Tom Clancy Books in Order

How many Tom Clancy books are there?

Tom Clancy has 72 books, released between 1984 and 2023. 10 of them were published after Tom Clancy's death in 2013. 8 of them belong to the Tom Clancy's Power Play series.

Tom Clancy Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 72 Tom Clancy books in the order they were released, 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.

Tom Clancy characters in order

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

• Power Plays books in order 8 books

Tom Clancy 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.

Tom Clancy Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Tom Clancy books run from The Hunt for Red October (1984) to Fallout (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Tom Clancy in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Tom Clancy books in order?

You only need to read Tom Clancy books in order within the Tom Clancy's Power Play series, which holds 8 of the 72 Tom Clancy books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

What order should you read Tom Clancy books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Politika (1997), the first Power Plays book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Hunt for Red October (1984).

What is the first Tom Clancy book?

The Hunt for Red October (1984) is the first Tom Clancy book, and the numbered table above starts with it.

What is the newest Tom Clancy book?

Fallout (2023) is the newest Tom Clancy book released so far.

Is there a new Tom Clancy book coming?

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

Printable Tom Clancy Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 72 books in publication order is on the Tom Clancy reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Tom Clancy at a glance

Died

Tom Clancy died in 2013, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Tom Clancy are still being published after Tom Clancy's death in 2013; the newest appeared in 2023.

Release pace

Tom Clancy books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

28,428 pages across the 59 of 72 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Tom Clancy books, 29 of 72, were published in the 1990s.

Corroboration

13 of the 72 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 56 in at least three.

What the Tom Clancy books are about

59 of the 72 Tom Clancy 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 16 of 59. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Thrillers 16 of 59 books
• United States 15 of 59 books
• Terrorism 11 of 59 books
• Jack Ryan (Fictitious character) 8 of 59 books
• Espionage 8 of 59 books
• Ryan, jack (fictitious character) 7 of 59 books
• Computers 6 of 59 books
• History 6 of 59 books
• Internet 6 of 59 books
• Suspense 6 of 59 books
• Action & adventure 5 of 59 books

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Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

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