New York Times Bestsellers
John Gardner has placed 8 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 68 weeks on the charts.
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James Bond Series
15 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #6 · debuted May 1982
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James Bond Series
13 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #9 · debuted May 1981
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Reading Order
10 series · 76 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Liquidator | 1964 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Understrike | 1965 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Amber Nine | 1966 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Madrigal | 1967 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Hideaway (Short Story) | 1968 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Founder Member | 1969 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Traitor's Exit | 1970 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | The Airline Pirates | 1973 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Air Apparent | 1973 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Assassination File | 1974 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | A Killer for a Song | 1975 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Derek Torry Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | A Complete State of Death | 1969 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Corner Men | 1976 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Bottled Spider | 2002 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Streets of Town | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Angels Dining at the Ritz | 2004 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Troubled Midnight | 2005 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | No Human Enemy | 2007 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Nostradamus Traitor | 1979 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Garden of Weapons | 1981 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Quiet Dogs | 1988 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Maestro | 1993 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Confessor | 1995 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Professor Moriarty Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Return of Moriarty | 1974 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Revenge of Moriarty | 1975 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Moriarty | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Railton Family Series
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Secret Generations | 1985 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Secret Houses | 1987 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Secret Families | 1989 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
John Gardner Other Novels
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Censor | 1972 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Every Night's a Bullfight | 1973 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Director | 1973 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | To Run a Little Faster | 1976 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Werewolf Trace | 1977 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Dancing Dodo | 1979 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Golgotha | 1980 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | The Last Trump | 1980 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Blood of the Fathers | 1992 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | Day of Absolution | 2001 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
John Gardner Non-Fiction Books
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | On Becoming a Novelist | 1983 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | On Writers and Writing | 1994 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
John Gardner Anthologies
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Best American Short Stories 1982 | 1982 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
About the Author
John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English writer of spy and thriller novels.