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Start with Transfer of Power and continue through all 20 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Vince Flynn
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Ends with Oath of Loyalty
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Book 1:Transfer of Power
Vince Flynn
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Book 2:The Third Option
Vince Flynn • 2000
Sent to quietly assassinate a German arms dealer, Mitch Rapp is betrayed mid-mission and left for dead. Branded a rogue, he must evade both foreign killers and Washington power brokers while exposing the real conspira...
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Book 3:Separation of Power
Vince Flynn • 2001
With CIA director Thomas Stansfield gone and Irene Kennedy’s promotion under attack, Mitch Rapp is pulled into a battle on two fronts: Washington schemers trying to bury him and a high-risk mission to remove hidden nu...
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Book 4:Executive Power
Vince Flynn • 2003
After his cover is blown, Mitch Rapp is sidelined into a visible advisory role but quickly dragged back into the shadows when a Navy SEAL rescue in the Philippines goes wrong. Tracking a gifted Palestinian assassin, h...
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Book 5:Memorial Day
Vince Flynn
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Book 6:Consent to Kill
Vince Flynn
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Book 7:Act of Treason
Vince Flynn • 2006
An attack on a presidential candidate’s motorcade kills his wife and propels him into the Oval Office on a wave of sympathy. When new intelligence points away from foreign terrorists and toward powerful Americans, Mit...
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Book 8:Protect and Defend
Vince Flynn • 2007
After a covert Israeli strike shatters Iran’s secret nuclear program and leaves a toxic disaster behind, Tehran’s hard-liners demand American blood. Mitch Rapp seizes the chaos to pressure the regime, then must rescue...
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Book 10:Pursuit of Honor
Vince Flynn • 2009
In the days after coordinated bombings kill nearly two hundred people in Washington, Mitch Rapp is given unofficial orders to hunt down the surviving terrorists by any means. At the same time, he clashes with politici...
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Book 11:American Assassin
Vince Flynn
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Book 12:Kill Shot
Vince Flynn
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Book 13:The Last Man
Vince Flynn
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Book 14:The Survivor
Vince Flynn
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Book 15:Order to Kill
Vince Flynn • 2016
Mitch Rapp chases rumors that Pakistani nuclear weapons are being moved toward terrorists, only to find Russia quietly stoking the chaos for its own gain. Posing as an American recruit for ISIS, he dives deep into ene...
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Book 16:Enemy of the State
Vince Flynn • 2017
Cut loose from official cover, Mitch Rapp is asked by the U.S. president to handle a problem that can’t be tied back to Washington: Saudi royals secretly backing ISIS. Operating with a small, off-the-books team, he ta...
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Book 17:Red War
Vince Flynn • 2018
When Russian president Maxim Krupin learns he has terminal brain cancer, he decides to secure his legacy through aggression instead of retirement. As he purges rivals and prepares a strike on NATO’s eastern flank, Mit...
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Book 18:Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn • 2019
An ISIS leader hiding in Yemen plots to weaponize a deadly virus while using Mexican cartels as a smokescreen. Mitch Rapp goes undercover along the border and into cartel territory, trying to choke off the operation a...
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Book 19:Total Power
Vince Flynn • 2020
After a cyberterrorist working with ISIS succeeds in taking down the entire U.S. power grid, Mitch Rapp is forced to operate in a country without electricity, communications, or reliable supply chains. To restore orde...
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Book 20:Enemy at the Gates
Vince Flynn • 2021
With a new, deeply controlling president in the White House, Mitch Rapp is assigned to protect Nicholas Ward, the world’s first trillionaire, after someone starts probing CIA files about him. Rapp must keep Ward alive...
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Book 21:Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn • 2022
Believing Mitch Rapp is a threat, President Anthony Cook forces a fragile truce that sends him overseas and out of U.S. politics. When the White House leaks the identity of Rapp’s partner, Claudia Gould, he must prote...
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Mitch Rapp FAQ
What is the best order to read the Mitch Rapp series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Transfer of Power.
How many books are in the Mitch Rapp series?
There are 20 books currently listed in the Mitch Rapp series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Mitch Rapp series?
New readers should start with Transfer of Power, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Mitch Rapp series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2000 to 2022.