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Wingman Books in Order

Wingman by Mack Maloney contains 19 books, published between 1987 and 2019. The first book is Wingman (1987) and the newest is The Odessa Raid (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1987–2019
Pages on record
6,939 in 18 of 19 books
Reading time
116–173 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,939 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Wingman is a men's adventure series by Mack Maloney featuring the fighter pilot Hawk Hunter. The subjects cover a Third World War, nuclear warfare, dystopias and time travel. The first book, Wingman, appeared in 1987 alongside The Circle War and The Lucifer Crusade. The series runs to 19 books, with The Odessa Raid (2019) as the last, and is likely complete.

How many Wingman books are there?

Wingman has 19 books, released between 1987 and 2019.

Wingman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Wingman 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 Wingman by Mack Maloney, book 1 of the Wingman series (1987)
  2. Cover of The Circle War by Mack Maloney, book 2 of the Wingman series (1987)
  3. Cover of The Lucifer Crusade by Mack Maloney, book 3 of the Wingman series (1987)
  4. Cover of Thunder In the East by Mack Maloney, book 4 of the Wingman series (1988)
  5. Cover of The Twisted Cross by Mack Maloney, book 5 of the Wingman series (1989)
  6. Cover of Freedom Express by Mack Maloney, book 7 of the Wingman series (1990)
  7. Cover of Skyfire by Mack Maloney, book 8 of the Wingman series (1990)
  8. Cover of Return From The Inferno by Mack Maloney, book 9 of the Wingman series (1991)
  9. Cover of War of the Sun by Mack Maloney, book 10 of the Wingman series (1992)
  10. Cover of The Ghost War by Mack Maloney, book 11 of the Wingman series (1993)
  11. Cover of Target: Point Zero by Mack Maloney, book 12 of the Wingman series (1996)
  12. Cover of Death Orbit by Mack Maloney, book 13 of the Wingman series (1997)
  13. Cover of The Sky Ghost by Mack Maloney, book 14 of the Wingman series (1997)
  14. Cover of Return Of Sky Ghost by Mack Maloney, book 15 of the Wingman series (1998)
  15. Cover of The Tomorrow War by Mack Maloney, book 16 of the Wingman series (1999)
  16. Cover of Attack on Area 51 by Mack Maloney, book 17 of the Wingman series (2013)
  17. Cover of Battle for America by Mack Maloney, book 18 of the Wingman series (2017)
  18. Cover of The Odessa Raid by Mack Maloney, book 19 of the Wingman series (2019)
  1. 1
    Wingman1987 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987464
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  2. 2
    The Circle War1987 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987413
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  3. 3
    The Lucifer Crusade1987 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987413
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  4. 4
    Thunder In the East1988 · 430 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988430
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  5. 5
    The Twisted Cross1989 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989384
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  6. 6
    The Final Storm1989 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989350
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  7. 7
    Freedom Express1990 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990379
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  8. 8
    Skyfire1990 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990352
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  9. 9
    Return From The Inferno1991 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991352
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  10. 10
    War of the Sun1992 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992443
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  11. 11
    The Ghost War1993 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993448
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  12. 12
    Target: Point Zero1996 · 381 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996381
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  13. 13
    Death Orbit1997 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997416
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  14. 14
    The Sky Ghost1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997384
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  15. 15
    Return Of Sky Ghost1998 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998352
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  16. 16
    The Tomorrow War1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999352
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  17. 17
    Attack on Area 512013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  18. 18
    Battle for America2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017336
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  19. 19
    The Odessa Raid2019 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019290
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Is there a chronological order for Wingman?

No separate chronological order is on record for Wingman, 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 Wingman books in order?

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

Where to start with Wingman

Start with Wingman (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Wingman book?

The Odessa Raid (2019) is the newest Wingman book released so far.

Is there a new Wingman book coming?

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

Wingman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Wingman title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Wingman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,939 pages across the 18 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 382 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Wingman books, 10 of 19, were published in the 1990s.

What the Wingman books are about

13 of the 19 Wingman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hunter, hawk (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mack Maloney

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