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