Paul Christopher Books in Order
Charles McCarry has written 10 books featuring Paul Christopher, published between 1973 and 2006. The first book is The Miernik Dossier (1973) and the newest is Christopher's Ghosts (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1973–2006
- Confirmed
- 10 of 10 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,367 in 9 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 56–84 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,367 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Paul Christopher is the intelligence officer at the centre of a sequence of espionage novels by Charles McCarry. Ten books run from The Miernik Dossier (1973) to Christopher's Ghosts (2006), by way of The Tears of Autumn (1974), The Secret Lovers (1977) and The Last Supper (1983). Presidential politics, assassination and the workings of an intelligence service are the recurring subjects. The books are grouped as the Paul Christopher Universe, and the run is likely complete.
How many Paul Christopher books are there?
Paul Christopher appears in 10 books, released between 1973 and 2006.
Paul Christopher Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Paul Christopher 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.
- 1197313/4
- 219742764/4
- 319773203/4
- 419793523/4
- 519834004/4
- 619884824/4
- 719914804/4
- 819955763/4
- 920044804/4
- 102006–4/4
Paul Christopher Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Paul Christopher books run from The Miernik Dossier (1973) to Christopher's Ghosts (2006), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Paul Christopher in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Paul Christopher books in order?
You should read the Paul Christopher books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Paul Christopher book also stands alone.
Where to start with Paul Christopher
Start with The Miernik Dossier (1973), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Paul Christopher book?
Christopher's Ghosts (2006) is the newest Paul Christopher book released so far.
Is there a new Paul Christopher book coming?
No next Paul Christopher book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Paul Christopher at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Paul Christopher title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Paul Christopher books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,367 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Paul Christopher books, 4 of 10, were published in the 1970s.
- Corroboration
- 6 of the 10 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Paul Christopher books are about
All 10 Paul Christopher books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: intelligence officers is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Intelligence officers 6 of 10 books
- Christopher, paul (fictitious character) 5 of 10 books
- Espionage 4 of 10 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 10 books
- Intelligence service 4 of 10 books
- Americans 2 of 10 books
- Presidents 2 of 10 books
- Thrillers 2 of 10 books
- United States 2 of 10 books
More books by Charles McCarry
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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