Series

Joe Ledger series in reading order

The Joe Ledger series has 11 books.

Published between 2001 and 2026, in the same order they are meant to be read.

"When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills ... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just b

All 11 books, in reading order

• 1. Patient Zero (2001) — Jonathan Maberry · 424 pages
• 2. The Dragon Factory (2010) — Jonathan Maberry
• 3. The King of Plagues (2011) — Jonathan Maberry
• 4. Assassin's Code (2012) — Jonathan Maberry · 432 pages
• 5. Extinction Machine: A Joe Ledger Novel (2013) — Jonathan Maberry · 449 pages
• 6. Code Zero (2014) — Jonathan Maberry · 470 pages
• 7. Predator One (2015) — Jonathan Maberry · 480 pages
• 8. Kill Switch (2016) — Ray Porter / Jonathan Maberry
• 9. Dogs of War (2017) — Jonathan Maberry / Ray Porter
• 10. Deep Silence (2018) — Jonathan Maberry · 479 pages
• Red Empire (2026) — Jonathan Maberry

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