Mitch Rapp Books in Order
Part ofVince Flynn Books in OrderSee the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills, with books in order, short summaries, series background, and tips on the best reading order to start.
Last updated: December 19, 2025
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Publication Order
21 books
Oath of Loyalty
by Vince Flynn
2022
Believing Mitch Rapp is a threat, President Anthony Cook forces a fragile truce that sends him overseas and out of U.S. politics. When the White House leaks the identity of Rapp’s partner, Claudia Gould, he must protect his family from Legion, a shadowy assassin-for-hire collective.
Enemy at the Gates
by Vince Flynn
2021
With a new, deeply controlling president in the White House, Mitch Rapp is assigned to protect Nicholas Ward, the world’s first trillionaire, after someone starts probing CIA files about him. Rapp must keep Ward alive while using him as bait to expose a mole with extraordinary access.
Total Power
by Vince Flynn
2020
After a cyberterrorist working with ISIS succeeds in taking down the entire U.S. power grid, Mitch Rapp is forced to operate in a country without electricity, communications, or reliable supply chains. To restore order, he has to find the saboteur who understands the system best.
Lethal Agent
by Vince Flynn
2019
An ISIS leader hiding in Yemen plots to weaponize a deadly virus while using Mexican cartels as a smokescreen. Mitch Rapp goes undercover along the border and into cartel territory, trying to choke off the operation as political opponents in Washington try to sideline him.
Red War
by Vince Flynn
2018
When Russian president Maxim Krupin learns he has terminal brain cancer, he decides to secure his legacy through aggression instead of retirement. As he purges rivals and prepares a strike on NATO’s eastern flank, Mitch Rapp infiltrates Russia to stop a war started by a dying man.
Enemy of the State
by Vince Flynn
2017
Cut loose from official cover, Mitch Rapp is asked by the U.S. president to handle a problem that can’t be tied back to Washington: Saudi royals secretly backing ISIS. Operating with a small, off-the-books team, he targets the kingdom’s most dangerous prince and his network.
Order to Kill
by Vince Flynn
2016
Mitch Rapp chases rumors that Pakistani nuclear weapons are being moved toward terrorists, only to find Russia quietly stoking the chaos for its own gain. Posing as an American recruit for ISIS, he dives deep into enemy networks to stop a plot with global consequences.
The Survivor
by Vince Flynn
2015
Mitch Rapp hunts for top secret CIA files stolen by former operative Joe Rickman, whose schemes keep unfolding even after his death. As leaks ripple through foreign capitals, Rapp races Pakistan’s intelligence service and rival powers to shut down a catastrophic breach.
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The Last Man
by Vince Flynn
2012
When CIA mastermind Joe Rickman vanishes from his compound in Afghanistan and four bodyguards are found dead, Mitch Rapp is sent to recover him before years of secrets spill. Navigating corrupt local allies and stateside infighting, he uncovers a web of betrayal inside and outside the Agency.
Kill Shot
by Vince Flynn
2012
Now a seasoned but still deniable assassin, Mitch Rapp has been eliminating targets tied to the Lockerbie bombing. In Paris, a hit on a Libyan official turns into an ambush, leaving him wounded, hunted by multiple governments, and unsure which of his handlers he can trust.
American Assassin
by Vince Flynn
2010
Set before the main series, this prequel follows college athlete Mitch Rapp as he’s recruited by Irene Kennedy and forged into a covert killer under the brutal training of Stan Hurley. His first missions against terrorist cells show both his raw instincts and his impatience with rules.
Pursuit of Honor
by Vince Flynn
2009
In the days after coordinated bombings kill nearly two hundred people in Washington, Mitch Rapp is given unofficial orders to hunt down the surviving terrorists by any means. At the same time, he clashes with politicians and internal watchdogs who want to curb his reach.
Extreme Measures
by Vince Flynn
2008
Mitch Rapp and fellow operative Mike Nash target jihadist cells plotting attacks while a group of lawmakers works to rein in CIA tactics. As a new strike unfolds on U.S. soil, both men are forced to defend their methods in the field and in the political arena.
Protect and Defend
by Vince Flynn
2007
After a covert Israeli strike shatters Iran’s secret nuclear program and leaves a toxic disaster behind, Tehran’s hard-liners demand American blood. Mitch Rapp seizes the chaos to pressure the regime, then must rescue CIA director Irene Kennedy when a back-channel meeting turns into a kidnapping.
Act of Treason
by Vince Flynn
2006
An attack on a presidential candidate’s motorcade kills his wife and propels him into the Oval Office on a wave of sympathy. When new intelligence points away from foreign terrorists and toward powerful Americans, Mitch Rapp follows the money trail into the core of Washington’s elite.
Consent to Kill
by Vince Flynn
2005
A Saudi billionaire furious over his son’s fate puts a massive bounty on Mitch Rapp’s head, unleashing an elite husband-and-wife assassin team and a web of mercenaries. Under quiet orders from the president, Rapp is given unprecedented freedom to strike back at everyone behind the contract.
Memorial Day
by Vince Flynn
2004
When intelligence hints at a nuclear attack timed to Memorial Day ceremonies in Washington, Mitch Rapp leads a raid on an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan and uncovers a bomb bound for the United States. Convinced there’s a second device, he races to stop the real nightmare.
Executive Power
by Vince Flynn
2003
After his cover is blown, Mitch Rapp is sidelined into a visible advisory role but quickly dragged back into the shadows when a Navy SEAL rescue in the Philippines goes wrong. Tracking a gifted Palestinian assassin, he uncovers a scheme to sabotage fragile Middle East peace talks.
Separation of Power
by Vince Flynn
2001
With CIA director Thomas Stansfield gone and Irene Kennedy’s promotion under attack, Mitch Rapp is pulled into a battle on two fronts: Washington schemers trying to bury him and a high-risk mission to remove hidden nuclear weapons from the heart of Baghdad.
The Third Option
by Vince Flynn
2000
Sent to quietly assassinate a German arms dealer, Mitch Rapp is betrayed mid-mission and left for dead. Branded a rogue, he must evade both foreign killers and Washington power brokers while exposing the real conspiracy before it destroys his bosses and his own future.
Transfer of Power
by Vince Flynn
1999
Mitch Rapp infiltrates the White House after a terrorist commando team seizes it, kills dozens, and traps the president in an unfinished bunker with hostages scattered throughout the building. Inside and outside, political infighting threatens to sabotage the only man capable of ending the siege.
Series background & context
Mitch Rapp is a CIA counterterrorism operative who spends his life tracking threats before they reach American streets. The series follows him from off-the-books assassin to the public face of operations that Washington can’t officially admit exist.
Rapp’s personal war on terror starts with a loss. In the backstory explored in American Assassin and Kill Shot, his college girlfriend dies in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. That grief and anger make him the perfect recruit for a secret program run by CIA strategist Irene Kennedy and hard-nosed trainer Stan Hurley.
The early novels, beginning with Transfer of Power, drop readers into the middle of his career. Rapp infiltrates the White House after terrorists seize it, dismantles conspiracies that stretch from Capitol Hill to foreign intelligence services, and leads a covert Orion Team that answers only to a handful of people in government. Each book centers on a specific crisis—hostages, nuclear materials, cyber plots—but the throughline stays the same: he is sent in when diplomacy and open warfare have both failed.
Part of the series’ pull comes from the people orbiting Mitch. Irene Kennedy balances moral questions with the blunt realities of keeping the country safe. Veteran operative Scott Coleman and his former SEAL team back Rapp up on the ground. Reporter Anna Rielly, and later Claudia Gould, give glimpses of what it means to build a life around someone whose job depends on secrecy and violence.
Stories move from Washington, D.C., to Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Europe, Russia, and beyond. The tone stays grounded in nuts-and-bolts tradecraft—surveillance, interrogations, political pressure—rather than gadgets. Rapp is willing to break rules and cross borders, and the books lean into the friction between that mindset and elected officials worried about leaks, headlines, and hearings.
After Flynn’s death in 2013, Kyle Mills stepped in to continue the series. His books send Rapp after stolen CIA files, loose Pakistani nukes, Saudi princes funding terror, and a gravely ill Russian president willing to gamble on war. Later entries bring in bioweapons, the collapse of the U.S. power grid, and a new administration in Washington that views Rapp and Irene Kennedy with deep suspicion.
Across all of these books you can expect high-stakes action, clear plots, and a protagonist who doesn’t spend much time second-guessing himself. The violence is direct, the politics are sharp-edged, and the pacing rarely slows down for long. If you like thrillers where the hero is always a step away from either saving the day or blowing up his career, the Mitch Rapp series is built for you.
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