Ninja Cycle Books in Order
Ninja Cycle by Eric Van Lustbader contains 8 books, published between 1980 and 2016. The first book is The Ninja (1980) and the newest is The Oligarch's Daughter (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1980–2016
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,526 in 3 of 8 books
Nicholas Linnear is the recurring figure of the Ninja Cycle, Eric Van Lustbader's sequence of action-adventure and espionage novels. Subject headings cover ninja, ninjutsu, Japan, France and Paris, and artists. The Ninja (1980) opens the cycle and The Oligarch's Daughter (2016) is the latest of its 8 books, which include The Miko (1984), White Ninja (1990), The Kaisho (1993), Floating City (1994), Second Skin (1995) and The Death and Life of Nicholas Linnear (2014). Titles average 5.1 years apart.
How many Ninja Cycle books are there?
Ninja Cycle has 8 books, released between 1980 and 2016.
Ninja Cycle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Ninja Cycle 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.
- 119805123/4
- 219845603/4
- 31990–3/4
- 41993–3/4
- 51994–3/4
- 619954543/4
- 72014–3/4
- 82016–3/4
Do you have to read Ninja Cycle books in order?
You should read the Ninja Cycle books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ninja Cycle book also stands alone.
Where to start with Ninja Cycle
Start with The Ninja (1980), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ninja Cycle book?
The Oligarch's Daughter (2016) is the newest Ninja Cycle book released so far.
Is there a new Ninja Cycle book coming?
No next Ninja Cycle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ninja Cycle at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Ninja Cycle title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Ninja Cycle books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,526 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 512 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ninja Cycle books, 4 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
What the Ninja Cycle books are about
5 of the 8 Ninja Cycle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: action & adventure is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Action & adventure 5 of 5 books
- Linnear, nicholas (fictitious character) 5 of 5 books
- Espionage 5 of 5 books
- Nicholas Linnear (Fictitious character) 4 of 5 books
- Japan 2 of 5 books
- Artists 1 of 5 books
- Businessmen 1 of 5 books
- English fiction 1 of 5 books
- France 1 of 5 books
- Ninja 1 of 5 books
- Ninjutsu 1 of 5 books
More books by Eric Van Lustbader
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Eric Van Lustbader books in order 55 books