Executioner Books in Order

How many Executioner books are there?

Executioner has 460 books, released between 1969 and 2020. 459 of them belong to the Executioner series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.

Executioner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 460 Executioner 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.

There are 460 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

Do you have to read Executioner books in order?

You should read the Executioner series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Executioner book also stands alone.

Where to start with Executioner

Start with War Against the Mafia (1969), the earliest published book in the Executioner series.

What is the newest Executioner book?

Blood Vortex (2020) is the newest book in the Executioner series.

Is there a new Executioner book coming?

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

Executioner at a glance

No recent titles

The newest main-line Executioner title on record is Blood Vortex (2020), 6 years ago.

Release pace

Executioner books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

73,319 pages across the 351 of 460 books with a recorded length, a median of 219 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Executioner books, 120 of 460, were published in the 1990s.

What the Executioner books are about

398 of the 460 Executioner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: men's adventure is tagged on 250 of 398. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Men's adventure 250 of 398 books
• Bolan, mack (fictitious character) 247 of 398 books
• Mack Bolan (Fictitious character) 213 of 398 books
• Action & adventure 118 of 398 books
• Romantic suspense 29 of 398 books
• Mafia 25 of 398 books
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 25 of 398 books
• Veterans 23 of 398 books
• Terrorists 18 of 398 books
• Thrillers 14 of 398 books
• Intelligence officers 12 of 398 books
• Terrorism 11 of 398 books

More books by Don Pendleton

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

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