For no particular reason I decided to take on the challenge of reading every single Jack Ryan book every written and to do this in chronological order. Using this guide, I ploughed through the list. I clearly remember entering the modern era of Jack Ryan when the average read dropped from 45 hours to 15 hours. The classic Tom Clancy novels of the nineties had a full novel as an introduction; leaving you to wonder, how much you should be paying attention to the detail. But no matter the length the story telling is great and the historical context is excellent.
So job done. Jack Ryan, Jr, Clark, Ding, Dom and Adara see you again when Amazon resurrect you out of sequence and with less super-hero awesomeness.
For the stats: Total reading time – 585 hours , Calendar duration – 20 months.
The books:
- Without Remorse
- Patriot Games
- Red Rabbit
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Cardinal of the Kremlin
- Clear and Present Danger
- Sum of all Fears
- Debt of Honor
- Executive orders
- Rainbow Six
- The Bear and the Dragon
- The Teeth of the Tiger
- Dead or Alive
- Locked on
- Threat Vector
- Command Authority
- Support and Defend
- Full force and effect
- Under fire
- Commander in Chief
- Duty and Honor
- Truth faith and Allegiance
- Point of contact
- Power and Empire
- Line of Sight
- Oath of office
- Enemy contact