Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Books in Order
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell contains 9 books, published between 2004 and 2023. The first book is Splinter Cell (2004) and the newest is Dragonfire (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2004–2023
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,715 in 7 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 45–68 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,715 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is an espionage thriller series of 9 books published from 2004 to 2023. Raymond Benson is credited on 6 books, James Swallow on 2 and Peter Telep on 1. Splinter Cell (2004) opens the list, followed by Operation Barracuda (2005), Checkmate (2006) and Fallout (2007), and Firewall (2022) and Dragonfire (2023) are the most recent. Intelligence officers and terrorism prevention appear in the subject records.
How many Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books are there?
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell has 9 books, released between 2004 and 2023.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 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.
- 1Splinter Cell2004 · 355 pages · confirmed 3/420043553/4
- 2Operation Barracuda2005 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/420053263/4
- 3Checkmate2006 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420064163/4
- 4Fallout2007 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/420073683/4
- 5Conviction2009 · 405 pages · confirmed 3/420094053/4
- 6Endgame2009 · 469 pages · confirmed 3/420094693/4
- 7Aftermath2013 · 376 pages · confirmed 3/420133763/4
- 8Firewall2022 · confirmed 3/42022–3/4
- 9Dragonfire2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
Do you have to read Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books in order?
You should read the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell book also stands alone.
Where to start with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Start with Splinter Cell (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell book?
Dragonfire (2023) is the newest Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell book coming?
No next Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell at a glance
- Paused
- No new Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,715 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 6 are credited to Raymond Benson, 2 to James Swallow and 1 to Peter Telep.
What the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books are about
7 of the 9 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 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 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Intelligence officers 7 of 7 books
- Suspense 4 of 7 books
- Espionage 4 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 7 books
- Prevention 2 of 7 books
- Terrorism 2 of 7 books
- Thrillers 2 of 7 books
Characters in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Splinter Cell books in order 9 books