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:
Publication Order of Rambo: First Blood Books
| First Blood | (1972) |    |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | (1985) | |
| Rambo III | (1988) | |
Publication Order of Mortalis Books
| The Brotherhood of the Rose | (1983) | |
| The Fraternity Of The Stone | (1985) | |
| The League of Night and Fog | (1987) | |
Publication Order of Cavanaugh Books
| The Protector | (2003) | |
| The Naked Edge | (2010) | |
| The Attitude Adjuster | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Frank Balenger Books
| Creepers | (2005) | |
| Scavenger | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Thomas De Quincey Books
| Murder as a Fine Art | (2013) | |
| The Opium-Eater | (2015) | |
| Inspector of the Dead | (2015) | |
| Ruler of the Night | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Testament | (1975) | |
| Last Reveille | (1977) | |
| The Totem | (1979) | |
| Blood Oath | (1982) | |
| The Fifth Profession | (1990) | |
| The Covenant of the Flame | (1991) | |
| Assumed Identity | (1993) | |
| Desperate Measures | (1994) | |
| Extreme Denial | (1996) | |
| Double Image | (1998) | |
| Burnt Sienna | (2000) | |
| Long Lost | (2002) | |
| The Spy Who Came for Christmas | (2008) | |
| The Shimmer | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Hundred-Year Christmas | (1983) | |
| Dead Image | (1987) | |
| Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity | (1988) | |
| The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves | (1991) | |
| Nothing Will Hurt You | (1992) | |
| The Shrine | (1992) | |
| They | (2011) | |
| My Name is Legion | (2011) | |
| The Architecture of Snow | (2012) | |
| The Interrogator | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Black Evening | (1999) | |
| Nightscape | (2004) | |
| Before I Wake | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| The Hundred Year Christmas | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Captain America Graphic Novels
| The Chosen | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Cultural-Icon Non-Fiction Books
| John Wayne: The Westerns | (2012) | |
| Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy | (2012) | |
| Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story | (2012) | |
| Frank Sinatra: The Artist and His Music | (2013) | |
| Nelson Riddle: The Man behind the Music | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| John Barth | (1976) | |
| Fireflies | (1988) | |
| Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing | (2002) | |
| The Successful Novelist | (2008) | |
| Thrillers: 100 Must Reads | (2010) | |
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books
| Honor & ... | (2017) | |
| Deserves to Be Dead | (2017) | |
| Getaway | (2017) | |
| Midnight Flame | (2018) | |
| Short Story | (2019) | |
| Past Prologue | (2019) | |
| Faking a Murderer | (2019) | |
| Dig Here | (2019) | |
| Taking the Veil | (2019) | |
| Rambo on Their Minds | (2019) | |
| Footloose | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Dark at Heart | (1992) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection | (1992) | |
| Dark Crimes 2 | (1993) | |
| Millenium | (1997) | |
| Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town | (1997) | |
| Murder for Revenge | (1998) | |
| Best New Horror 17 | (2006) | |
| These Guns for Hire | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | |
| Dark Delicacies III: Haunted | (2009) | |
| Crucified Dreams | (2011) | |
| The Rich and the Dead | (2011) | |
| Warriors 3 | (2011) | |
| Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2012) | |
| All-American Horror of the 21st Century: The First Decade | (2012) | |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | |
| Suspense Magazine May 2013 | (2013) | |
| Chiral Mad 2 | (2013) | |
| Eulogies III | (2015) | |
| Detours | (2016) | |
| MatchUp | (2017) | |
| Alive in Shape and Color | (2017) | |
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