Barry Eisler
Books in Order
Born: 1964
Place of birth: New Jersey, USA
Resides: San Francisco, California, USA.
First book: Rain Fall
Previous employment: lawyer
Fun fact #1: Barry worked for the CIA in a covert position.
Fun fact #2: Barry is a black belt in judo.
Awards (not an exhaustive list):
- The Gumshoe Award.
- Barry Award for Best Thriller
Barry Eisler Book List & Suggested Book Order
Barry Eisler Books in Order | |||||||
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John Rain Books in Order (Publication Date Order) | |||||||
A Clean Kill in Tokyo* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
A Lonely Resurrection* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Winner Take All* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Redemption Games* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Extremis* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
The Killer Ascendant* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Paris is a Bitch | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
The Detachment | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Graveyard of Memories | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Zero Sum | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
The Killer Collective | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | x |
The Chaos Kind | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | B & N |
John Rain Books in Order (Story Event Order) | |||||||
Graveyard of Memories | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
A Clean Kill in Tokyo* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
A Lonely Resurrection* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Winner Take All* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Redemption Games* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Extremis* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
The Killer Ascendant* | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Paris is a Bitch | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
The Detachment | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Zero Sum | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
The Killer Collective | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | x |
The Chaos Kind | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | B & N |
Ben Treven Books in Order | |||||||
Fault Line | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
Inside Out | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
The Killer Collective | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | x |
Livia Lone Books in Order | |||||||
Livia Lone | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
The Night Trade | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | B & N |
The Killer Collective | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | x |
All the Devils | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | B & N |
The Chaos Kind | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | x | B & N |
Dox Books in Order | |||||||
Amok | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Standalone Novels | |||||||
The God's Eye View | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Short Works | |||||||
The Lost Coast | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
The Khmer Kill | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
London Twist | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | x | B & N |
Nonfiction Books | |||||||
Be the Monkey | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | x | Kobo | B & N |
Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
The Ass is a Poor Receptacle For the Head | Amazon US | UK | CA | AU | iBooks | Kobo | B & N |
*This book has different titles. Full details |
Barry Eisler Interview
Barry discusses his time in the CIA and how it helps him write his books, especially his John Rain series. He also mentions Tokyo, where the first John Rain book was set.
Barry Eisler Biography
Barry Eisler was born in the year 1964. On what day is not public knowledge. The month is a mystery. The only thing that is definite, is that year of 1964.
Barry’s father was a wholesale supplier of office equipment and his mother was an environmental activist. He was born in New Jersey, which is a state in the North of the United States of America and on the Atlantic coast.
Very little is known about Barry’s very early life – nothing about his schooling, nothing about his hobbies, nothing about family life. One tiny snippet that is known is that Barry enjoyed reading thrillers and spy stories as a young boy. It isn’t until his college years that it’s possible to catch up with him and see what he was up to. He attended Cornell Law School, the law department of Cornell University, which is private Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is in the west of New York State, closer to the Great Lakes than Manhattan.
During his college days, Barry became very interested in foreign policy and international relations, particularly those aspects which the government didn’t want widely known. After studying law, Barry graduated from Cornell in 1989. It was at this point that he got a job with the CIA…
To continue reading, get the full 1000-word biography in Barry Eisler Books In Order.
If you love Barry Eisler’s books you need the most comprehensive book list available, which includes a check list, alternative titles, page counts, movie adaptations, co-authors, star ratings, and a host of other features, plus:
- John Rain series in order
- John Rain short stories in order
- Ben Treven books in order
- a complete list of short stories, standalone novels & nonfiction
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Why Read the Barry Eisler John Rain Books in Order?
Author Barry Eisler’s most famous creation is a subtle killer who gives his name to the series - the John Rain series. Initially, each of the books had a title which used a play on words around the hero’s surname, for example, books #1, #2, and #3 in the series were originally published under the titles Rain Fall, Hard Rain, and Rain Storm. Barry’s other series centers around the hero Ben Treven.
This Barry Eisler book list gives all the Barry Eisler books in chronological order, so lets you see the characters develop and witness events at the correct time, just as Barry intended.
So, if ever you've wondered about the John Rain book order, here it is.