New York Times Bestsellers
Stephen Hunter has placed 7 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 20 weeks on the charts.
I, Sniper
Bob Lee Swagger Series
6 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #14 · debuted Jan 2010
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The Third Bullet
Bob Lee Swagger Series
4 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Jan 2013 · 5 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Reading Order
12 series · 160 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point of Impact | 1993 | 🎬 2 adaptations → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Black Light | 1996 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Time to Hunt | 1998 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The 47th Samurai | 2007 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Night of Thunder | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | I, Sniper | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Dead Zero | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | The Third Bullet | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Sniper's Honor | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | G-Man | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | Game of Snipers | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | Targeted | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Earl Swagger Series
0 of 4 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Springs | 2000 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Pale Horse Coming | 2001 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Havana | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Bullet Garden | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Springs | 2000 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Pale Horse Coming | 2001 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Havana | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Bullet Garden | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Swagger Collections
0 of 1 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Front Sight | 2024 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Ray Cruz Series
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Zero | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Soft Target | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Stephen Hunter Other Novels
0 of 8 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Master Sniper | 1980 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Second Saladin | 1982 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Spanish Gambit / Tapestry of Spies | 1985 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Target | 1985 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Day Before Midnight | 1989 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Dirty White Boys | 1994 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | I, Ripper | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Basil's War | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Stephen Hunter Short Stories/Novellas
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Stephen Hunter Non-Fiction Books
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violent Screen | 1995 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Now Playing at the Valencia | 2005 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | American Gunfight | 2005 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Virtue ( By: Ken Bruen) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Book Thing ( By: Laura Lippman) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Book Case ( By: Nelson DeMille) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) ( By: William Link) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Final Testament (Short Story) ( By: Peter Blauner) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) ( By: David Bell) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Taylor) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) ( By: Thomas H. Cook) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | Remaindered (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | The Sequel (Short Story) ( By: R.L. Stine) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) ( By: Lyndsay Faye) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | Book Club (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) ( By: Bradford Morrow) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | It's in the Book (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 19 | The Scroll (Short Story) ( By: Anne Perry) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 21 | The Little Men (Short Story) ( By: Megan Abbott) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 22 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 23 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) ( By: Joyce Carol Oates) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 24 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 25 | From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 26 | The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 27 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 28 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Fowler) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 29 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) ( By: John Harvey) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 30 | The Haze (Short Story) ( By: James W. Hall) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 31 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) ( By: Joe R. Lansdale) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 32 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 33 | Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Peter Robinson) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 34 | The Hemingway Valise ( By: Robert Olen Butler) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 35 | The Last Honest Horse Thief ( By: Michael Koryta) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 36 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( By: John Connolly) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 37 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) ( By: David Handler) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 38 | The Traitor (Short Story) ( By: Martin Edwards) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 39 | The Dark Door ( By: Lisa Unger) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 40 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) ( By: Peter Swanson) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Virtue ( By: Ken Bruen) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) ( By: William Link) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Book Thing ( By: Laura Lippman) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Book Case ( By: Nelson DeMille) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Taylor) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | The Final Testament (Short Story) ( By: Peter Blauner) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) ( By: David Bell) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Scroll (Short Story) ( By: Anne Perry) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | Book Club (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) ( By: Thomas H. Cook) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | It's in the Book (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) ( By: Bradford Morrow) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | Remaindered (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) ( By: Lyndsay Faye) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 19 | The Sequel (Short Story) ( By: R.L. Stine) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 21 | The Little Men (Short Story) ( By: Megan Abbott) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 22 | From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 23 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 24 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 25 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) ( By: Joyce Carol Oates) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 26 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 27 | The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 28 | The Haze (Short Story) ( By: James W. Hall) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 29 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) ( By: John Harvey) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 30 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Fowler) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 31 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) ( By: Joe R. Lansdale) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 32 | Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Peter Robinson) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 33 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 34 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( By: John Connolly) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 35 | The Hemingway Valise ( By: Robert Olen Butler) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 36 | The Last Honest Horse Thief ( By: Michael Koryta) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 37 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) ( By: David Handler) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 38 | The Traitor (Short Story) ( By: Martin Edwards) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 39 | The Dark Door ( By: Lisa Unger) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 40 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) ( By: Peter Swanson) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Stephen Hunter (born March 25, 1946) is an American novelist, essayist, and film critic. Hunter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His father was Charles Francis Hunter, a Northwestern University speech professor who was murdered in 1975 by two male prostitutes. His mother was Virginia Ricker Hunter, a writer of children's books.