defiance (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1984–2024
Pages on record
12,899 in 19 of 23 books
Reading time
215–322 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,899 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

See all 23 books in order Printable Tom Clancy and various other authors checklist

This listing covers Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan thrillers together with later books by other authors, 23 titles from 1984 to 2024. The Hunt for Red October (1984) opens the list, followed by Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears. Intelligence officers, terrorism and fathers and sons are recurring subjects. Red Rabbit, The Teeth of the Tiger, Dead or Alive and Threat Vector come later, and Act of Defiance (2024) is the newest entry.

Jack Ryan, an ex-Marine CIA agent who later becomes President, is the central figure of the original series by Tom Clancy. After Clancy's death, Mark Greaney, Grant Blackwood, Mike Maden and Marc Cameron continued the books, which also include a John Clark origin novel and John Clark Jr. adventures. The series has been adapted for television, film and video games.

How many Tom Clancy and various other authors books are there?

Tom Clancy and various other authors has 23 books, released between 1984 and 2024.

Tom Clancy and various other authors Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Tom Clancy and various other authors 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 The Hunt for Red October (1984)
  2. Cover of Clear and Present Danger (1989)
  3. Cover of The Sum of All Fears (1991)
  4. Cover of The Bear and the Dragon (2000)
  5. Cover of Red Rabbit (2002)
  6. Cover of The Teeth of the Tiger (2003)
  7. Cover of Threat Vector (2012)
  8. Cover of Command Authority (2013)
  9. Cover of Support & Defend (2014)
  10. Cover of Full Force and Effect (2014)
  11. Cover of Duty and Honor (2017)
  12. Cover of Power and Empire (2017)
  13. Cover of Zero Hour (2022)
  1. 1
    The Hunt for Red October1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  2. 2
    Patriot Games1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  3. 3
    Clear and Present Danger1989 · 976 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989976
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  4. 4
    The Sum of All Fears1991 · 1216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19911216
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  5. 5
    The Bear and the Dragon2000 · 1152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    20001152
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  6. 6
    Red Rabbit2002 · 636 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002636
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  7. 7
    The Teeth of the Tiger2003 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003480
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  8. 8
    Dead or Alive2010 · 704 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010704
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  9. 9
    Locked On2011 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011592
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  10. 10
    Threat Vector2012 · 598 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012598
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  11. 11
    Command Authority2013 · 596 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013596
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  12. 12
    Support & Defend2014 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014424
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  13. 13
    Full Force and Effect2014 · 674 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014674
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  14. 14
    Commander in Chief2015 · 800 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015800
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  15. 15
    True Faith and Allegiance2016 · 736 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016736
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  16. 16
    Duty and Honor2017 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017512
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  17. 17
    Power and Empire2017 · 627 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017627
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  18. 18
    Oath of Office2018 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018544
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  19. 19
    Code of Honor2019 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019544
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  20. 20
    Shadow of the Dragon2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  21. 21
    Zero Hour2022 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022432
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  22. 22
    Red Winter2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  23. 23
    Act of Defiance2024 · 656 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2024656
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Tom Clancy and various other authors 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

23 books

23 Tom Clancy and various other authors titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tom Clancy and various other authors books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Tom Clancy and various other authors books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Tom Clancy and various other authors

Start with The Hunt for Red October (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tom Clancy and various other authors book?

Act of Defiance (2024) is the newest Tom Clancy and various other authors book released so far.

Is there a new Tom Clancy and various other authors book coming?

No next Tom Clancy and various other authors book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Tom Clancy and various other authors at a glance

Still publishing
Tom Clancy and various other authors published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Tom Clancy and various other authors books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
12,899 pages across the 19 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 627 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tom Clancy and various other authors books, 12 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tom Clancy and various other authors books are about

All 23 Tom Clancy and various other authors 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 15 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Action / Thriller authors

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