Mission: Impossible Books in Order
Mission: Impossible contains 10 books, published between 1967 and 2019. The first book is Mission: Impossible (As: John Tiger) (1967) and the newest is The Second Adventure MEGAPACK® (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1967–2019
- Pages on record
- 224 in 1 of 10 books
Mission: Impossible is a thriller and espionage book line with no single author. The first two entries, Mission: Impossible (1967) and Code Name: Little Ivan (1969), carry the name John Tiger. The Priceless Particle (1969), The Money Explosion (1970) and Cellar Team (1972) followed, and a further group appeared in 1996, including The Aztec Imperative and Ring of Fire. Credits name Talmage Powell on 5 books and Walter Wager on 2.
How many Mission: Impossible books are there?
Mission: Impossible has 10 books, released between 1967 and 2019.
Mission: Impossible Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Mission: Impossible 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.
- 1Mission: Impossible (As: John Tiger)1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 5Code Name: Little Ivan (As: John Tiger)1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 6The Priceless Particle1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 7The Money Explosion1970 · confirmed 1/41970–1/4
- 8Cellar Team1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 9Mission Impossible1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 10The Aztec Imperative1996 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419962241/4
- 11Ring of Fire1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 12The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 13The Second Adventure MEGAPACK®2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
Do you have to read Mission: Impossible books in order?
You should read the Mission: Impossible books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Mission: Impossible book also stands alone.
Where to start with Mission: Impossible
Start with Mission: Impossible (As: John Tiger) (1967), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mission: Impossible book?
The Second Adventure MEGAPACK® (2019) is the newest Mission: Impossible book released so far.
Is there a new Mission: Impossible book coming?
No next Mission: Impossible book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mission: Impossible at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Mission: Impossible title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Mission: Impossible books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 224 pages across the 1 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mission: Impossible books, 3 of 10, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 5 are credited to Talmage Powell, 2 to Walter Wager, 1 to Tom Philbin and 1 to James Luceno. A further 16 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.
What the Mission: Impossible books are about
2 of the 10 Mission: Impossible books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.