Jason Bourne Books in Order
Jason Bourne contains 22 books, published between 1980 and 2026. The first book is The Bourne Identity (1980) and the newest is The Bourne Revenge (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1980–2026
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,032 in 8 of 22 books
Jason Bourne is an espionage series whose catalogue subjects include assassins, intelligence officers, terrorists, the CIA and Carlos the Jackal. The listing runs to 22 books, from The Bourne Identity (1980) through The Bourne Supremacy (1986) and The Bourne Ultimatum (1990) to The Bourne Revenge (2026). Credits are split three ways: Robert Ludlum on 8 books, Eric Van Lustbader on 11, and Brian Freeman on 3. The Bourne Legacy (2003) opens the run of Van Lustbader credits, and the series is still ongoing.
How many Jason Bourne books are there?
Jason Bourne has 22 books, released between 1980 and 2026.
Jason Bourne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Jason Bourne books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1The Bourne Identity1980 · 576 pages · confirmed 3/419805763/4
- 2The Bourne Supremacy1986 · 679 pages · confirmed 3/419866793/4
- 3The Bourne Ultimatum1990 · 720 pages · confirmed 3/419907203/4
- 4The Bourne Legacy2003 · 453 pages · confirmed 3/420034533/4
- 5The Bourne Betrayal2007 · confirmed 3/42007–3/4
- 6The Bourne Sanction2008 · confirmed 3/42008–3/4
- 7The Bourne Deception2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 8The Bourne Objective2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 9The Bourne Dominion2011 · confirmed 3/42011–3/4
- 10The Bourne Imperative2012 · confirmed 3/42012–3/4
- 11The Bourne Retribution2013 · 421 pages · confirmed 3/420134213/4
- 12The Bourne Ascendancy2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 13The Bourne Enigma2016 · confirmed 3/42016–3/4
- 14The Bourne Initiative2017 · 383 pages · confirmed 3/420173833/4
- 15The Bourne Evolution2020 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420204163/4
- 16The Bourne Treachery2021 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/420213843/4
- 17The Bourne Sacrifice2022 · confirmed 3/42022–3/4
- 18The Bourne Defiance2023 · confirmed 4/42023–4/4
- 19The Bourne Shadow2024 · confirmed 4/42024–4/4
- 20The Bourne Vendetta2025 · confirmed 4/42025–4/4
- 21The Bourne Escape2025 · confirmed 4/42025–4/4
- 22The Bourne Revenge2026 · confirmed 4/42026–4/4
Jason Bourne Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jason Bourne books run from The Bourne Identity (1980) to The Bourne Revenge (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jason Bourne in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jason Bourne books in order?
You should read the Jason Bourne books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jason Bourne book also stands alone.
What order should you read Jason Bourne books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Bourne Identity (1980), the earliest published title. After it come The Bourne Supremacy (1986), The Bourne Ultimatum (1990), The Bourne Legacy (2003) and The Bourne Betrayal (2007); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Jason Bourne book?
The Bourne Revenge (2026) is the newest Jason Bourne book released so far.
Is there a new Jason Bourne book coming?
No next Jason Bourne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jason Bourne at a glance
- Still running
- Jason Bourne is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Jason Bourne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,032 pages across the 8 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 437 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jason Bourne books, 8 of 22, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 5 of the 22 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 22 titles, 11 are credited to Eric Van Lustbader, 8 to Robert Ludlum and 3 to Brian Freeman.
What the Jason Bourne books are about
9 of the 22 Jason Bourne 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 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Intelligence officers 4 of 9 books
- Bourne, jason (fictitious character) 3 of 9 books
- Espionage 3 of 9 books
- Terrorists 3 of 9 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 9 books
- Assassins 2 of 9 books