Order of David Morrell Books
David Morrell is a Canadian-American author of thriller novels. He is best known for his First Blood novels featuring Rambo, which were adapted into the film series starring Sylvester Stallone. Morrell has been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities and several other skills that are often written about in his fiction. His novels have been translated into nearly 30 languages.
David Morrell made his debut as a novelist in 1972 with First Blood, which was adapted into the film of the same name. Below is a list of David Morrell’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Rambo: First Blood Books
| First Blood | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rambo III | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mortalis Books
| The Brotherhood of the Rose | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fraternity Of The Stone | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The League of Night and Fog | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Cavanaugh Books
| The Protector | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Naked Edge | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Attitude Adjuster | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Frank Balenger Books
| Creepers | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scavenger | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Thomas De Quincey Books
| Murder as a Fine Art | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Opium-Eater | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector of the Dead | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ruler of the Night | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Testament | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Last Reveille | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Totem | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood Oath | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fifth Profession | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Covenant of the Flame | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Assumed Identity | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Desperate Measures | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Extreme Denial | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Double Image | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Burnt Sienna | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Long Lost | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Spy Who Came for Christmas | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shimmer | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Hundred-Year Christmas | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Image | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nothing Will Hurt You | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shrine | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| They | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| My Name is Legion | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Architecture of Snow | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Interrogator | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Black Evening | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nightscape | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Before I Wake | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| The Hundred Year Christmas | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Captain America Graphic Novels
| The Chosen | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Cultural-Icon Non-Fiction Books
| John Wayne: The Westerns | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Frank Sinatra: The Artist and His Music | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nelson Riddle: The Man behind the Music | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| John Barth | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fireflies | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lessons From A Lifetime Of Writing | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Successful Novelist | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thrillers: 100 Must Reads | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books
| Honor & ... | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Deserves to Be Dead | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Getaway | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Midnight Flame | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Short Story | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Past Prologue | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Faking a Murderer | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dig Here | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Taking the Veil | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rambo on Their Minds | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Footloose | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
(with Michael Connelly, C.J. Box, John Connolly, Douglas Preston, Lee Child, John Lescroart, Robert Crais, Robert B. Parker, Carol O'Connell, Faye Kellerman, Stephen Hunter, Jonathan Kellerman, Alexander McCall Smith, Anne Perry, Charles Todd, Ian Rankin, Jacqueline Winspear, Jeffery Deaver, Laura Lippman, Thomas Perry, Colin Dexter, Loren D. Estleman, John Harvey, James Grady, Max Allan Collins, Ridley Pearson, William Bernhardt, F. Paul Wilson, Peter Lovesey, Ken Bruen)
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: The anthology Tesseracts Thirteen was co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick. The non-fiction book Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads was co-authored with Hank Wagner.
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First blood was so emotional for me as a school kid and to know that it is from David Morrel basic first novel that last 6 Rambo series was conceptualized shows the power of written word ! All the best to Mr D Morrel