Nick Carter: Killmaster Books in Order
261
Books
1972
First Book
1990
Latest Book
19
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of Nick Carter: Killmaster books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
1
The Inca Death Squad
Buy on Amazon1972
2
The Devil's Dozen
Buy on Amazon1973
3
Run, Spy, Run
Buy on Amazon1964
4
The China Doll
Buy on Amazon1964
5
Checkmate in Rio
Buy on Amazon1964
6
Safari for Spies
Buy on Amazon1964
7
Fraulein Spy
Buy on Amazon1964
8
Saigon
Buy on Amazon1964
9
A Bullet for Fidel
Buy on Amazon1965
10
The 13th Spy
Buy on Amazon1965
11
Eyes of the Tiger
Buy on Amazon1965
12
Istanbul
Buy on Amazon1965
13
Web of Spies
Buy on Amazon1966
14
Spy Castle
Buy on Amazon1966
15
Terrible Ones
Buy on Amazon1966
16
Dragon Flame
Buy on Amazon1966
17
Hanoi
Buy on Amazon1966
18
Danger Key
Buy on Amazon1966
19
Operation Starvation
Buy on Amazon1966
20
Mind Poisoners
Buy on Amazon1966
21
The Weapon Of Night
Buy on Amazon1967
22
Golden Serpent
Buy on Amazon1967
23
Mission to Venice
Buy on Amazon1967
24
Double Identity
Buy on Amazon1967
25
The Devil's Cockpit
Buy on Amazon1967
26
The Chinese Paymaster
Buy on Amazon1967
27
Seven Against Greece
Buy on Amazon1967
28
A Korean Tiger
Buy on Amazon1967
29
Assignment Israel
Buy on Amazon1967
30
Red Guard
Buy on Amazon1967
31
The Filthy Five
Buy on Amazon1967
32
The Bright Blue Death
Buy on Amazon1967
33
Macao
Buy on Amazon1968
34
Operation Moon Rocket
Buy on Amazon1968
35
The Judas Spy
Buy on Amazon1968
36
Hood of Death
Buy on Amazon1968
37
Amsterdam
Buy on Amazon1968
38
Temple of Fear
Buy on Amazon1968
39
Fourteen Seconds to Hell
Buy on Amazon1968
40
The Defector
Buy on Amazon1969
41
Carnival for Killing
Buy on Amazon1969
42
Rhodesia
Buy on Amazon1969
43
The Red Rays
Buy on Amazon1969
44
Peking: The Tulip affair
Buy on Amazon1969
45
The Amazon
Buy on Amazon1969
46
The Sea Trap
Buy on Amazon1969
47
Berlin
Buy on Amazon1969
48
Human Time Bomb
Buy on Amazon1969
49
The Cobra Kill
Buy on Amazon1969
50
Living Death
Buy on Amazon1969
51
Operation Che Guevara
Buy on Amazon1969
52
The Doomsday Formula
Buy on Amazon1969
53
Operation Snake
Buy on Amazon1969
54
The Casbah Killers
Buy on Amazon1969
55
The Red Rebellion
Buy on Amazon1970
56
The Executioners
Buy on Amazon1970
57
Black Death
Buy on Amazon1970
58
The Mind Killers
Buy on Amazon1970
59
Time Clock of Death
Buy on Amazon1970
60
Cambodia
Buy on Amazon1970
61
The Death Strain
Buy on Amazon1970
62
Jewel of Doom
Buy on Amazon1970
63
Moscow
Buy on Amazon1970
64
The Arab Plague / Slavemaster
Buy on Amazon1970
65
Ice Bomb Zero
Buy on Amazon1971
66
Mark of Cosa Nostra
Buy on Amazon1972
67
The Cairo Mafia / Cairo
Buy on Amazon1972
68
Assault on England
Buy on Amazon1973
69
The Omega Terror
Buy on Amazon1973
70
Code Name: Werewolf
Buy on Amazon1973
71
Strike Force Terror
Buy on Amazon1973
72
Agent Counter-agent
Buy on Amazon1973
73
Hour of the Wolf
Buy on Amazon1973
74
Our Agent in Rome Is Missing
Buy on Amazon1973
75
Kremlin File
Buy on Amazon1973
76
Spanish Connection
Buy on Amazon1973
77
The Death's Head Conspiracy
Buy on Amazon1973
78
The Peking Dossier
Buy on Amazon1973
79
Target: Doomsday Island
Buy on Amazon1974
80
Night of the Avenger
Buy on Amazon1974
81
Butcher of Belgrade
Buy on Amazon1974
82
Assassination Brigade
Buy on Amazon1974
83
The Liquidator
Buy on Amazon1974
84
Ice-Trap Terror
Buy on Amazon1974
85
Assassin Code Name Vulture
Buy on Amazon1974
86
The Stolen Pay Train
Buy on Amazon1974
87
Massacre in Milan
Buy on Amazon1974
88
Vatican Vendetta
Buy on Amazon1974
89
Sign of the Cobra
Buy on Amazon1974
90
Man Who Sold Death
Buy on Amazon1974
91
The N3 Conspiracy
Buy on Amazon1974
92
Beirut Incident
Buy on Amazon1974
93
Death of the Falcon
Buy on Amazon1974
94
The Aztec Avenger
Buy on Amazon1974
95
The Code
Buy on Amazon1975
96
The Jerusalem File
Buy on Amazon1975
97
Counterfeit Agent
Buy on Amazon1975
98
Six Bloody Summer Days
Buy on Amazon1975
99
The Katmandu Contract
Buy on Amazon1975
100
The Z Document
Buy on Amazon1975
101
Dr. Death
Buy on Amazon1975
102
Ultimate Code
Buy on Amazon1975
103
Assignment Intercept
Buy on Amazon1976
104
Green Wolf Connection
Buy on Amazon1976
105
The Fanatics of Al Asad
Buy on Amazon1976
106
The Snake Flag Conspiracy
Buy on Amazon1976
107
The Turncoat
Buy on Amazon1976
108
The Sign of the Prayer Shawl
Buy on Amazon1976
109
Vulcan Disaster
Buy on Amazon1976
110
A High Yield In Death
Buy on Amazon1976
111
The Nichovev Plot
Buy on Amazon1976
112
Triple Cross
Buy on Amazon1976
113
The Gallagher Plot
Buy on Amazon1976
114
Plot for the Fourth Reich
Buy on Amazon1977
115
Death Message
Buy on Amazon1978
116
The List
Buy on Amazon1978
117
Under the Wall
Buy on Amazon1978
118
The Ebony Cross
Buy on Amazon1978
119
Deadly Doubles
Buy on Amazon1978
120
Race of Death
Buy on Amazon1978
121
Trouble in Paradise
Buy on Amazon1978
122
The Pamplona Affair
Buy on Amazon1978
123
The Doomsday Spore
Buy on Amazon1978
124
Revenge of the Generals
Buy on Amazon1979
125
The Asian Mantrap
Buy on Amazon1979
126
Thunderstrike In Syria
Buy on Amazon1979
127
The Redolmo Affair
Buy on Amazon1979
128
The Jamaican Exchange
Buy on Amazon1979
129
Tropical Deathpact
Buy on Amazon1979
130
The Pemex Chart
Buy on Amazon1979
131
Hawaii
Buy on Amazon1979
132
The Satan Trap
Buy on Amazon1979
133
Reich Four
Buy on Amazon1979
134
The Nowhere Weapon
Buy on Amazon1979
135
Strike of the Hawk
Buy on Amazon1980
136
Day of the Dingo
Buy on Amazon1980
137
Tarantula Strike
Buy on Amazon1980
138
Ten Times Dynamite
Buy on Amazon1980
139
Eighth Card Stud
Buy on Amazon1980
140
The Suicide Seat
Buy on Amazon1980
141
Death Mission: Havana
Buy on Amazon1980
142
War From The Clouds
Buy on Amazon1980
143
The Coyote Connection
Buy on Amazon1981
144
The Q Man
Buy on Amazon1981
145
The Society of Nine
Buy on Amazon1981
146
The Ouster Conspiracy
Buy on Amazon1981
147
The Golden Bull
Buy on Amazon1981
148
The Dubrovnik Massacre
Buy on Amazon1981
149
The Solar Menace
Buy on Amazon1981
150
The Strontium Code
Buy on Amazon1981
151
Pleasure Island
Buy on Amazon1981
152
Cauldron of Hell
Buy on Amazon1981
153
The Parisian Affair
Buy on Amazon1981
154
Turkish Bloodbath
Buy on Amazon1982
155
Chessmaster
Buy on Amazon1982
156
The Last Samurai
Buy on Amazon1982
157
The Puppet Master
Buy on Amazon1982
158
The Dominican Affair
Buy on Amazon1982
159
The Damocles Threat
Buy on Amazon1982
160
Earth Shaker
Buy on Amazon1982
161
The Treason Game
Buy on Amazon1982
162
Deathlight
Buy on Amazon1982
163
The Israeli Connection
Buy on Amazon1982
164
Norwegian Typhoon
Buy on Amazon1982
165
The Hunter
Buy on Amazon1982
166
Operation McMurdo Sound
Buy on Amazon1982
167
Appointment in Haiphong
Buy on Amazon1982
168
Retreat for Death
Buy on Amazon1982
169
The Mendoza Manuscript
Buy on Amazon1982
170
The Death Star Affair
Buy on Amazon1982
171
Doctor DNA
Buy on Amazon1982
172
Typhoon Ray
Buy on Amazon1982
173
The Christmas Kill
Buy on Amazon1982
174
The Greek Summit
Buy on Amazon1982
175
Hide and Go Die
Buy on Amazon1983
176
The Kali Death Cult
Buy on Amazon1983
177
Operation Vendetta
Buy on Amazon1983
178
The Yukon Target
Buy on Amazon1983
179
The Death Dealer
Buy on Amazon1983
180
The Istanbul Decision
Buy on Amazon1983
181
The Decoy Hit
Buy on Amazon1983
182
The Outback Ghosts
Buy on Amazon1983
183
Earthfire North
Buy on Amazon1983
184
The Budapest Run
Buy on Amazon1983
185
Caribbean Coup
Buy on Amazon1984
186
The Algarve Affair
Buy on Amazon1984
187
Zero-Hour Strike Force
Buy on Amazon1984
188
Operation Sharkbite
Buy on Amazon1984
189
Death Island
Buy on Amazon1984
190
Night of the Warheads
Buy on Amazon1984
191
Day of the Mahdi
Buy on Amazon1984
192
Assignment: Rio
Buy on Amazon1984
193
Death Hand Play
Buy on Amazon1984
194
The Kremlin Kill
Buy on Amazon1984
195
The Mayan Connection
Buy on Amazon1984
196
San Juan Inferno
Buy on Amazon1984
197
Circle of Scorpions
Buy on Amazon1985
198
The Blue Ice Affair
Buy on Amazon1985
199
The Macao Massacre
Buy on Amazon1985
200
Pursuit of the Eagle
Buy on Amazon1985
201
The Vengeance Game
Buy on Amazon1985
202
Last Flight to Moscow
Buy on Amazon1985
203
The Normandy Code
Buy on Amazon1985
204
White Death
Buy on Amazon1985
205
The Assassin Convention
Buy on Amazon1985
206
Blood of the Scimitar
Buy on Amazon1985
207
The Execution Exchange
Buy on Amazon1985
208
The Tarlov Cipher
Buy on Amazon1985
209
Target Red Star
Buy on Amazon1986
210
The Killing Ground
Buy on Amazon1986
211
The Berlin Target
Buy on Amazon1986
212
Mercenary Mountain
Buy on Amazon1986
213
Blood Ultimatum
Buy on Amazon1986
214
The Cyclops Conspiracy
Buy on Amazon1986
215
Tunnel for Traitors
Buy on Amazon1986
216
The Samurai Kill
Buy on Amazon1986
217
Terror Times Two
Buy on Amazon1986
218
Death Orbit
Buy on Amazon1986
219
Slaughter Day
Buy on Amazon1986
220
The Master Assassin
Buy on Amazon1986
221
Operation Petrograd
Buy on Amazon1986
222
Crossfire Red
Buy on Amazon1987
223
Blood of the Falcon
Buy on Amazon1987
224
Death Squad
Buy on Amazon1987
225
The Terror Code
Buy on Amazon1987
226
Holy War
Buy on Amazon1987
227
Blood Raid
Buy on Amazon1987
228
East of Hell
Buy on Amazon1987
229
Killing Games
Buy on Amazon1987
230
Pressure Point
Buy on Amazon1987
231
Night of the Condor
Buy on Amazon1987
232
The Poseidon Target
Buy on Amazon1987
233
The Andropov File
Buy on Amazon1988
234
Dragonfire
Buy on Amazon1988
235
Bloodtrail to Mecca
Buy on Amazon1988
236
Deathstrike
Buy on Amazon1988
237
Lethal Prey
Buy on Amazon1988
238
Spykiller
Buy on Amazon1988
239
Bolivian Heat
Buy on Amazon1988
240
The Rangoon Man
Buy on Amazon1988
241
Code Name Cobra
Buy on Amazon1988
242
Afghan Intercept
Buy on Amazon1988
243
Countdown to Armageddon
Buy on Amazon1988
244
Black Sea Bloodbath
Buy on Amazon1988
245
The Deadly Diva
Buy on Amazon1989
246
Invitation to Death
Buy on Amazon1989
247
Day of the Assassin
Buy on Amazon1989
248
The Korean Kill
Buy on Amazon1989
249
Middle East Massacre
Buy on Amazon1989
250
Sanction to Slaughter
Buy on Amazon1989
251
Holiday in Hell
Buy on Amazon1989
252
Law of the Lion
Buy on Amazon1989
253
Hong Kong Hit
Buy on Amazon1989
254
Deep Sea Death
Buy on Amazon1989
255
Arms of Vengeance
Buy on Amazon1989
256
Hell-Bound Express
Buy on Amazon1989
257
Isle of Blood
Buy on Amazon1989
258
Singapore Sling
Buy on Amazon1990
259
Ruby Red Death
Buy on Amazon1990
260
Arctic Abduction
Buy on Amazon1990
261
Dragon Slay
Buy on Amazon1990
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Nick Carter: Killmaster series is publication order: 1. The Inca Death Squad (1972), 2. The Devil's Dozen (1973), 3. Run, Spy, Run (1964), 4. The China Doll (1964), 5. Checkmate in Rio (1964), and 256 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Nick Carter: Killmaster series by Martin Cruz Smith contains 261 books. The series began in 1972 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Nick Carter: Killmaster series is written by Martin Cruz Smith. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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