Publishing since 1977, Eric Van Lustbader has 83 books to their name. Across 13 series, Jason Bourne stands out as the longest at 20 books. The newest book on our shelves is The Bourne Vendetta (2025).

New York Times Bestsellers

13 books

Eric Van Lustbader has placed 13 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 80 weeks on the charts.

The Ninja

Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle Series

22 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted May 1980

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The Bourne Betrayal

Jason Bourne Series

11 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #8 · debuted Jun 2007

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Reading Order

13 series · 83 books

0 of 20 read

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#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
1	The Bourne Identity ( By: Robert Ludlum)	1980	🎬 3 adaptations →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Bourne Supremacy ( By: Robert Ludlum)	1986	🎬 Adapted for film/TV →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	The Bourne Ultimatum ( By: Robert Ludlum)	1990	🎬 Adapted for film/TV →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	The Bourne Legacy	2003		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	The Bourne Betrayal	2007		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	The Bourne Sanction	2008		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7	The Bourne Deception	2009		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8	The Bourne Objective	2010		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9	The Bourne Dominion	2011		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10	The Bourne Imperative	2012		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11	The Bourne Retribution	2013		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12	The Bourne Ascendancy	2014		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13	The Bourne Enigma	2016		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14	The Bourne Initiative	2017		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15	The Bourne Evolution ( By: Brian Freeman)	2020		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16	The Bourne Treachery ( By: Brian Freeman)	2021		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17	The Bourne Sacrifice ( By: Brian Freeman)	2022		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18	The Bourne Defiance ( By: Brian Freeman)	2023		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19	The Bourne Shadow ( By: Brian Freeman)	2024		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20	The Bourne Vendetta ( By: Brian Freeman)	2025		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Sunset Warrior	1977	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Shallows of Night	1978	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Dai-San	1978	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Beneath an Opal Moon	1980	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Dragons on the Sea of Night	1997	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Ninja	1980	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Miko	1984	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	White Ninja	1990	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	The Kaisho	1993	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Floating City	1994	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Second Skin	1995	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7	The Death and Life of Nicholas Linnear (Short Story)	2014	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8	The Oligarch's Daughter	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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	1	Jian	1985		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	Shan	1986		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Ring of Five Dragons	2001	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Veil of a Thousand Tears	2002	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Mistress of the Pearl	2003	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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1	First Daughter	2008	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Last Snow	2010	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Blood Trust	2011	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Father Night	2012	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Beloved Enemy	2013	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Testament	2006	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Fallen	2018	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Four Dominions	2018	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	The Sum of All Shadows	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Nemesis Manifesto	2020	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Kobalt Dossier	2021	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Omega Rules	2022	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	The Quantum Solution	2023	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Sirens	1981	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Black Heart	1983	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Zero	1988	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	French Kiss	1988	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Angel Eyes	1991	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Black Blade	1992	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7	Dark Homecoming	1996	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8	Pale Saint	1999	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9	Art Kills	1999	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10	Any Minute Now	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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	1	The Other Side of the Mirror (Short Story)	2017		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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1	Batman & Dracula: Red Rain (Short Story) ( With: Kelley Jones, Doug Moench, Malcolm Jones III, Les Dorscheid)	1991	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Batman & Dracula: Red Rain ( By: Kelley Jones, Doug Moench, Malcolm Jones III)	1991	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Batman: Bloodstorm (Short Story) ( By: Kelley Jones, Doug Moench, John Beatty, Les Dorscheid)	1994	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Batman: Crimson Mist (Short Story) ( By: Kelley Jones, Doug Moench, Gregory Wright, John Beatty)	1998	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Batman Vampire ( With: Kelley Jones, Doug Moench, Malcolm Jones III, John Beatty)	2007	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Elseworlds: Batman Vol. 2 ( By: Kelley Jones, Doug Moench)	2007	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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1	Honor & ... ( By: C.J. Box, Sandra Brown)	2017	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Deserves to Be Dead (Short Story) ( By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson)	2017	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Getaway (Short Story) ( By: Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille)	2017	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Midnight Flame (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian)	2018	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Short Story (Short Story) ( By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Past Prologue (Short Story) ( By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7	Faking a Murderer ( By: Lee Child, Kathy Reichs)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8	Dig Here (Short Story) ( By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9	Taking the Veil (Short Story) ( With: J.A. Jance)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10	Rambo on Their Minds (Short Story) ( By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11	Footloose (Short Story) ( By: Val McDermid, Peter James)	2019	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Berkley Showcase: Vol. 2	1980	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe	2011	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Suspense Magazine June 2014	2014	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	MatchUp	2017	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

About the Author

Eric Van Lustbader (born December 24, 1946) is an American author of thriller and fantasy novels.

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Eric Van Lustbader Books in Order

New York Times Bestsellers

Reading Order

Jason Bourne Series

Sunset Warrior Cycle Series

Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle Series

China Maroc Series

Pearl Saga Series

Jack McClure/Alli Carson Series

Bravo Shaw Series

Evan Ryder Series

Eric Van Lustbader Other Novels

Eric Van Lustbader Short Stories/Novellas

Batman: Vampire Series

The MatchUp Collection Series

Eric Van Lustbader Anthologies