Order of John Rain Books
John Rain is the half-Japanese, half-American ex US Special Forces member, a fictional character created by ex-CIA employee Barry Eisler.
John Rain first debuted in the book Rain Fall and has spurred numerous sequels as a recurring main character, in the action thriller series. Below is a list of Barry Eisler’s John Rain books in order of when they were first published:
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Publication Order of John Rain Books
| Rain Fall / A Clean Kill in Tokyo | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hard Rain / Blood from Blood / A Lonely Resurrection | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rain Storm / Choke Point / Winner Take All | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Killing Rain / One Last Kill / Redemption Games | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Assassin / Extremis | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Requiem For an Assassin / The Killer Ascendant | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Paris is a Bitch | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Detachment | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Graveyard of Memories | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zero Sum | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Killer Collective | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Chaos Kind | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Rain Fall was also released as A Clean Kill in Tokyo. Hard Rain was also released as Blood from Blood and as A Lonely Resurrection. Rain Storm was also published as Choke Point and as Winner Take All. Killing Rain is also known as One Last Kill and as Redemption Games. The Last Assassin was also published under the title of Extremis. Requiem for an Assassin is also known as The Killer Ascendant.
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Graveyard of Memories is Rain’s recollection of how his career started. It’s set completely in 1972. So I don’t think the chronological order is the same as the publication order..
One would think that the reading of whatever books in whatever order would determine for you what you feel is the apparent timeline according to the writing of the story.