Stephen Hunter Reading Order

40 books (2012–2022)

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

#	Title
1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
22	From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
26	Citadel 2016Buy 🇺🇸
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (1993–2022)

Start with Point of Impact, the first of 12 books in the Bob Lee Swagger series.

#	Title
1	Point of Impact 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Black Light 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Time to Hunt 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	The 47th Samurai 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Night of Thunder 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	I, Sniper 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dead Zero 2010Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Third Bullet 2013Buy 🇺🇸
9	Sniper's Honor 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	G-Man 2017Buy 🇺🇸
11	Game of Snipers 2019Buy 🇺🇸
12	Targeted 2022Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2000–2023)

Start with Hot Springs, the first of 4 books in the Earl Swagger series.

#	Title
1	Hot Springs 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pale Horse Coming 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Havana 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Bullet Garden 2023Buy 🇺🇸

33 books (2022–2025)

Start with Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman), the first of 33 books in the Mysterious Profiles series.

3 books (1995–2005)

Start with Violent Screen and read in order.

#	Title
1	Violent Screen 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	American Gunfight(With: John Bainbridge Jr.) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Now Playing at the Valencia 2005Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2010–2011)

Start with Dead Zero and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dead Zero 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Soft Target 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2014–2016)

Start with Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match and read in order.

9 books (1980–2025)

Start with The Master Sniper, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Master Sniper 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Second Saladin 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	Target 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Spanish Gambit / Tapestry of Spies 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Day Before Midnight 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Dirty White Boys 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	I, Ripper 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Basil's War 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Gun Man Jackson Swagger 2025Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2024–2024)

23 books (1982–2025)

Start with The Second Saladin, the first of 23 books in the Swaggerverse series.

#	Title
1	The Second Saladin 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Point of Impact 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dirty White Boys 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Black Light 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Time to Hunt 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hot Springs 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Pale Horse Coming 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Havana 2003Buy 🇺🇸
9	The 47th Samurai 2007Buy 🇺🇸
10	Night of Thunder 2008Buy 🇺🇸
11	I, Sniper 2009Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dead Zero 2010Buy 🇺🇸
13	Soft Target 2011Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Third Bullet 2013Buy 🇺🇸
15	Sniper's Honor 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	G-Man 2017Buy 🇺🇸
17	Game of Snipers 2019Buy 🇺🇸
18	Targeted 2022Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Bullet Garden 2023Buy 🇺🇸
20	City of Meat 2024Buy 🇺🇸
21	Five Dolls for the Gut Hook 2024Buy 🇺🇸
22	Johnny Tuesday 2024Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Gun Man Jackson Swagger 2025Buy 🇺🇸