Jack Ryan Reading Order: How to read Tom Clancy&039s books?

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Do you know that Jack Ryan is coming back on a TV show? after the books, the video games and the movies, he will conquer the streaming world with a new TV show. my favorite jack ryan movie is the hunt for red october, even after all these years it’s still great. my dad liked it a lot, so we watched it a lot at my house. he loves books too and we’re going to talk about that, but first…

who is jack ryan?

dr. John Patrick “Jack” Ryan, Sr., KCVO (Hon.), Ph.D. is a character created by tom clancy. When we met him, he is a senior CIA analyst and former Marine. his career will not stop here. in fact, ryan will move up the chain.

You are reading: Jack ryan books in order

clancy made ryan one of his most famous creations, placing him in a few books before moving on to jack ryan jr. the ryan family never stopped and a whole universe developed around the father and son.

You can include your stories in the spy/techno-thriller genre. Sadly, Tom Clancy died in 2013, but Mark Greaney picked up where he left off and is still posting new Jack Ryan, Jr. novels on a regular basis.

jack ryan’s reading order:

in my opinion, the best way to get to know the jack ryan series is to start with the quest for red october. It was the first book published with Jack Ryan. That said, I propose here a chronological order of reading. I will add, at the end, the publication order.

me. before jack ryan

no remorse, by tom clancy - this novel does not revolve around jack ryan, but john clark. Set during the Vietnam War, in Baltimore City, the book tells of Clark’s origins and alternates between two major narrative arcs. in one of them we met emmet ryan, jack’s father. Clarke is a recurring character in Ryan’s novels.

ii. the jack ryan era

tom clancy’s patriot games- In an explosive wave of violence, an ultra-left faction of the anger is hunting a man for his saving act in an assassination attempt. and now jack ryan must pay with his life.
red rabbit, by tom clancy-when jack ryan joins the cia as an analyst, he is thrown into a world of political intrigue and conspiracy. stationed in england, he quickly finds himself interrogating a soviet defector with an extraordinary story to tell: top russian officials are plotting to assassinate pope john paul ii.
the hunt for red october , by tom clancy - during the cold war, marko alexandrovich ramius, a lithuanian submarine commander in the soviet navy, intends to defect to the united states with his officers aboard the experimental nuclear submarine red october. the entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet is ordered to pursue the submarine and destroy it at all costs. Americans are determined to find her first and bring her safely to port in the intelligence coups of all time.

the cardinal of the kremlin, by tom clancy - two men possess vital data on russia’s star wars missile defense system. one of them is a cardinal - the highest ranking us agent in the kremlin - and is about to be fired by the kgb. the other is the American who can save the cardinal and bring the world to the brink of peace or war.
clear and present danger, by tom clancy - Colombian drug traffickers have US ambassador and visiting fbi chief assassinated. The decision is made to send undercover teams to Colombia. Back in the United States, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise prepare to take the fight to the enemy. but does anyone know who the real enemy is? jack ryan and cia field officer john clark must find the answer.
the sum of all fears, by tom clancy - cia deputy director jack ryan lays the foundations for a peace plan that could end centuries of conflict in the Middle East. But ruthless terrorists have their hands on a nuclear weapon and have planted it on American soil amid escalating tensions with the Soviet Union. terrorists hope to reignite cold war animosity and prevent reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.

debt of honor, by tom clancy - razio yamata, one of japan’s most influential industrialists, has devised a plan to cripple the united states. When the faulty gas tank in a Tennessee family’s car leads to their fiery death, an opportunistic u. yes the congressman takes advantage of the occasion to rush a new trade bill through the system. The law is designed to squeeze Japan financially. instead, it provides yamata with the clout he needs to put his plan into action. there’s only one man left to find out who’s to blame: jack ryan, the new president’s national security adviser.
executive orders, from tom clancy - jack ryan had agreed to accept the vice-presidency only as an interim for a year, and now, suddenly, an incalculable weight has fallen on his shoulders. how do you run a government without a government? where do you start? With amazing force, Ryan’s responsibilities crush him. he must calm an anxious and distraught nation, dispel the skepticism of world leaders, conduct a swift investigation into the tragedy, and stage a massive state funeral, all while trying to reconstitute a cabinet and congress as quickly as possible.
rainbow six, by tom clancy - several nato countries have collectively organized an elite anti-terrorist unit called the rainbow made up of the best soldiers in the armed forces of various nations. Led by John Clark, the team must take on a group of terrorists unlike any the world has seen before, a gang of men and women so extremist that their success could literally spell the end of life on this earth as we know it.

tom clancy’s bear and dragon- a high-profile assassination attempt in russia has newly elected ryan sending his most trusted eyes and ears - including specialist in counterterrorism john clark - to moscow, because he fears the worst is yet to come.

iii. the jack ryan, jr. time

As Jack Ryan comes out of retirement, he learns that his son, Jack Jr., is now a campus field operative. The Jack Ryan series now focuses on both Jack and his son.

the tiger’s teeth, by tom clancy - jack ryan jr. he is recruited by the campus, an “off the record” intelligence agency, as an analyst. he discovers that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to find. because it’s actually a different world out there, than it is in here… and it’s about to get a whole lot more dangerous.
dead or alive, by tom clancy with grant blackwood - now covert intelligence expert jack ryan jr. and his compatriots on campus have faced his greatest enemy: a sadistic assassin known as the emir. Mastermind of countless horrific attacks, the emir has eluded capture by every law enforcement agency in the world. But his greatest devastation is yet to be unleashed as he plans a monumental attack on America’s heartland.
locked down, by tom clancy with mark greaney – a devoted enemy of jack , Mr. He launches a privately funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a past murder mystery of his former ally John Clark. With Clark on the run, it’s up to Jack, Jr. to stop a growing threat emerging from the Middle East, where a corrupt Pakistani general has entered into a deadly pact with a fanatical terrorist to acquire four nuclear warheads that they can use to blackmail any world power into submission or confrontation. annihilation.

threat vector, by tom clancy with mark greaney - the campus has been discovered. and who knows that they exist knows that they can be destroyed. meanwhile, president jack ryan has returned to the oval office - and his wisdom and courage are needed more desperately than ever.
commanding authority, by tom clancy with mark greaney – When a friend of Ryan’s family is poisoned by a radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. and jack ryan jr. - aided by his compatriots john clark and the undercover warriors of the secret campus - must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making and finish what his father started.
support and defend

support and defend

strong>, by mark greaney - ethan ross was a mid-level staff member of the national security council. He is now a wanted fugitive on the run with a microdrive containing enough information to destroy American intelligence efforts around the world. The CIA is desperate to get the unit back before it is captured by the Russians or one of the various terrorist groups also vying for it.

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full force and effect, by mark greaney - a north korean intercontinental ballistic missile crashes into the sea of japan. A veteran CIA officer is assassinated in Ho Chi Minh City and a package of forged documents goes missing. The pieces are there, but putting the puzzle together will cost Jack Ryan, Jr., and his fellow campus agents precious time they don’t have.

Under Fire, by Grant blackwood - on an assignment in tehran, jack ryan, jr., meets his oldest friend, seth gregory. When they part ways, Seth gives Jack a key, along with a puzzling message. The next day, Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim that Seth has disappeared with funds for a vital intelligence operation. They say he has turned and leave Jack with a warning: If you hear from Seth, call us. don’t get involved.

commander-in-chief, by tom clancy - as the desperate Russian president launches a violent all-out covert offensive to throw the world into chaos and regain his lost power your once mighty country depends on us. President Jack Ryan and all his allies to stop the madman’s grand plan of conflict and global conquest.

duty and honor, by grant blackwood - jack ryan, jr., stands alone. he has been kicked out of his position on campus. As if that’s not bad enough, someone is looking for Jack’s blood. the police think he was just the victim of a robbery, but know a professional killer when he kills one.

true faith and loyalty, by mark greaney - as deadliest events Involving US military and intelligence personnel continue, around the world, it is clear that there has been some kind of massive data breach and that stolen data has been weaponized by a wide range of America’s most dangerous enemies. with us. intelligence agencies potentially compromised, it’s up to john clark and the rest of campus to trace the leak back to its source.

point of contact, by mike maden – former u.s. Senator Weston Rhodes is a defense contractor with an urgent problem. his company needs someone to quickly check the books of dalfan technologies, a singapore company. He turns to his old friend Gerry Hendley for help. hendley associates is one of the best financial analysis firms in the country and the front page of the campus. Rhodes requests two specific analysts, Jack Ryan Jr. and Paul Brown, a mild-mannered forensic accountant.

power and empire, by marc cameron – jack ryan faces an aggressive challenge from the chinese government. pawns move around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil rig, a terrorist attack on a US destroyer, and a storm-tossed US spy ship. it seems that chairman zhao is determined to limit ryan’s options in the upcoming g20 negotiations. but there are hints that there is even more going on behind the scenes.

line of sight, by mike maden – twenty-six years ago, dr. Cathy Ryan restored the sight of a young Bosnian woman who had been injured during an attack in the Bosnian War. today, his son, jack ryan jr. He has agreed to locate the young woman and deliver a letter from her mother. what he finds shocks them both.

oath of office, by marc cameron – freedom may finally have come to iran. As protests erupt across the country, the media rejoices in the so-called Persian Spring. western leaders are ecstatic. members of congress and the cabinet clamor to back the rebels. Only President Jack Ryan remains cautious. Meanwhile, a deadly strain of flu is ravaging the United States as spring flooding decimates the Southeast.

contact with the enemy, by mike maden: the cia’s deepest secrets are being handed over to a larger agenda that will undermine the entire western intelligence community. Director of National Intelligence Mary Pat Foley wants it to stop, but she doesn’t know who, how or why. Jack Ryan, Jr. is sent to Poland on a different mission. Clues are few and far between and the path ends in a dead end in a harrowing fight from which he barely escapes with his life.

Code of Honor, by Marc Cameron – Father Pat West, SJ was friends with young Jack Ryan when they were both college students. father west left a dresser to work with the poor in indonesia. he now he has been arrested and charged with blasphemy against islam. President Ryan is desperate to rescue his old friend, but he cannot officially act against the Indonesians. instead, he trusts the campus team to find out who is framing the priest.

shotpoint, by mike maden-while on vacation in barcelona, jack ryan, Jr. he is surprised to meet an old friend in a small cafe. For the first time, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack. After making plans to meet up later, Jack leaves, only to miss the chance to speak to Renee again, as the cafe is destroyed minutes later by a suicide bomber. Desperate, Jack dives back into the ruins to save his friend, but it’s too late. As he dies in her arms, he utters one word, “sammler”.

marc cameron’s shadow of the dragon: a missing Chinese scientist, unexplained noises emanating from under the arctic ice, and a possible mole on US intelligence are just a few of the issues than plague president jack ryan, who has only one option: send john clark and his campus team deep into china.

target acquired, by don Bentley – Jack Ryan, Jr. I would do anything for Ding Chavez. That’s why Jack is currently sitting in an open-air market in Israel, helping a CIA team with a simple job. The man leading the mission, Peter Beltz, is an old friend from the Ding Army days. Ding hadn’t seen his friend since Peter’s transfer to the CIA eighteen months earlier, and he intended to use the assignment to reconnect. Unfortunately, Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place. It’s a comfortable assignment: a trip to Israel for a couple of hours of easy work, but Jack could use some downtime after his latest operation.

Chain of Command, by marc cameron: A crooked pharmaceutical billionaire has spent millions supporting radical groups while using the chaos they engender to cover up his money-making schemes, but for a man with such towering ambitions, the only real goal is power. To get there, he’ll have to remove the only thing standing in his way: Jack Ryan. the question is, how do you attack the best kept man in the world?

zero hour, by don bentley: when north korea’s leader suffers a catastrophic injury, his incapacitation inadvertently triggers a “dead man’s switch” that activates an army of sleeper agents In the south. Korea and precipitating a succession struggle. jack ryan jr. He’s in Seoul to interview a potential newcomer to campus. But his benign journey takes a deadly turn when a wave of violence perpetrated by North Korean agents grips the South Korean capital. A mysterious voice from North Korea offers Jack a way to stop the peninsula’s plunge into war, but the price may be more than he can pay.

Winter Red, by Marc Cameron (Available December 2022): As President of the United States, Jack Ryan wields unimaginable power, but there is one enemy he cannot hope to defeat: the shadows of his past. now one of them has resurfaced and threatens not only his presidency, but the security of the entire western world.

jack ryan’s publication order:

the hunt for red october (1984)

patriot games (1987)

the cardinal of the kremlin (1988)

clear and danger present (1989)

the sum of all fears (1991)

no regrets (1993)

debt of honor (1994)

Executive Orders (1996)

Rainbow Six (1998)

The Bear and the Dragon (2000)

Red Rabbit (2002)

Tiger’s Teeth (2003)

Dead or Alive (2010)

Blocked (2011)

Threat Vector (2012)

command authority (2013)

support and defend (2014)

full force and effect (2014)

under fire ( 2015)

commander in chief (2015)

duty and honor (2016)

true faith and loyalty (2016)

period contact (2017)

power and empire (2017)

line of sight (2018)

oath of office (2018)

enemy contact (2019)

code of honor (2019)

shooting point (2020)

the shadow of the dragon (2020)

acquired objective (2021)

chain of command (2021)

zero hour (2022)

red winter (2022)

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