Tom Clancy bibliography


The following is a complete list of books published by Tom Clancy, an American author of contemporary spy fiction and military fiction.

Works by publication year

;1. The Hunt for Red October : Clancy's first published novel. CIA analyst Jack Ryan assists in the defection of a respected Soviet naval captain, who commands Red October, the Soviet Navy's most advanced ballistic missile submarine. The 1990 movie stars Alec Baldwin as Ryan and Sean Connery as Captain Ramius.
;2. Red Storm Rising : War between NATO and USSR. This book is not a member of the Ryanverse, although a protagonist of the story, Robert Toland, has many similarities with Jack Ryan.
;3. Patriot Games : Prequel to The Hunt for Red October. Jack Ryan and his family become targets of the Ulster Liberation Army, a fictional offshoot of the Irish Republican Army, for foiling their attack on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London. The 1992 movie stars Harrison Ford as Ryan and Samuel L. Jackson as Robby Jackson.
;4. The Cardinal of the Kremlin : The sequel to The Hunt for Red October. First appearance of John Clark and Sergey Golovko. Ryan leads a CIA operation aimed at extracting the agency's highest agent-in-place in the Kremlin, codenamed CARDINAL, who is being hunted by the KGB, and simultaneously forces the head of the KGB to defect.
;5. Clear and Present Danger : The President authorizes the CIA to use American military forces in a covert war against a drug cartel in Colombia. The operation is betrayed. Ryan meets Clark as they lead a mission to rescue the abandoned soldiers. Domingo "Ding" Chavez is one of the rescued soldiers. The 1994 film stars Harrison Ford as Ryan, Willem Dafoe as Clark, and Raymond Cruz as Chavez.
;6. The Sum of All Fears : Palestinian and former East German terrorists find a nuclear weapon that had been lost by Israel, and use it to attack the United States. This nearly triggers a war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, due to the incompetence of the new President and his mistress with an anti-Ryan agenda. Ryan intervenes to avert the war. The 2002 film stars Ben Affleck as Ryan and Liev Schreiber as Clark, and changes the identity and motivation of the terrorists to neo-Nazis.
;7. Without Remorse : Without Remorse takes place during the Vietnam War, when Ryan was a teenager. Ex-SEAL John Clark fights a one-man war against drug dealers in Baltimore, attracting the attention of Jack's father Emmet, a Baltimore police detective. He also helps plan and execute a raid on a prisoner-of-war camp in North Vietnam. Clark later joins the CIA. The 2021 film stars Michael B. Jordan as Clark and Jamie Bell as Robert Ritter.
;8. Debt of Honor : A secret cabal of extreme nationalists gains control of Japan and start a war with the U.S. Ryan, now National Security Advisor, as well as Clark and Chavez, agents in Japan, help win the war. The Vice President resigns in a scandal, and the President appoints Ryan to replace him. A vengeful Japanese airline pilot then crashes a jetliner into the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress attended by most senior U.S. government officials, including the President. Ryan thus becomes the new President through succession.
;9. Executive Orders : Now-President Ryan survives press hazing, an assassination attempt, and a biological warfare attack on the United States. Clark and Chavez trace the virus to a Middle Eastern madman, and the U.S. military goes to work.
;10. SSN: Strategies for Submarine Warfare : Follows the missions of USS Cheyenne in a future war with China precipitated by China's invasion of the disputed Spratly Islands. Also not part of the Ryanverse, SSN is actually a loosely connected collection of "scenario" chapters in support of the eponymous video game.
;11. Rainbow Six : Released to coincide with the video game of the same name. Clark and Chavez, who is now Clark's son-in-law, lead an elite multinational anti-terrorist unit that combats a worldwide genocide attempt by eco-terrorists.
;12. The Bear and the Dragon : War between Russia and China. Ryan recognizes the independence of Taiwan, Chinese police officers kill a Roman Catholic Cardinal, and American armed forces help Russia defeat a Chinese invasion of Siberia.
;13. Red Rabbit : In the early 1980s, CIA analyst Ryan aids in the defection of a Soviet officer who knows of a plan to assassinate Pope John Paul II.
;14. The Teeth of the Tiger : Jack Ryan's son Jack Ryan Jr. becomes an analyst for The Campus, an off-the-books intelligence agency with the freedom to discreetly assassinate individuals "who threaten national security", following the end of the Ryan administration. Also features his two cousins Dominic and Brian Caruso.
;15. Dead or Alive : The story picks up where The Teeth of the Tiger left off with Jack Ryan Jr. and The Campus trying to catch an Osama bin Laden-type of terrorist known as the Emir.
;16. Against All Enemies : After surviving a Taliban bombing attack in Pakistan that claims the lives of his colleagues and his asset, CIA paramilitary officer and former Navy SEAL Max Moore is assigned by a government joint task force to take down a Mexican drug cartel. Along the way, he must deal with Taliban terrorists trying to enter the United States through the Mexico–United States border.
;17. Locked On : While Jack Ryan Jr. trains to become a field operative within The Campus, his father campaigns for re-election as President of the United States. A devout enemy of Jack Senior launches a privately funded vendetta to discredit him, while a corrupt Pakistani general has entered into a deadly pact with Dagestani terrorists to procure nuclear warheads.
;18. Threat Vector : President Jack Ryan and The Campus must deal with a Chinese expansionist government intent on annexing territories in the South China Sea by military force as well as Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. They must also deal with a Chinese version of The Campus, which are instrumental for a series of devastating cyber attacks on American infrastructure.
;19. Command Authority : President Jack Ryan, with help from The Campus, deals with new Russian strongman Valeri Volodin, who is intent on annexing Ukraine. Along the way, he must also contend with his rise to power, which is anchored on a dark secret that Ryan himself had encountered back when he was a CIA analyst.

Post-Clancy novels

The following titles were not written by Clancy. They continue to develop the storylines of Clancy's novels but were written after his death.
;1. Support and Defend : FBI agent and The Campus operative Dominic Caruso must stop a seemingly rogue National Security Council staffer who had run off with top secret documents and is being pursued by Iranians and the Russians.
;2. Full Force and Effect : President Jack Ryan and The Campus must stop North Korean leader Choi Ji-hoon from developing his country's nuclear weapons program.
;3. Under Fire : Jack Ryan Jr. helps his mysterious friend Seth Gregory, who is involved in Dagestan's struggle for independence from Russia.
;4. Commander in Chief : President Jack Ryan and The Campus must stop Russian president Volodin from launching a covert violent offensive in an effort to bring back Russia as a superpower.
;5. Duty and Honor : Jack Ryan Jr. must stop a German private contractor from unleashing false flag attacks to profit from the war on terror.
;6. True Faith and Allegiance : President Jack Ryan and The Campus must contain a massive intelligence breach that has been responsible for a series of terrorist attacks on American military and intelligence personnel.
;7. Point of Contact : While in Singapore, Jack Ryan Jr. must help his mysterious colleague in Hendley Associates Paul Brown avert a North Korean plot to crash the Asian stock market.
;8. Power and Empire : President Jack Ryan and The Campus must prevent a secret cabal heightening the tensions between the United States and China from causing a violent coup in the Chinese government.
;9. Line of Sight : Jack Ryan Jr. is in Bosnia and Herzegovina partly on his mother’s errand to track down her former patient. While evading a Bulgarian crime boss who has a vendetta against him, he has to avert a sinister plot by Turkey to provoke war between NATO and the Russians in the Balkans.
;10. Oath of Office : President Jack Ryan deals with a domestic flu outbreak, a political rival with an anti-Ryan agenda, and a hostage situation in the United States embassy in Cameroon. The Campus uncovers a sinister plot behind a series of protests in Iran, favorably dubbed as the Persian Spring.
;11. Enemy Contact : While investigating on a seemingly unrelated matter in Poland, Jack Ryan Jr. finds out about a breach in the U.S. intelligence community.
;12. Code of Honor : President Jack Ryan deals with the imprisonment of his friend and former CIA colleague Father Pat West in Indonesia. The Campus race against time to retrieve next-generation AI software before the Chinese military use it for sinister purposes.
;13. Firing Point : Jack Ryan Jr. investigates the death of his former classmate in a bombing in Barcelona, Spain, while President Jack Ryan scrambles to track down those responsible for the disappearances of container ships across the oceans.
;14. Shadow of the Dragon : President Jack Ryan deals with a mole in the CIA as The Campus tracks down a missing Chinese scientist and his Uyghur assistant.
;15. Target Acquired : Jack Ryan Jr. stumbles into an Iranian plot to destroy Israel after saving a woman and her child from an attempted murder.
;16. Chain of Command : President Jack Ryan deals with an Indian billionaire who plots to intimidate him into repealing a pharmaceutical bill through kidnapping the First Lady, among others.
;17. Zero Hour : Jack Ryan Jr. races against time to stop a second Korean War after the Supreme Leader of North Korea is incapacitated.
;18. Red Winter : Set in 1985, CIA analyst Jack Ryan works with Mary Pat Foley to investigate a possible East German defector, as a Stasi agent steals a piece of top-secret technology from an F-117 Nighthawk stealth plane that crashed in the Nevada desert.
;19. Flash Point : Jack Ryan Jr. deals with an attack on The Campus from Chinese mercenaries.
;20. Weapons Grade : Jack Ryan Jr. investigates a cold case after witnessing a car accident turned professional hit in Texas, as his father tries to prevent Iran from developing its nuclear weapons program.
;21. Command and Control : President Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of a coup in Panama, while The Campus track down the shadow group Camarilla.
;22. Act of Defiance : Forty years after dealing with the Red October, President Jack Ryan takes on another Russian nuclear submarine headed for the United States. Introduces Ryan's youngest daughter Katie Ryan, an Office of Naval Intelligence analyst.
;23. Shadow State : Jack Ryan Jr. uncovers a conspiracy while working for Hendley Associates in Vietnam.
;24. Defense Protocol : President Jack Ryan must prevent the Chinese president from invading Taiwan.
;25. Line of Demarcation : Jack Ryan Jr. and the Campus must stop a conspiracy between Venezuelan narcoterrorists and Russian mercenaries to seize Guyana's newly discovered oil fields.
;26. Terminal Velocity : Jack Ryan Jr. and the Campus must stop the Emir's son Rafa from carrying out terror attacks in Pakistan and the United States.
;27. Executive Power
;28. Rules of Engagement
;29. Pressure Depth
;30. The Coldest War
Cancelled:'Search and Destroy'''''

Works by series

Jack Ryan series

The Hunt for Red October Patriot Games The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clear and Present Danger The Sum of All Fears Debt of Honor Executive Orders The Bear and the Dragon

The Campus series

The Teeth of the Tiger Dead or Alive Locked On Threat Vector

John Clark series

Without Remorse

Standalone

Red Storm Rising SSN

Post-Clancy novels

With Jack Ryan and The Campus

Support and Defend Full Force and Effect Commander in Chief True Faith and Allegiance Power and Empire Oath of Office Code of Honor Shadow of the Dragon Chain of Command Red Winter Command and Control Act of Defiance Defense Protocol Executive Power Rules of Engagement
  • ''The Coldest War''

With Jack Ryan, Jr.

Under Fire Duty and Honor Point of Contact Line of Sight Enemy Contact Firing Point Target Acquired Zero Hour Flash Point Weapons Grade Shadow State Line of Demarcation Terminal Velocity
  • ''Pressure Depth''

Non-fiction

Guided Tour

Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier
  • ''Special Forces: A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces''

Study in Command

Into the Storm – On the Ground in Iraq Every Man a Tiger — the Gulf War Air Campaign Shadow Warriors — Inside the Special Forces
  • ''Battle Ready''

Other

The Tom Clancy Companion — Writings by Clancy along with a concordance of all his fiction novels, detailing characters and military units or equipment.

Created by Tom Clancy

Note: the following novels were created by Clancy; they were not necessarily written by him.

Op-Center universe

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Jeff Rovin unless otherwise indicated
  1. Op-Center
  2. Mirror Image
  3. Games of State
  4. Acts of War
  5. Balance of Power
  6. State of Siege
  7. Divide and Conquer
  8. Line of Control
  9. Mission of Honor
  10. Sea of Fire
  11. Call to Treason
  12. War of Eagles
  13. Out of the Ashes
  14. Into the Fire
  15. Scorched Earth
  16. Dark Zone
  17. For Honor
  18. Sting of the Wasp
  19. God of War
  20. The Black Order
  21. Call of Duty
  22. ''Fallout''

Net Force universe

Original Net Force universe

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Steve Perry unless otherwise indicated
  1. Net Force
  2. Hidden Agendas
  3. Night Moves
  4. Breaking Point
  5. Point of Impact
  6. CyberNation
  7. State of War
  8. Changing of the Guard
  9. Springboard
  10. ''The Archimedes Effect''

Net Force 2018 universe

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Jerome Preisler unless otherwise indicated
  • ''Code War''

Net Force Relaunch universe

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Jerome Preisler unless otherwise indicated
  • 0,5. Eye of the Drone
  • 1. Dark Web
  • 2. Attack Protocol
  • 2,5. Kill Chain
  • 3. Threat Point
  • 4. ''Moving Target''

Net Force Explorers universe

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Diane Duane unless otherwise indicated
  1. Virtual Vandals
  2. The Deadliest Game
  3. One is the Loneliest Number
  4. The Ultimate Escape
  5. The Great Race
  6. End Game
  7. Cyberspy
  8. Shadow of Honor
  9. Private Lives
  10. Safe House
  11. GamePrey
  12. Duel Identity
  13. Deathworld
  14. High Wire
  15. Cold Case
  16. Runaways
  17. Cloak and Dagger
  18. ''Death Match''

Power Plays series

Created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg and written by Jerome Preisler
  1. Politika
  2. ruthless.com
  3. Shadow Watch
  4. Bio-Strike
  5. Cold War
  6. Cutting Edge
  7. Zero Hour
  8. ''Wild Card''

Video game, novelizations and tie-ins

Note: Splinter Cell, EndWar, H.A.W.X, and Ghost Recon novelizations were mostly written by David Michaels, a pseudonym used by several authors, except where indicated.

Splinter Cell universe

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Fallout Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Endgame Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Aftermath Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Firewall
  • ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Dragonfire''

Comic books

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Digging in the Ashes
  • ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes''

Ghost Recon">Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon">Ghost Recon universe

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Combat Ops Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Choke Point
  • ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: Dark Waters''

EndWar">Tom Clancy's EndWar">EndWar universe

Tom Clancy's EndWar Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted
  • ''Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Missing''

H.A.W.X">Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X">H.A.W.X universe

  • ''Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X''

The Division">Tom Clancy's The Division">The Division universe

Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse Tom Clancy's The Division: Broken Dawn Tom Clancy's The Division: Recruited Tom Clancy's The Division: Compromised
  • ''Tom Clancy's The Division: Hunted''

Audiobooks

  • ''Tom Clancy's The Division: Hearts on Fire''

Comic books

Tom Clancy's The Division: Extremis Malis
  • ''Tom Clancy's The Division: Remission''

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