Jake Grafton Books in Order
Stephen Coonts has written 19 Jake Grafton books, published between 1986 and 2018. The first book is Flight of the Intruder (1986) and the newest is The Russia Account (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1986–2018
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Total pages
- 7,686 across 19 books
- Reading time
- 128–192 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,686 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Jake Grafton is the recurring figure at the centre of 19 books by Stephen Coonts, running from Flight of the Intruder (1986) to The Russia Account (2018). The books are action, espionage and suspense, and their subjects take in intelligence officers, conspiracies, terrorism, Washington D.C. and the presidency. Tommy Carmellini appears across the same catalogue and heads a series of his own.
How many Jake Grafton books are there?
Jake Grafton has 19 books, released between 1986 and 2018.
Jake Grafton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Jake Grafton 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.
- 119864643/4
- 219883893/4
- 319895763/4
- 419905444/4
- 519934063/4
- 619943443/4
- 719994614/4
- 820003503/4
- 920014533/4
- 1020035303/4
- 1120043833/4
- 1220063543/4
- 1320083413/4
- 1420093543/4
- 1520133103/4
- 1620163373/4
- 1720165113/4
- 1820172563/4
- 1920183233/4
Do you have to read Jake Grafton books in order?
You should read the Jake Grafton books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jake Grafton book also stands alone.
What order should you read Jake Grafton books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Flight of the Intruder (1986), the earliest published title. After it come Final Flight (1988), The Minotaur (1989), Under Siege (1990) and The Red Horseman (1993); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Jake Grafton book?
The Russia Account (2018) is the newest Jake Grafton book released so far.
Is there a new Jake Grafton book coming?
No next Jake Grafton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jake Grafton at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jake Grafton title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jake Grafton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,686 pages across all 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 383 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jake Grafton books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Jake Grafton books are about
All 19 Jake Grafton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: grafton, jake (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Grafton, jake (fictitious character) 8 of 19 books
- Conspiracies 6 of 19 books
- Tommy Carmellini (Fictitious character) 5 of 19 books
- Intelligence officers 4 of 19 books
- Action & adventure 3 of 19 books
- Espionage 3 of 19 books
- Suspense 3 of 19 books
- Terrorism 3 of 19 books
- United States 3 of 19 books
- Washington (D.C.) 3 of 19 books
- Aircraft carriers 2 of 19 books
- Kidnapping 2 of 19 books
More books by Stephen Coonts
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Stephen Coonts books in order 38 books
Series that include Jake Grafton books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Tommy Carmellini books in order 9 books