Alex Rider Books in Order
Anthony Horowitz's bestselling spy-thriller series follows Alex Rider, a London teenager reluctantly recruited by MI6 after his uncle's death, as he is thrown into deadly missions against assassins, terrorists, and the criminal organization SCORPIA. The serialized story tracks Alex's growth across thirteen novels, with a 2013 prequel revealing the backstory of the assassin Yassen Gregorovich.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Anthony Horowitz
After his guardian uncle dies in a suspicious car crash, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider learns the man was secretly an MI6 agent. The British…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Anthony Horowitz
MI6 sends Alex undercover as a troubled rich kid to an exclusive boarding school for the sons of powerful families, perched high in the French Alps.…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Anthony Horowitz
After a tennis assignment goes wrong, Alex is loaned to the CIA and paired with two agents posing as a family on a Caribbean island. There he targets…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Anthony Horowitz
While on holiday, Alex stumbles onto an assassination attempt that drags him into the orbit of Damian Cray, a beloved pop star and games tycoon with…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Anthony Horowitz
Doubting everything MI6 has told him about his late father, Alex travels to Venice seeking the truth and finds himself drawn toward Scorpia, a…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Anthony Horowitz
Recovering in a hospital, Alex foils the kidnapping of another patient, the son of an eco-billionaire, and is pulled into a new threat. The trail…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Anthony Horowitz
Marooned after his last mission, Alex is recruited by Australian intelligence to infiltrate a notorious people-smuggling network known as the…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Anthony Horowitz
A chance encounter with a charity boss leads Alex to suspect that a respected aid organization is not what it seems. His investigation uncovers a…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Anthony Horowitz
Scorpia returns for revenge, drawing Alex into one final confrontation in Cairo, Egypt. As the criminal organization sets in motion an audacious plot…
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Buy on AmazonRussian Roulette - Alex Rider #10
2013 · Anthony Horowitz
This installment steps away from Alex to tell the story of Yassen Gregorovich, the assassin who has shadowed the series. Tracing his journey from a…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Anthony Horowitz
Living in San Francisco and trying to leave espionage behind, Alex receives a message suggesting that someone he believed dead may still be alive.…
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Buy on Amazon2020 · Anthony Horowitz
Alex is sent to investigate Nightshade, a shadowy organization that raises orphaned children from birth and trains them into obedient, lethal…
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Buy on Amazon2023 · Anthony Horowitz
Alex faces the lingering threat of Nightshade as the organization regroups and prepares a devastating new operation. Still haunted by his encounter…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Anthony Horowitz
This collection gathers shorter Alex Rider adventures, offering self-contained missions and glimpses into cases that fall between the main novels.…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Alex Rider books in?
Publication order — Widely recommended by readers and booksellers (e.g. bookseriesinorder-style guides) and consistent with the author's serialized storyline Start with “Stormbreaker.”
How many books are in the Alex Rider series?
We list 13 books by Anthony Horowitz , published between 2000–2023.
Where can I buy the Alex Rider books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.