Cotton Malone Books in Order
There are 30 Cotton Malone books, published between 2006 and 2026: 29 in the 2 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is The Templar Legacy (2006) and the newest main-line book is The Devil's Bible (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 2006–2026
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,320 in 16 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 105–158 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,320 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Cotton Malone heads Steve Berry's thriller sequence. Political intrigue, espionage and bookselling recur as subjects across the 30 books, which run from The Templar Legacy (2006) to The Devil's Bible (2026) at a median length of 442 pages. Two titles carry Diana Gabaldon as coauthor, through the MatchUp Collection. A Cassiopeia Vitt adventure line sits alongside. Cotton Malone remains an ongoing series.
How many Cotton Malone books are there?
Cotton Malone has 30 books, released between 2006 and 2026. 29 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Cotton Malone, Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure), and 1 related title sit outside it: collections.
Cotton Malone Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Cotton Malone 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.
- 120064873/4
- 220074803/4
- 32007–3/4
- 420085763/4
- 52009–3/4
- 62010–3/4
- 720104363/4
- 82011–3/4
- 920114563/4
- 102012–3/4
- 112013–3/4
- 1220135873/4
- 1320144483/4
- 142014–3/4
- 1520153863/4
- 1620164503/4
- 1720174933/4
- 1820181123/4
- 1920183403/4
- 2020191413/4
- 212019–4/4
- 2220194163/4
- 2320201123/4
- 242020–3/4
- 252021–3/4
- 2620214003/4
- 272023–3/4
- 282024–3/4
- 292025–4/4
- 302026–4/4
Cotton Malone Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 2 main-line series run from The Templar Legacy (2006) to The Devil's Bible (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Cotton Malone in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Cotton Malone books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (collections) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Cotton Malone book also stands alone.
Where to start with Cotton Malone
Start with The Templar Legacy (2006), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.
What is the newest Cotton Malone book?
The Devil's Bible (2026) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new Cotton Malone book coming?
No next Cotton Malone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cotton Malone at a glance
- Still running
- Cotton Malone is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Cotton Malone books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,320 pages across the 16 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 442 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cotton Malone books, 17 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 3 of the 30 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 30 titles, 28 are credited to Steve Berry, 1 to Diana Gabaldon and 1 to James Rollins.
What the Cotton Malone books are about
19 of the 30 Cotton Malone 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 12 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 12 of 19 books
- Political fiction 7 of 19 books
- Booksellers and bookselling 5 of 19 books
- Suspense 5 of 19 books
- Espionage 3 of 19 books
- Antiquarian booksellers 2 of 19 books
- France 2 of 19 books
- Kidnapping 2 of 19 books
- Official secrets 2 of 19 books