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Start with The Gray Man and continue through all 14 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Gray Man
Book 1 by Mark Greaney
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Gray Man reading order
Ends with Midnight Black
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Book 1:The Gray Man
Mark Greaney
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Book 2:On Target
Mark Greaney • 2010
Gentry is forced back into the game when Russian criminals and the CIA both push him toward the same target, the president of Sudan. Caught between assassination and rendition, he has to decide whose deal to honor and...
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Book 3:Ballistic
Mark Greaney • 2011
On the run from a vengeful Russian mobster, Court Gentry heads to Mexico to visit the family of an old friend and finds them under siege by a cartel. His promise to protect them drags him into a brutal narco war.
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Book 4:Dead Eye
Mark Greaney • 2013
Court Gentry becomes the hunted when a fellow graduate of his secret CIA program, the sniper known as Dead Eye, is sent to kill him. Their cat and mouse chase collides with a plot to strike at Israel and ignite wider...
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Book 5:Back Blast
Mark Greaney • 2016
After years as a fugitive, the Gray Man slips back into Washington, D.C. to learn why the CIA ordered him killed. As he digs into the failed operation that ruined him, he draws fire from spies, politicians, and crimin...
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Book 6:Gunmetal Gray
Mark Greaney • 2017
Cleared by the Agency, Gentry returns to CIA contract work on a mission to locate a rogue Chinese cyber warfare specialist. From Hong Kong to Southeast Asia, he must outfight triads, commandos, and rival intelligence...
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Book 7:Agent in Place
Mark Greaney • 2018
Hired by Syrian exiles, Court Gentry kidnaps the glamorous mistress of a brutal dictator in Paris, expecting a simple grab and run. When she reveals she has a secret child inside Syria, Gentry is pulled into the heart...
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Book 8:Mission Critical
Mark Greaney • 2019
A routine transport flight turns into chaos when a CIA prisoner is snatched in a commando assault on a British airbase. Gentry chases the kidnappers across Europe and uncovers a mole inside the Agency tied to a loomin...
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Book 9:One Minute Out
Mark Greaney • 2020
On a vengeance mission in the Balkans, Gentry stumbles onto a pipeline moving trafficked women across Europe and into the United States. Determined to tear it apart, he joins forces with an investigator hunting for he...
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Book 10:Relentless
Mark Greaney • 2021
Sent to grab a vanished NSA expert, Gentry uncovers a program that exposes the identities of Western intelligence officers. His search for the source pulls him through Caracas and Berlin as rival services maneuver tow...
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Book 11:Sierra Six
Mark Greaney • 2022
Alternating between his first days on a CIA paramilitary team and a present day manhunt, Court Gentry tracks a terrorist he once failed to kill. The mission forces him to confront what his early covert work really cost.
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Book 12:Burner
Mark Greaney • 2023
Gentry and his partner Zoya Zakharova chase the same Ukrainian banker for different masters as Russian intelligence closes in. To keep a cache of explosive financial data from triggering wider war, they must navigate...
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Book 13:The Chaos Agent
Mark Greaney • 2024
A mysterious client uses a powerful artificial intelligence to coordinate assassinations and attacks around the globe. Court Gentry and Zoya Zakharova race to trace the code and the money before the system turns moder...
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Book 14:Midnight Black
Mark Greaney • 2025
With his partner Zoya presumed dead and actually imprisoned in a remote Russian penal colony, Gentry spends months clawing for a way into Russia. Teaming with dissidents and ex-spies, he mounts a near suicidal rescue...
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Gray Man FAQ
What is the best order to read the Gray Man series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Gray Man.
How many books are in the Gray Man series?
There are 14 books currently listed in the Gray Man series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Gray Man series?
New readers should start with The Gray Man, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Gray Man series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 2010 to 2025.