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John Rain Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of John Rain books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the John Rain series? Start with "Rain Fall / A Clean Kill in Tokyo" (2003) and follow publication order through all 12 books.
The complete John Rain reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Rain Fall / A Clean Kill in Tokyo
2003
Hard Rain / Blood from Blood / A Lonely Resurrection
2003
Rain Storm / Choke Point / Winner Take All
2004
Killing Rain / One Last Kill / Redemption Games
2005
The Last Assassin / Extremis
2006
Requiem For an Assassin / The Killer Ascendant
2007
Paris is a Bitch
2011
The Detachment
2011
Graveyard of Memories
2014
Zero Sum
2017
The Killer Collective
2019
The Chaos Kind
2021
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