Way of the Tiger Books in Order

Way of the Tiger contains 8 books, published between 1985 and 2015. The first book is Avenger! (1985) and the newest is Redeemer! (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1985–2015
Pages on record
781 in 3 of 8 books

Way of the Tiger is a set of eight children's adventure game books, seven of them credited to Jamie Thomson and one carrying no credit in the listing. Avenger!, Assassin! and Usurper! appeared in 1985, Overlord! and Warbringer! in 1986 and Inferno! in 1987; Ninja! (2014) and Redeemer! (2015) came nearly three decades later. Adventure games and juvenile literature are among the recorded subjects.

How many Way of the Tiger books are there?

Way of the Tiger has 8 books, released between 1985 and 2015.

Way of the Tiger Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Way of the Tiger 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. 1
    Avenger!1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985
  2. 2
    Assassin!1985 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985255
  3. 3
    Usurper!1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985
  4. 4
    Overlord!1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986
  5. 5
    Warbringer!1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986
  6. 6
    Inferno!1987 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987224
  7. 7
    Ninja!2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  8. 8
    Redeemer!2015 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015302

Do you have to read Way of the Tiger books in order?

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

Where to start with Way of the Tiger

Start with Avenger! (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Way of the Tiger book?

Redeemer! (2015) is the newest Way of the Tiger book released so far.

Is there a new Way of the Tiger book coming?

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

Way of the Tiger at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Way of the Tiger title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Way of the Tiger books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
781 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 255 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Way of the Tiger books, 6 of 8, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 8 titles, 7 are credited to Jamie Thomson. One title carries no credit.

What the Way of the Tiger books are about

5 of the 8 Way of the Tiger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: adventure stories is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other series by Jamie Thomson

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.