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Nick Stone Books in Order

Nick Stone by Andy McNab contains 20 books, published between 1997 and 2022. The first book is Remote Control (1997) and the newest is Down to the Wire (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1997–2022
Confirmed
20 of 20 titles
Pages on record
7,976 in 18 of 20 books
Reading time
133–199 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,976 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Nick Stone is Andy McNab's series character, a British intelligence officer. Twenty books were published between 1997 and 2022, opening with Remote Control (1997) and Crisis Four (1999), then Firewall (2000), Last Light (2001), Dark Winter (2003), Deep Black (2004) and Crossfire (2007). Espionage, terrorism and intelligence work are the recurring subjects, and nothing later than 2022 is catalogued.

How many Nick Stone books are there?

Nick Stone has 20 books, released between 1997 and 2022.

Nick Stone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Nick Stone 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.

  1. Cover of Remote Control by Andy McNab, book 1 of the Nick Stone series (1997)
  2. Cover of Crisis Four by Andy McNab, book 2 of the Nick Stone series (1999)
  3. Cover of Firewall by Andy McNab, book 3 of the Nick Stone series (2000)
  4. Cover of Last Light by Andy McNab, book 4 of the Nick Stone series (2001)
  5. Cover of Liberation Day by Andy McNab, book 5 of the Nick Stone series (2002)
  6. Cover of Dark Winter by Andy McNab, book 6 of the Nick Stone series (2003)
  7. Cover of Deep Black by Andy McNab, book 7 of the Nick Stone series (2004)
  8. Cover of Aggressor by Andy McNab, book 8 of the Nick Stone series (2005)
  9. Cover of Recoil by Andy McNab, book 9 of the Nick Stone series (2006)
  10. Cover of Crossfire by Andy McNab, book 10 of the Nick Stone series (2007)
  11. Cover of Brute Force by Andy McNab, book 11 of the Nick Stone series (2008)
  12. Cover of Exit Wound by Andy McNab, book 12 of the Nick Stone series (2009)
  13. Cover of Zero Hour by Andy McNab, book 13 of the Nick Stone series (2010)
  14. Cover of Dead Centre by Andy McNab, book 14 of the Nick Stone series (2011)
  15. Cover of Silencer by Andy McNab, book 15 of the Nick Stone series (2013)
  16. Cover of For Valour by Andy McNab, book 16 of the Nick Stone series (2014)
  17. Cover of Detonator by Andy McNab, book 17 of the Nick Stone series (2015)
  18. Cover of Cold Blood by Andy McNab, book 18 of the Nick Stone series (2016)
  1. 1
    Remote Control1997 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997372
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  2. 2
    Crisis Four1999 · 373 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999373
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  3. 3
    Firewall2000 · 576 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000576
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  4. 4
    Last Light2001 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001368
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  5. 5
    Liberation Day2002 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002400
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  6. 6
    Dark Winter2003 · 419 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003419
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  7. 7
    Deep Black2004 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004512
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  8. 8
    Aggressor2005 · 579 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005579
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  9. 9
    Recoil2006 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006400
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  10. 10
    Crossfire2007 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007512
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  11. 11
    Brute Force2008 · 476 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008476
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  12. 12
    Exit Wound2009 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009448
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  13. 13
    Zero Hour2010 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010416
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  14. 14
    Dead Centre2011 · 537 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011537
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  15. 15
    Silencer2013 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013416
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  16. 16
    For Valour2014 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014448
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  17. 17
    Detonator2015 · 348 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015348
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  18. 18
    Cold Blood2016 · 376 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016376
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  19. 19
    Line of Fire2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  20. 20
    Down to the Wire2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Nick Stone?

No separate chronological order is on record for Nick Stone, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Nick Stone books in order?

You should read the Nick Stone books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Nick Stone book also stands alone.

What order should you read Nick Stone books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Remote Control (1997), the earliest published title. After it come Crisis Four (1999), Firewall (2000), Last Light (2001) and Liberation Day (2002); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Nick Stone book?

Down to the Wire (2022) is the newest Nick Stone book released so far.

Is there a new Nick Stone book coming?

No next Nick Stone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Nick Stone at a glance

Paused
No new Nick Stone title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Nick Stone books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,976 pages across the 18 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 418 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Nick Stone books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2000s.

What the Nick Stone books are about

18 of the 20 Nick Stone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 17 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Andy McNab

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.