Jack Ryan Books in Order

Soviet captain Marko Ramius takes his cutting-edge missile submarine on an unauthorized run toward the United States. CIA analyst Jack Ryan must prove that Ramius intends to defect, not attack, before nervous militaries trigger a wider war.

While vacationing in London, Jack Ryan thwarts an attack on the Prince and Princess of Wales and wounds an Irish terrorist. His heroism puts him in the crosshairs of a vengeful splinter group that targets his young family back home.

Jack Ryan helps protect CARDINAL, the CIA’s highest-placed agent in Moscow, as the KGB closes in. At the same time, rival missile-defense programs in the U.S. and Soviet Union raise the stakes of every move in this Cold War spy game.

Promoted to acting deputy director of intelligence, Jack Ryan discovers that colleagues are running a secret war against Colombian drug cartels. Cut out of the loop, he races to expose the operation and rescue abandoned special-ops soldiers.

Terrorists rebuild a lost Israeli nuclear weapon and plan to detonate it at the Super Bowl to trigger war between the U.S. and Russia. Jack Ryan must interpret fragmentary clues and cool panicked leaders before miscalculation becomes catastrophe.

In 1970, grieving ex–Navy SEAL John Kelly wages a personal war on a Baltimore drug ring while secretly leading a rescue mission for prisoners in Vietnam. The novel shows how a broken widower becomes the CIA’s lethal operative John Clark.

A cabal of Japanese industrialists exploits a trade dispute to wage economic and military war on the United States. As National Security Advisor, Jack Ryan must untangle financial attacks, submarine duels, and political intrigue leading to a shocking final strike.

Suddenly elevated to the presidency, Jack Ryan must rebuild a shattered U.S. government while facing a new Islamic superstate that unleashes bioterror and invades Saudi Arabia. Politics, pandemics, and armored divisions collide in one long crisis.

Retired operative John Clark forms Rainbow, a multinational counterterrorist unit based in Europe. Early hostage rescues reveal a deeper eco-terrorist plot involving a weaponized virus and a plan to "reset" humanity at the Olympic Games.

New oil and gold fields in Siberia tempt a resource-hungry China into war with Russia. President Jack Ryan draws NATO closer to Moscow, while special forces, tank battles, and a desperate missile-defense gamble decide the conflict’s outcome.

Early in his CIA career, Jack Ryan is sent to London and pulled into a defection involving a Soviet communications officer. The defector’s information reveals a plot to assassinate the Pope, forcing Ryan to navigate Cold War duplicity in Rome.

In a post‑9/11 world, Jack Ryan Jr. discovers the Campus, a deniable intelligence outfit created by his father. As he joins cousins Dominic and Brian Caruso, the team tests itself by hunting terrorist financiers with deadly "reconnaissance by fire" missions.

After years of tracking a terrorist known as the Emir, the Campus finally sees a chance to bring him down. Jack Ryan Jr., his cousins, and veterans John Clark and Ding Chavez race to stop a devastating attack planned on U.S. soil.

Ex–Navy SEAL and CIA operator Max Moore survives a blown operation in Pakistan and uncovers a deeper plot linking Taliban militants with a powerful Mexican drug cartel. To stop attacks on American cities, he must infiltrate cartel circles along the border.

A rogue Pakistani general edges toward a nuclear showdown with India while a political rival frames Jack Ryan Sr. for scandal. The Campus and Jack Ryan Jr. chase weapons and secrets across continents to stop a strike that could ignite regional war.

Chinese hard-liners unleash a wave of cyberattacks and covert operations aimed at pushing the U.S. out of the Pacific. As Jack Ryan Sr. faces a diplomatic crisis, the Campus fights assassins and malware that threaten both national security and its own survival.

A resurgent Russia uses covert funds and deniable forces to pressure its neighbors, echoing a long-buried KGB scheme Jack Ryan once faced as a CIA officer. Now president, he relies on Jack Jr. and the Campus to expose the network before tanks roll.

After a North Korean missile crash, a CIA murder, and stolen forged documents signal a widening crisis, Jack Ryan Jr. and the Campus investigate. President Jack Ryan must counter a young North Korean ruler whose new mineral wealth could finance nuclear ambitions—and a plot against the U.S. president.

Jack Ryan, now president, faces a North Korean regime using rare earth mining and covert deals to fund an ambitious nuclear program. While Ryan maneuvers diplomatically, the Campus follows assassins and money trails to keep a new missile from threatening the world.

Campus operative Dominic Caruso is grieving after a terrorist attack when National Security Council staffer Ethan Ross flees with a microdrive that could expose U.S. intelligence operations. With Russian and terrorist groups pursuing Ross, Caruso must recover it without support from his teammates.

Campus operator Dom Caruso investigates a devastating leak of classified National Security Council files, tracing it to an idealistic staffer in over his head. As foreign agents move to seize the stolen data, Dom has to decide how far he will go to stop another catastrophe.

Russian President Valeri Volodin, thwarted in Dagestan, prepares a campaign intended to restore Russia’s power and destabilize the world. With thousands of Russian troops poised to enter a NATO nation, President Jack Ryan and his allies race to prevent a larger conflict.

Russian president Valeri Volodin quietly stirs up crises across Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic to restore his country’s power. President Jack Ryan and the Campus piece together tanker explosions, cyberattacks, and submarine ambushes before the shadow war turns open.

While gathering intelligence in Tehran, Jack Ryan Jr. receives a key and cryptic warning from his oldest friend, Seth Gregory. When Seth is accused of vanishing with funds from a vital operation, Jack follows a Cold War-rooted secret through a web of deceit and betrayal.

While on a mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan Jr. receives a cryptic key and warning from his old friend Seth Gregory. When Seth disappears, Jack is drawn into a maze of rival intelligence interests, Cold War secrets, and questions of loyalty and treason.

Forced out of the Campus and targeted by a professional assassin, Jack Ryan Jr. investigates the clues left by the attack. His unsanctioned pursuit leads to a celebrated philanthropist, a human-rights advocate, and the truth behind a long-running false-flag campaign of terror.

After being forced out of the Campus intelligence agency and surviving an apparent mugging, Jack Ryan Jr. follows clues left by his would-be killer. His search exposes a celebrated philanthropist and a long-running false-flag terror campaign with deadly global consequences.

A huge data breach exposes the personal information of millions of U.S. military officers and intelligence agents. After attacks on personnel and their families, President Jack Ryan must identify the hackers and halt the flow of compromised intelligence before further violence follows.

A stolen security database turns millions of U.S. military and intelligence personnel into targets. As terrorists and hostile states use the information to stage attacks at home and abroad, President Jack Ryan and the Campus race to plug the breach and protect their own.

Jack Ryan Jr. and forensic accountant Paul Brown audit a Singapore technology company for a former senator. Unknown to each other, both have CIA-connected tasks; when their operation exposes a hidden scheme and assassins close in amid a cyclone, they must prevent global disaster.

Jack Ryan Jr. and accountant Paul Brown travel to Singapore for what looks like a routine financial review. Instead they walk into cyberwar, a deadly storm, and a mission where the wrong line of code could trigger global chaos.

President Jack Ryan faces a shadow campaign to spark war between the United States and China, while The Campus chases a Chinese agent using terror strikes and human trafficking to topple a moderate leader and trigger a violent coup.

Twenty-six years after Cathy Ryan restored a Bosnian girl’s eyesight, Jack Ryan, Jr. travels to Sarajevo to deliver her letter. He finds Aida Curic running a refugee agency and becomes entangled in Balkan tensions, covert operations, and a conspiracy that could ignite a wider war.

What starts as a favor for his mother sends Jack Ryan Jr. to Sarajevo in search of a woman she once saved. When Aida Curic is kidnapped, Jack is pulled into Balkan mafias, old grudges, and rising regional tension.

Deadly protests in Iran hide a covert scheme to steal anti-ballistic missiles and detonate them in space, wiping out satellites. As a vicious flu and floods batter the U.S., President Jack Ryan and The Campus race to stop a manufactured Persian Spring.

When Jesuit priest and former CIA officer Pat West is jailed in Indonesia on trumped-up charges, President Jack Ryan quietly unleashes The Campus to dig into his arrest and a stolen AI program that could let China cripple U.S. defenses.

As classified CIA information is leaked to undermine Western intelligence, Jack Ryan, Jr. is sent to Poland on a separate assignment. A dying friend’s final request pulls him into a dangerous trail that leads toward the source of the leak and a formidable criminal syndicate.

Jack Ryan Jr. heads to Poland on a thin lead just as a leak begins spilling the CIA's deepest secrets. A personal promise to a dying friend turns his mission into a brutal fight against a criminal network with global reach.

While vacationing in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. reconnects with an old friend moments before a suicide bombing kills her. Her dying clue sends him searching for the truth behind her death, her hidden past, and an enemy whose reach may exceed what he can confront alone.

While vacationing in Barcelona, Jack Ryan Jr. sees an old friend killed in a bombing and refuses to let the trail die with her. His search pulls him into a layered conspiracy involving hidden loyalties, intelligence services, and a dangerous past.

A Chinese scientist who designed a silent submarine drive disappears with his Uyghur assistant, just as a damaged ballistic-missile sub surfaces under Arctic ice. President Ryan hunts a mole inside the CIA while The Campus tracks the fugitives across China and Mongolia.

As President Ryan pushes a hard-fought bill to rein in drug companies, an Indian billionaire unleashes ransomware attacks, deep-fake videos, and a mercenary group that kidnaps the First Lady, forcing The Campus into a global hunt to unravel his scheme.

Jack Ryan, Jr. takes a simple CIA assignment in Israel as a favor to Ding Chavez, then intervenes when a mother and child are attacked. The woman is a scientist with knowledge that could shift the balance of power, making Jack a target in a race to protect her.

Jack Ryan Jr. agrees to cover a simple CIA observation job in Israel for Ding Chavez. When he helps a woman and child in danger, he becomes the target of killers and must keep the boy alive.

In 1985, young CIA analyst Jack Ryan goes behind the Berlin Wall to assess a potential East German defector, even as another spy steals fragments of a crashed stealth jet in Nevada, putting Ryan between rival agencies, the Stasi, and the KGB.

Jack Ryan Jr. travels to Seoul to vet a possible Campus recruit, only to land in a crisis when North Korean sleeper agents activate across the South. A mysterious contact may stop war, if Jack can pay her price.

A coup in Panama erupts just as President Jack Ryan visits the country, stranding him behind enemy lines while conspirators move on the Canal. As streets explode in violence, The Campus races to expose the shadow group orchestrating the uprising.

A routine surveillance job spirals into a campaign against the Campus, while a collision in the South China Sea pushes China and the United States toward war. Jack Ryan Jr. has to lead a battered team.

On a quiet Texas road, Jack Ryan Jr. witnesses what looks like a crash but is really a professional hit. His only lead pulls him into a small-town mystery and a much larger international plot.

A rogue Russian submarine carrying Poseidon torpedoes heads west, and Jack Ryan is suddenly back in Red October territory. With Katie Ryan on the inside, father and daughter race to stop a radioactive catastrophe.

China prepares to strike Taiwan, and only a terrified defense minister may hold the key to stopping it. Jack Ryan, John Clark, and Katie Ryan are pulled into a high-stakes plan that could trigger major war.

Hendley Associates sends Jack Ryan Jr. to Vietnam to assess a promising rare-earth company. After a helicopter is shot down in the Highlands, Jack and a wounded colleague are hunted while he investigates what the remote facility is really processing.

When Kyle Ryan vanishes in an African nation sliding toward coup, the crisis becomes painfully personal for President Jack Ryan. He must decide how far he can bend state power to save his son.

Jack Ryan Jr. is in Guyana to pursue a business opportunity after a major offshore oil discovery. When a Coast Guard cutter is destroyed and the interior minister is kidnapped, he must expose the force targeting the country’s oil industry while alliances keep shifting.

After investigators link a string of U.S. murders to a past operation against the Umayyad Revolutionary Council, Jack Ryan Jr. and the Campus confront a revenge campaign. Jack heads into the disputed mountains of Kashmir to rescue a captured teammate and stop the terrorists.

When the U.S. secretary of commerce dies in a plane crash in Turkey, President Jack Ryan suspects sabotage. As Katie Ryan’s team investigates a mismatch between the passenger manifest and the recovered bodies, the search exposes a larger international threat.

In this forthcoming Jack Ryan novel, Russia uses nuclear-powered icebreakers to melt a passage above the Arctic Circle, creating a route its ships and submarines can use beyond American surveillance. President Jack Ryan must counter the plan without triggering war or environmental disaster.