Blake Banner Reading Order
7 series · 176 books
Blake Banner is a prolific author known for crafting gripping thrillers and innovative mysteries, with an impressive catalog of 176 books spanning seven series. His notable works include the popular Alex Mason and Cobra/Harry Bauer Thriller series, which have captivated readers since his debut in 1999. Active until 2026, Banner's engaging storytelling has earned him a place on prestigious bestseller lists, solidifying his status in the literary world.
Alex Mason Series
Ongoing17 books (2021–2026)
Start with Ice Cold Spy, the first of 17 books in the Alex Mason series.
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| 1 | Ice Cold Spy 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Odin 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Assets and Liabilities 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Dead Man Talking 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Executive Order 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Mason's Law 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Russian Roulette 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | All The King's Men 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Brotherhood of the Goat 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Dead Hot 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Flashpoint 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Blood on Megiddo 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Son of Hell 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Extinction C-14 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Merchant of Death 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | A Vengeful God 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | First Blood 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller Series
Ongoing25 books (2020–2026)
Start with Dead of Night, the first of 25 books in the Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller series.
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| 1 | Dead of Night 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Dying Breath 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Quantum Kill 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Einstaat Brief 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Breath of Hell 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Immortal Hate 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Invisible Evil 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | LA: Wild Justice 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Shadow of Ukupacha 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Silent Blade 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Blood of the Innocent 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Blood on Balthazar 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Simple Kill 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Sweet Razor Cut 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Riding the Devil 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Devil's Vengeance 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Unavenged 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Blood for Blood 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Bloody Retribution 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Silent Crusade 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Marked for Death 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Cell 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Reaper of Zion 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Time to Die 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Justice Without Mercy 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Dead Cold Mysteries Series
Ongoing31 books (2017–2025)
Start with Ace and a Pair, the first of 31 books in the Dead Cold Mysteries series.
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| 1 |  Ace and a Pair 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Garden of the Damned 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Let Us Prey 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Sins of the Father 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Two Bare Arms 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Fire From Heaven 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Little Dead Riding Hood 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Murder Most Scottish 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Strange and Sinister Path 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Butcher of Whitechapel 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Heart to Kill 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | To Kill Upon a Kiss 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Unnatural Murder 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Blood In Babylon 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Blood Into Wine 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Death in Dexter 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Jack in the Box 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Mustang Sally 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Fall Moon 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Trick or Treat 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | A Christmas Killing 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Bleed Out 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Dead and Buried 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | In Hot Blood 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Mommy's Little Killer 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Along Came A Spider 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Fallen Angels 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Knife Edge 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Cold Blood 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Curtain Call 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | The Dead Don't Lie 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
New International Relations Series
Likely Complete81 books (1999–2023)
Start with International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?(By: N. J. Rengger), the first of 81 books in the New International Relations series.
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| 1 | International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?(By: N. J. Rengger) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation(By: John Gerard Ruggie) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Shadow Globalization, Ethnic Conflicts and New Wars: A Political Economy of Intra-state War(By: Dietrich Jung) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Logic of Internationalism: Coercion and Accommodation(By: Kjell Goldmann) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | War, Peace and World Orders in European History(By: Beatrice Heuser,Anja V. Hartmann,Brian Bridges) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research(By: Dietrich Jung,Stefano Guzzini) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | European Integration and National Identity: The Challenge of the Nordic States(By: Lene Hansen,OLE Waever) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations(By: Emanuel Adler) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Does China Matter?: A Reassessment: Essays in Memory of Gerald Segal(By: Barry Buzan) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | European Approaches to International Relations Theory: A House with Many Mansions(By: Jörg Friedrichs) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Human Rights and World Trade: Hunger in International Society(By: Ana Gonzalez-Pelaez) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics(By: Mathias Albert) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | States of Political Discourse: Words, Regimes, Seditions(By: Costas M. Constantinou) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Post-Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions and Reflexivity(By: Ewan Harrison) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics(By: Stefano Guzzini,Anna Leander) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making?(By: Iver B. Neumann,OLE Waever) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Politics of Regional Identity: Meddling with the Mediterranean(By: Michelle Pace) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | State Sovereignty and Intervention: A Discourse Analysis of Interventionary and Non-Interventionary Practices in Kosovo and Algeria(By: Helle Malmvig) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU(By: Jef Huysmans) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Territorial Conflicts in World Society: Modern Systems Theory, International Relations and Conflict Studies(By: Stepha Stetter) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Ontological Security in International Relations: Self-Identity and the IR State(By: Brent J. Steele) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Civilization and Empire: China and Japan's Encounter with European International Society(By: Shogo Suzuki) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Pragmatism in International Relations 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The International Politics of Judicial Intervention: Creating a more just order(By: Andrea Birdsall) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Politics of Becoming European: A study of Polish and Baltic Post-Cold War security imaginaries(By: Maria Mälksoo) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Transforming World Politics: From Empire to Multiple Worlds(By: L.H.M. Ling,Anna M. Agathangelou) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Arguing Global Governance: Agency, Lifeworld and Shared Reasoning(By: Markus Kornprobst,Corneliu Bjola) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Constructing Global Enemies: Hegemony and Identity in International Discourses on Terrorism and Drug Prohibition(By: Eva Herschinger) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | International Relations and Identity: A Dialogical Approach(By: Xavier Guillaume) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Social Power in International Politics(By: Peter van Ham) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | The Puzzles of Politics: Inquiries into the Genesis and Transformation of International Relations(By: Friedrich Kratochwil) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Alker and IR: Global Studies in an Interconnected World(By: Renée Marlin-Bennett) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | China in UN Security Council Decision-Making on Iraq: Conflicting Understandings, Competing Preferences(By: Suzanne Xiao Yang) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Constructing Sovereignty between Politics and Law(By: Tanja E. Aalberts) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | NATO’s Security Discourse after the Cold War: Representing the West(By: Andreas Behnke) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | The Power of International Theory: Reforging the Link to Foreign Policy-Making through Scientific Enquiry(By: Fred Chernoff) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | The Scandinavian International Society: Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010(By: Laust Schouenborg) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations(By: Nicholas Onuf) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games: The EU Overseas Countries and Territories(By: Rebecca Adler-Nissen) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | International Orders in the Early Modern World: Before the Rise of the West(By: Joel Quirk,Shogo Suzuki,Yongjin Zhang) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | International Relations and the First Great Debate(By: Brian C. Schmidt) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Internationalism and the State in the Twentieth Century(By: Cornelia Navari) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Justice, Order and Anarchy: The International Political Theory of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon(By: Alex Prichard) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Making Sense, Making Worlds: Constructivism in Social Theory and International Relations(By: Nicholas Onuf) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance(By: Michael J. Struett,Jon D. Carlson,Mark T. Nance) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | Power, Realism and Constructivism(By: Stefano Guzzini) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Realism in International Relations and International Political Economy: The Continuing Story of a Death Foretold(By: Stefano Guzzini) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Security as Practice: Discourse Analysis and the Bosnian War(By: Lene Hansen) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | The Dao of World Politics: Towards a Post-Westphalian, Worldist International Relations(By: L. H. M. Ling) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | War in International Society(By: Lacy Pejcinovic) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | Africa and the Expansion of International Society: Surrendering the Savannah(By: John Anthony Pella Jr) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | Critical Security Methods: New frameworks for analysis(By: Claudia Aradau) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Emancipatory International Relations: Critical Thinking in International Relations(By: Roger D. Spegele) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | Small State Status Seeking: Norway's Quest for International Standing(By: Benjamin de Carvalho) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | A Practice of Ethics for Global Politics: Ethical Reflexivity(By: Jack L. Amoureux) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | Reflexivity and International Relations: Positionality, Critique, and Practice(By: Jack L. Amoureux) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | The International Political Sociology of Security: Rethinking Theory and Practice(By: Trine Villumsen Berling) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | Evaluating Progress in International Relations: How do you know?(By: Patrick James,Ewan Harrison,Annette Freyberg-Inan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Nuclear Realism: Global political thought during the thermonuclear revolution(By: Rens van Munster) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | Russia and the Idea of Europe: A Study in Identity and International Relations(By: Iver B. Neumann) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 | The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations: Philosophy of Science and Its Implications for the Study of World Politics(By: Patrick Thaddeus Jackson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | The Politics of Globality since 1945: Assembling the Planet(By: Rens van Munster) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | Deconstructing the Dynamics of World-Societal Order: The Power of Governmentality in Palestine(By: Jan Busse) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 | Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War: Debating a 21st Century Concert of Powers(By: Harald Muller,Carsten Rauch) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 | Memories of Empire and Entry into International Society: Views from the European periphery(By: Filip Ejdus) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 | Coercive Sanctions and International Conflicts: A Sociological Theory(By: Mark Daniel Jaeger) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | Kinship in International Relations(By: Iver B. Neumann,Kristin Haugevik) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Raymond Aron and International Relations(By: Olivier Schmitt) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 | Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe: How France Changed Foreign Policy(By: Falk Ostermann) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 | Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs(By: Baldur Thorhallsson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 | Special Relationships in World Politics: Inter-state Friendship and Diplomacy after the Second World War(By: Kristin Haugevik) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 | The Use of Force under International Law: Lawyerized States in a Legalized World(By: Fernando G. Nuñez-Mietz) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy: Germany and the Iraq War(By: Jakub Eberle) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | International Relations Narratives: Plotting World Politics(By: Riikka Kuusisto) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | Tactical Constructivism, Method, and International Relations(By: Oliver Kessler,Brent Steele,Harry Gould) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | Small States and Security in Europe: Between National and International Policymaking(By: Tom�s Weiss) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | The Globality of Governmentality: Governing an Entangled World(By: Jan Busse) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | The Rhetoric of Inquiry in International Relations: A Hermeneutic Investigation into the Forms of Argumentation in International Relations Meta-Theory(By: Torsten Michel) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 | Democratic Peace: A Historical and Cultural Practice(By: Jorg Kustermans) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Geoeconomics in International Relations: Neorealist and Neoliberal Conceptualizations(By: Christian Pfeiffer) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 | Uncertainty in Global Politics(By: Anastasia Shesterinina,Miriam Matejova) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Omega Series
Complete15 books (2017–2019)
Start with Dawn of the Hunter, the first of 15 books in the Omega series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Dawn of the Hunter 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Double Edged Blade 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | A Harvest of Blood 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Kill: One 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Kill: Two 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Powder Burn 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Hand of War 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Storm 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | To Rule in Hell 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Unleashed 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | 9mm Justice 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Death In Freedom 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Endgame 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Kill: Four 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Omicron Kill 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
Rogue Thriller Series
Ongoing4 books (2024–2026)
Start with Gates of Hell, the first of 4 books in the Rogue Thriller series.
Verdugo Series
Complete3 books (2019–2020)
Start with Verdugo Dawn and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Blake Banner written?
- Blake Banner has written 176 books across 7 series. Their published works span from 1999 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Blake Banner series?
- Here are the first books in Blake Banner's series: Alex Mason: Ice Cold Spy; Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller: Dead of Night; Dead Cold Mysteries: Ace and a Pair; New International Relations: International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?(By: N. J. Rengger); Omega: Dawn of the Hunter.
- What order should I read Blake Banner's books?
- We recommend reading Blake Banner's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Blake Banner still writing new books?
- Yes, Blake Banner has 4 ongoing series: Alex Mason, Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller, Dead Cold Mysteries, Rogue Thriller.