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Blake Banner Reading Order

8 series · 180 books

Blake Banner is a prolific mystery and thriller writer who has published over 175 novels across seven interconnected series since 1999, including the popular Omega series and Dead Cold Mysteries. Known for blending literary sophistication with page-turning suspense, Banner's work has consistently ranked on USA Today's bestseller lists and topped Amazon charts. With a devoted fanbase and a remarkable output that shows no signs of slowing, Banner remains one of the most productive voices in contemporary thriller fiction.

Alex Mason Series

Ongoing

17 books (2021–2026)

Start with Ice Cold Spy, the first of 17 books in the Alex Mason series.

Start this series with Ice Cold Spy

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Ice Cold Spy
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3
Assets and Liabilities
4
Dead Man Talking
5
Executive Order
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7
Russian Roulette
8
All The King's Men
9
Brotherhood of the Goat
10
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12
Blood on Megiddo
13
14
Extinction C-14
15
Merchant of Death
16
A Vengeful God
17

Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller Series

Ongoing

26 books (2020–2026)

Start with Dead of Night, the first of 25 books in the Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller series.

Start this series with Dead of Night

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Dead of Night
2
Dying Breath
3
Quantum Kill
4
The Einstaat Brief
5
Breath of Hell
6
Immortal Hate
7
Invisible Evil
8
LA: Wild Justice
9
The Shadow of Ukupacha
10
The Silent Blade
11
Blood of the Innocent
12
Blood on Balthazar
13
14
Sweet Razor Cut
15
Riding the Devil
16
The Devil's Vengeance
17
The Unavenged
18
Blood for Blood
19
Bloody Retribution
20
Silent Crusade
21
Marked for Death
22
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The Reaper of Zion
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Justice Without Mercy

Dead Cold Mysteries Series

Ongoing

31 books (2017–2025)

Start with Ace and a Pair, the first of 31 books in the Dead Cold Mysteries series.

Start this series with Ace and a Pair

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Ace and a Pair
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Garden of the Damned
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4
The Sins of the Father
5
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Two Bare Arms
6
Fire From Heaven
7
Little Dead Riding Hood
8
Murder Most Scottish
9
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Strange and Sinister Path
10
The Butcher of Whitechapel
11
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The Heart to Kill
12
To Kill Upon a Kiss
13
Unnatural Murder
14
Blood In Babylon
15
Blood Into Wine
16
Death in Dexter
17
Jack in the Box
18
Mustang Sally
19
The Fall Moon
20
Trick or Treat
21
A Christmas Killing
22
23
Dead and Buried
24
In Hot Blood
25
Mommy's Little Killer
26
Along Came A Spider
27
Fallen Angels
28
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30
Curtain Call
31
The Dead Don't Lie

Detective Mike Roth Series

Ongoing

2 books (2026–2026)

Start with Dead Reckoning and read in order.

Start this series with Dead Reckoning

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Dead Reckoning
2
Lambs to the Slaughter

New International Relations Series

Likely Complete

82 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.

Start this series with International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?(By: N. J. Rengger)

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International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?(By: N. J. Rengger)
2
Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation(By: John Gerard Ruggie)
3
Shadow Globalization, Ethnic Conflicts and New Wars: A Political Economy of Intra-state War(By: Dietrich Jung)
4
The Logic of Internationalism: Coercion and Accommodation(By: Kjell Goldmann)
5
War, Peace and World Orders in European History(By: Beatrice Heuser,Anja V. Hartmann,Brian Bridges)
6
Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research(By: Dietrich Jung,Stefano Guzzini)
7
European Integration and National Identity: The Challenge of the Nordic States(By: Lene Hansen,OLE Waever)
8
Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations(By: Emanuel Adler)
9
Does China Matter?: A Reassessment: Essays in Memory of Gerald Segal(By: Barry Buzan)
10
European Approaches to International Relations Theory: A House with Many Mansions(By: Jörg Friedrichs)
11
Human Rights and World Trade: Hunger in International Society(By: Ana Gonzalez-Pelaez)
12
Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics(By: Mathias Albert)
13
States of Political Discourse: Words, Regimes, Seditions(By: Costas M. Constantinou)
14
The Post-Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions and Reflexivity(By: Ewan Harrison)
15
Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics(By: Stefano Guzzini,Anna Leander)
16
The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making?(By: Iver B. Neumann,OLE Waever)
17
The Politics of Regional Identity: Meddling with the Mediterranean(By: Michelle Pace)
18
State Sovereignty and Intervention: A Discourse Analysis of Interventionary and Non-Interventionary Practices in Kosovo and Algeria(By: Helle Malmvig)
19
The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU(By: Jef Huysmans)
20
Territorial Conflicts in World Society: Modern Systems Theory, International Relations and Conflict Studies(By: Stepha Stetter)
21
Ontological Security in International Relations: Self-Identity and the IR State(By: Brent J. Steele)
22
Civilization and Empire: China and Japan's Encounter with European International Society(By: Shogo Suzuki)
23
Pragmatism in International Relations
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Pragmatism in International Relations(With: Elisabetta Brighi)
25
The International Politics of Judicial Intervention: Creating a more just order(By: Andrea Birdsall)
26
The Politics of Becoming European: A study of Polish and Baltic Post-Cold War security imaginaries(By: Maria Mälksoo)
27
Transforming World Politics: From Empire to Multiple Worlds(By: L.H.M. Ling,Anna M. Agathangelou)
28
Arguing Global Governance: Agency, Lifeworld and Shared Reasoning(By: Markus Kornprobst,Corneliu Bjola)
29
Constructing Global Enemies: Hegemony and Identity in International Discourses on Terrorism and Drug Prohibition(By: Eva Herschinger)
30
International Relations and Identity: A Dialogical Approach(By: Xavier Guillaume)
31
Social Power in International Politics(By: Peter van Ham)
32
The Puzzles of Politics: Inquiries into the Genesis and Transformation of International Relations(By: Friedrich Kratochwil)
33
Alker and IR: Global Studies in an Interconnected World(By: Renée Marlin-Bennett)
34
China in UN Security Council Decision-Making on Iraq: Conflicting Understandings, Competing Preferences(By: Suzanne Xiao Yang)
35
Constructing Sovereignty between Politics and Law(By: Tanja E. Aalberts)
36
NATO’s Security Discourse after the Cold War: Representing the West(By: Andreas Behnke)
37
The Power of International Theory: Reforging the Link to Foreign Policy-Making through Scientific Enquiry(By: Fred Chernoff)
38
The Scandinavian International Society: Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010(By: Laust Schouenborg)
39
World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations(By: Nicholas Onuf)
40
European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games: The EU Overseas Countries and Territories(By: Rebecca Adler-Nissen)
41
International Orders in the Early Modern World: Before the Rise of the West(By: Joel Quirk,Shogo Suzuki,Yongjin Zhang)
42
International Relations and the First Great Debate(By: Brian C. Schmidt)
43
Internationalism and the State in the Twentieth Century(By: Cornelia Navari)
44
Justice, Order and Anarchy: The International Political Theory of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon(By: Alex Prichard)
45
Making Sense, Making Worlds: Constructivism in Social Theory and International Relations(By: Nicholas Onuf)
46
Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance(By: Michael J. Struett,Jon D. Carlson,Mark T. Nance)
47
Power, Realism and Constructivism(By: Stefano Guzzini)
48
Realism in International Relations and International Political Economy: The Continuing Story of a Death Foretold(By: Stefano Guzzini)
49
Security as Practice: Discourse Analysis and the Bosnian War(By: Lene Hansen)
50
The Dao of World Politics: Towards a Post-Westphalian, Worldist International Relations(By: L. H. M. Ling)
51
War in International Society(By: Lacy Pejcinovic)
52
Africa and the Expansion of International Society: Surrendering the Savannah(By: John Anthony Pella Jr)
53
Critical Security Methods: New frameworks for analysis(By: Claudia Aradau)
54
Emancipatory International Relations: Critical Thinking in International Relations(By: Roger D. Spegele)
55
Small State Status Seeking: Norway's Quest for International Standing(By: Benjamin de Carvalho)
56
A Practice of Ethics for Global Politics: Ethical Reflexivity(By: Jack L. Amoureux)
57
Reflexivity and International Relations: Positionality, Critique, and Practice(By: Jack L. Amoureux)
58
The International Political Sociology of Security: Rethinking Theory and Practice(By: Trine Villumsen Berling)
59
Evaluating Progress in International Relations: How do you know?(By: Patrick James,Ewan Harrison,Annette Freyberg-Inan)
60
Nuclear Realism: Global political thought during the thermonuclear revolution(By: Rens van Munster)
61
Russia and the Idea of Europe: A Study in Identity and International Relations(By: Iver B. Neumann)
62
The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations: Philosophy of Science and Its Implications for the Study of World Politics(By: Patrick Thaddeus Jackson)
63
The Politics of Globality since 1945: Assembling the Planet(By: Rens van Munster)
64
Deconstructing the Dynamics of World-Societal Order: The Power of Governmentality in Palestine(By: Jan Busse)
65
Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War: Debating a 21st Century Concert of Powers(By: Harald Muller,Carsten Rauch)
66
Memories of Empire and Entry into International Society: Views from the European periphery(By: Filip Ejdus)
67
Coercive Sanctions and International Conflicts: A Sociological Theory(By: Mark Daniel Jaeger)
68
Kinship in International Relations(By: Iver B. Neumann,Kristin Haugevik)
69
Raymond Aron and International Relations(By: Olivier Schmitt)
70
Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe: How France Changed Foreign Policy(By: Falk Ostermann)
71
Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs(By: Baldur Thorhallsson)
72
Special Relationships in World Politics: Inter-state Friendship and Diplomacy after the Second World War(By: Kristin Haugevik)
73
The Use of Force under International Law: Lawyerized States in a Legalized World(By: Fernando G. Nuñez-Mietz)
74
Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy: Germany and the Iraq War(By: Jakub Eberle)
75
International Relations Narratives: Plotting World Politics(By: Riikka Kuusisto)
76
Tactical Constructivism, Method, and International Relations(By: Oliver Kessler,Brent Steele,Harry Gould)
77
Small States and Security in Europe: Between National and International Policymaking(By: Tom�s Weiss)
78
The Globality of Governmentality: Governing an Entangled World(By: Jan Busse)
79
The Rhetoric of Inquiry in International Relations: A Hermeneutic Investigation into the Forms of Argumentation in International Relations Meta-Theory(By: Torsten Michel)
80
Democratic Peace: A Historical and Cultural Practice(By: Jorg Kustermans)
81
Geoeconomics in International Relations: Neorealist and Neoliberal Conceptualizations(By: Christian Pfeiffer)
82
Uncertainty in Global Politics(By: Anastasia Shesterinina,Miriam Matejova)

Omega Series

Complete

15 books (2017–2019)

Start with Dawn of the Hunter, the first of 15 books in the Omega series.

Start this series with Dawn of the Hunter

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Dawn of the Hunter
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Double Edged Blade
3
A Harvest of Blood
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5
6
7
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The Hand of War
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9
To Rule in Hell
10
11
12
Death In Freedom
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14
15
The Omicron Kill

Rogue Thriller Series

Ongoing

4 books (2024–2026)

Start with Gates of Hell, the first of 4 books in the Rogue Thriller series.

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Gates of Hell
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3
4
Judgement by Fire

Verdugo Series

Complete

3 books (2019–2020)

Start with Verdugo Dawn and read in order.

Start this series with Verdugo Dawn

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Verdugo Dawn
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Blake Banner written?
Blake Banner has written 180 books across 8 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; Detective Mike Roth: Dead Reckoning; New International Relations: International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?(By: N. J. Rengger).
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 5 ongoing series: Alex Mason, Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller, Dead Cold Mysteries, Detective Mike Roth, Rogue Thriller.

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