Author · updated 2026
David Morrell Books in Order
Every David Morrell book in publication order — 56 in total, spanning 1972–2019.
Publication Order of Rambo: First Blood Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  First Blood | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Rambo: First Blood Part II | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Rambo III | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mortalis Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Brotherhood of the Rose | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Fraternity Of The Stone | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The League of Night and Fog | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Cavanaugh Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Protector | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Naked Edge | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Attitude Adjuster | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Frank Balenger Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Creepers | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Scavenger | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Thomas De Quincey Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Opium-Eater | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Inspector of the Dead | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Ruler of the Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Testament | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Last Reveille | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Totem | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Blood Oath | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Fifth Profession | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  The Covenant of the Flame | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Assumed Identity | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Desperate Measures | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Extreme Denial | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Double Image | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Burnt Sienna | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Long Lost | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  The Spy Who Came for Christmas | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  The Shimmer | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | My Name is Legion | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Architecture of Snow | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Interrogator | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Black Evening | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Nightscape | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Before I Wake | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Hundred Year Christmas | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Captain America Graphic Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Chosen | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Cultural-Icon Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Wayne: The Westerns | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Frank Sinatra: The Artist and His Music | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Nelson Riddle: The Man behind the Music | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  John Barth | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Fireflies | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Successful Novelist | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Thrillers | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dark at Heart | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Millenium | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Murder for Revenge | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  These Guns for Hire | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Crucified Dreams | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  The Rich and the Dead | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Chiral Mad 2 | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Detours | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | MatchUp | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 56, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Blood | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Testament | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | John Barth | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Last Reveille | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Totem | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Blood Oath | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Brotherhood of the Rose | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Fraternity Of The Stone | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The League of Night and Fog | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Rambo III | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Fireflies | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Fifth Profession | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Covenant of the Flame | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Dark at Heart | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Assumed Identity | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Desperate Measures | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Extreme Denial | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Millenium | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Double Image | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Murder for Revenge | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Black Evening | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Burnt Sienna | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Long Lost | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Protector | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Nightscape | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Creepers | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | These Guns for Hire | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Scavenger | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Spy Who Came for Christmas | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Chosen | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Successful Novelist | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Shimmer | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Hundred Year Christmas | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Naked Edge | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Thrillers | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | They | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | My Name is Legion | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Crucified Dreams | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Rich and the Dead | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Attitude Adjuster | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Architecture of Snow | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Interrogator | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | John Wayne: The Westerns | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Frank Sinatra: The Artist and His Music | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Nelson Riddle: The Man behind the Music | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Chiral Mad 2 | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Opium-Eater | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Inspector of the Dead | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Ruler of the Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Detours | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | MatchUp | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Before I Wake | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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