Stony Man Books in Order
Don Pendleton has written 139 Stony Man books, published between 1983 and 2015: 138 in the Stony Man series and 1 related title. The first book is Stony Man II (1991) and the newest main-line book is Exit Strategy (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 139
- Published
- 1983–2015
- Confirmed
- 1 of 139 titles
- Pages on record
- 38,503 in 113 of 139 books
- Reading time
- 642–963 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 38,503 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 113 of 139 titles with a page count on record.
Stony Man is the covert counter-terrorism operation at the centre of a men's adventure series tied to Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan books. 139 titles run from Stony Man Doctrine (1983) to Exit Strategy (2015), covering undercover operations, intelligence work and terrorist plots against the United States. Early volumes are numbered, Stony Man II through VIII, before the run moved to individual titles such as Blind Eagle and Deadly Agent. The median book runs 347 pages and no new entry has appeared since 2015.
How many Stony Man books are there?
Stony Man has 139 books, released between 1983 and 2015. 138 of them belong to the Stony Man series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
Stony Man Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 139 Stony Man 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.
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Do you have to read Stony Man books in order?
You should read the Stony Man 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 Stony Man book also stands alone.
Where to start with Stony Man
Start with Stony Man II (1991), the earliest published book in the Stony Man series.
What is the newest Stony Man book?
Exit Strategy (2015) is the newest book in the Stony Man series.
Is there a new Stony Man book coming?
No next Stony Man book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stony Man at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Stony Man title on record is Exit Strategy (2015), 11 years ago.
- Release pace
- Stony Man books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 38,503 pages across the 113 of 139 books with a recorded length, a median of 347 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stony Man books, 59 of 139, were published in the 2000s.
What the Stony Man books are about
All 139 Stony Man 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 70 of 139. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Men's adventure 70 of 139 books
- Action & adventure 60 of 139 books
- Mack Bolan (Fictitious character) 39 of 139 books
- Intelligence service 37 of 139 books
- Terrorism 37 of 139 books
- Terrorists 19 of 139 books
- Bolan, mack (fictitious character) 18 of 139 books
- Prevention 14 of 139 books
- Undercover operations 12 of 139 books
- Espionage 8 of 139 books
- Special operations (military science) 7 of 139 books
- United States 7 of 139 books
More books by Don Pendleton
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Series that include Stony Man books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Mack Bolan books in order 179 books