Daniel Silva Books In Order – The Complete List of Books

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva is the writer of the popular Gabriel Allon spy thriller series. If you like spy thrillers, you will want to pick up and read the Daniel Silva books in order of publication, because most of his novels focus on Gabriel Allon, with the exception of a standalone novel, and two books in his earlier thriller series about Michael Osbourne.

Here is the list of Daniel Silva’s books in order of when they were first released, i.e. in proper chronological and publication order, including the two series and the standalone novel. The chronological order for the series is also the order of publication. To make it easier, the list has been split into the various series.

Latest Daniel Silva Book

Gabriel Allon Books in Publication Order

1. The Kill Artist, 2000
2. The English Assassin, 2002
3. The Confessor, 2002
4. A Death in Vienna, 2003
5. Prince of Fire, 2005
6. The Messenger, 2006
7. The Secret Servant, 2007
8. Moscow Rules, 2008
9. The Defector, 2009
10. The Rembrandt Affair, 2010
11. Portrait of a Spy, 2011
12. The Fallen Angel, 2012
13. The English Girl, 2013
14. The Heist, 2014
15. The English Spy, 2015
16. The Black Widow, 2016
17. House of Spies, 2017
18. The Other Woman, 2018
19. The New Girl, 2019
20. The Order, 2020
21. The Cellist, 2021
22. Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 2022
23. The Collector, 2023
24. A Death in Cornwall, 2024

Michael Osbourne Books in Publication Order

1. The Mark of the Assassin, 1998
2. The Marching Season, 1999

Daniel Silva Standalone Novels

• The Unlikely Spy, 1997 (World War II spy thriller)

Daniel Silva Books in Chronological Order

• The Unlikely Spy (World War II standalone spy thriller)
• The Mark of the Assassin (Michael Osbourne #1)
• The Marching Season (Michael Osbourne #2)
• The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon #1)
• The English Assassin (Gabriel Allon #2)
• The Confessor (Gabriel Allon #3)
• A Death in Vienna (Gabriel Allon #4)
• Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon #5)
• The Messenger (Gabriel Allon #6)
• The Secret Servant (Gabriel Allon #7)
• Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon #8)
• The Defector (Gabriel Allon #9)
• The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon #10)
• Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon #11)
• The Fallen Angel (Gabriel Allon #12)
• The English Girl (Gabriel Allon #13)
• The Heist (Gabriel Allon #14)
• The English Spy (Gabriel Allon #15)
• The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon #16)
• House of Spies (Gabriel Allon #17)
• The Other Woman (Gabriel Allon #18)
• The New Girl (Gabriel Allon #19)
• The Order (Gabriel Allon #20)
• The Cellist (Gabriel Allon #21)
• Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon #22)
• The Collector (Gabriel Allon #23)
• A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon #24)

Daniel Silva Biography and Bibliography

Daniel Silva was born in 1960 in the United States, in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of seven, he moved with his parents, both teachers, to  Merced, California, a city also known as the “Gateway to Yosemite.”

He graduated from the California State University in  Fresno with a BA, after which he enrolled at the San Francisco State University with a major in international relations focusing on Russia, and the Soviet Union. He didn’t graduate, however, as he got a good job offer as a journalist with the United Press International (UPI) in 1984.

His initial position was temporary and his first assignment was to cover the Democratic National Convention. Soon, however, he got an offer to work at the UPI full-time. After one year of working there, he got a transfer to the company’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. He stayed there two more years, after which he was reassigned again to Cairo in Egypt, where he became UPI’s Middle East correspondent. When he left UPI, he went back to the US and got jobs with Cable News Network, and later with CNN, where he became the producer and executive producer of several CNN programs, including Crossfire and Capital Gang.

In 1987, he married NBC Today National Correspondent Jamie Gangel, who eventually moved to work for CNN.

He began working on his debut novel in 1994, which was published in 1997 with the title The Unlikely Spy, a standalone novel. This started the author’s writing career. The book was on the New York Times bestseller list for five weeks. The novel is set in the WWII around the allied invasion of France. This book set the trend for the next spy thrillers the author is so well known about.

This is when Daniel Silva left his day job to pursue a full-time career in writing. His next book, The Mark of The Assassin started his Michael Osbourne series in 1998. The Kill Artist, published in 2000 is the 4th novel by the author Daniel Silva and the one that gave birth to one of the best heroes in fiction – the spy Gabriel Allon.

The author is well known in the international intrigue fiction circles and the spy Gabriel Allon is a character that everyone wants to learn about. Reading the Daniel Silva books in order will mostly focus on the complex character of the Israeli secret agent. Daniel Silva has around 20 books, with 23 in the Gabriel Allon series. At some point, in 2007 there was an offer to option the rights to Silva’s Gabriel Allon series by Universal Pictures. Nothing came of it as Daniel Silva was not entirely happy about the team that would work on the movie.

In 2007, however,  MGM Television had actually acquired the rights for the Gabriel Allon series based on the books, but at this time we don’t have any news on when they will be adapted. Daniel Silva and his wife, Jamie Gangel, are said to be executive producers. He met his wife in 1987 when he was covering the Iraq-Iran conflict, and she was a CNN special correspondent in Israel at the time.

The first book I read by Daniel Silva was The Kill Artist. It is the book that stayed with me ever since. I’ve read, in the meantime everything else in both series, and let’s say that whenever I think of the spy thriller genre, Israeli spy Gabriel Allon is the first character that pops into my mind right away.

All of his novels have become at some point New York Times and international bestsellers.

Who Is Gabriel Allon?

Gabriel Allon is Daniel Silva’s main character in his spy thriller that focuses on Israeli intelligence. His career started in 1972, when he, along with a few other people, was picked up by Ari Shamron to take part in Operation Wrath of God (The Office), which aimed to kill those responsible for those who were responsible for the Munich Massacre terrorist attack.

Allon is a Sabra (a Jew born in Israel) whose main language is German, although over time he became fluent – or at least passable – in several languages including French, Hebrew, Italian, English, and Arabic. His parents were Holocaust survivors, but throughout the series, it is clear that his mother is unwilling to talk too much about those times. This might be also why Gabriel becomes such a good spy and master of secrets.

He then went undercover as an Italian master art restorer named Mario Delvecchio living in Cornwall while also being sometimes spy. Eventually, he returned to The Office. After a car bombing that killed his son and seriously injured his wife, he was haunted by the son’s death for a long time. His wife was put in a psychiatric hospital not far away from where their son was buried. Later on, he married Chiara, another field operative with whom he had several adventures next. Initially, he met Chiarra in The Confessor.

In reviews, for his actions and adventures, many called Gabriel Allon the James Bond of the 21st Century.

Daniel Silva Book Adaptations

In 2007, Universal Pictures expressed interest in acquiring the rights to Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series, beginning with the novel The Messenger. However, although in 2011 Jeff Zucker was announced as a potential producer, the deal was never finalized.

Moving forward, on May 15, 2017, MGM Television obtained the rights to adapt the Gabriel Allon series, but details such as the specific novels being considered or a production schedule were not disclosed at the time of the announcement.

Daniel Silva Awards

Won

• 2007 – The Messenger won the Barry Award for Best Thriller
• 2013 – The Fallen Angel won the Barry Award for Best Thriller
• 2016 – The English Spy won the Audie Award for Best Male Narrator

Nominations

• 2004 – The Confessor: Crime Writer’s Association Award for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
• 2005 – A Death in Vienna: Barry Award for Best Thriller, Crime Writer’s Association Award for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
• 2006 – The Messenger: Crime Writer’s Association Award for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel
• 2007 – Moscow Rules: Crime Writer’s Association Award for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
• 2011 – The Rembrandt Affair: Barry Award for Best Thriller
• 2012 – The Fallen Angel: Goodreads Awards for Best Mystery and Thriller, Portrait of a Spy: Audie Award for Best Fiction
• 2015 – The English Spy: Goodreads Awards for Best Mystery and Thriller
• 2016 – The Black Widow: Goodreads Awards for Best Mystery and Thriller, Crime Writer’s Association Award for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award

How Many Books Does Daniel Silva Have Currently?

Currently, there are 27 Daniel Silva books, with 24 novels in the Gabriel Allon spy series, 2 in the Daniel Osbourne CIA series, and one standalone novel.

What Was the First Daniel Silva Novel?

The Unlikely Spy was published in 1995, and it was the first novel the author released.

What Is The Latest Daniel Silva Book?

The latest novel is the 24th in the Gabriel Allon series, titled A Death in Cornwall, released on July 9, 2024