James Grady

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1974
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

The Condor

1 - Six Days of the Condor / Three Days of the Condor (May-1974)
2 - Shadow of the Condor (Jan-1975)
2.1 - condor.net (Nov-2011)
2.5 - Next Day of the Condor (Feb-2015)
3 - Last Days of the Condor (Feb-2015)

Devlin Rourke

1 - Razor Game (Dec-1985)
2 - Just a Shot Away (Feb-1987)

James Rankin

1 - Runner in the Street (Aug-1984)
2 - Hard Bargains (Sep-1985)

Richard Malcolm

1 - Three Days of the Condor (1974)
2 - Shadow of the Condor (Jan-1975)

Multi-Author Series List

Bibliomysteries

25 - Condor in the Stacks (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • Three Days of the Condor

    Richard Malcolm - 1

  • Six Days of the Condor / Three Days of the Condor

    The Condor - 1

    CIA operative Malcolm, codenamed Condor, discovers his colleagues butchered in a blood-spattered office, he realizes that only an oversight by the assassins has saved his life. He contacts CIA headquarters for help but when an attempted rendezvous go...

  • Shadow of the Condor

    Richard Malcolm - 2
    The Condor - 2

  • Catch the Wind

  • Runner in the Street

    James Rankin - 1

  • Hard Bargains

    James Rankin - 2

  • Razor Game

    Devlin Rourke - 1

  • Just a Shot Away

    Devlin Rourke - 2

  • Steeltown



  • River of Darkness

    Once he was a legend in the Army's Green Berets. Then he brought his skills to the CIA. Soon Jud Stuart became one of the company's top spies, a master agent living in a dark underworld--sometimes in cover so deep his own superiors couldn't track his...

  • Thunder

    Yesterday John Lang was a young CIA street dog fighting his country's invisible wars around the world. Today he strolls the quiet marble corridors of Washington. But when a bomb guts a New York skyscraper and an "officially" stray bullet kills Lang's...

  • White Flame

    The hunt for an assassin who is planning to kill a black presidential candidate. On receiving a tip from an informer, the FBI details two agents--a man and a woman--to infiltrate the candidate's organization and unmask the killer. Lots of thrills and...

  • Unusual Suspects

    In Unusual Suspects, America's most acclaimed crime writers, along with some authors rarely associated with the genre, contribute fifteen new stories and two rediscovered classics to this riveting anthology.

    James Lee Burke, author of the best...

  • Mad Dogs

    James Grady revolutionized the political thriller with his first novel, Six Days of the Condor. Now Grady breaks fresh thriller territory with Mad Dogs, a brilliant novel launched from a totally original creation: the CIA's secret insane asylum for "...

  • Mansion of Imperatives

    in Home Improvement: Undead Edition

    There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed...

  • condor.net

    The Condor - 2.1

    Decades after his adventure in the classic Six Days of the Condor, the eponymous spy reflects on his life while awaiting his next target in this tense novella. Ronald Malcolm, codename Condor, is still in the spy game. He may be older now, but in a w...

  • The Nature of the Game

    In this classic thriller, presented with a new introduction by the author, a down-and-out ex-CIA operative runs from his former masters and propels us like a bullet through the secret spy history of America Jud is not too drunk to recognize the as...

  • This Given Sky

    A haunting short story about friendship and loss in small-town Montana Jake, Steve, and Thel are inseparable. The trio scampers through the narrow streets of Shelby without giving thought to the rest of the world. Then Jake’s life changes the fi...

  • Last Days of the Condor

    The Condor - 3

    Look in the mirror: You're nobody anybody knows. You know pursuing the truth will get you killed. But you refuse to just fade away. So you're designated an enemy of the largest secret national security apparatus in America's history. Good guys or ...



  • Next Day of the Condor

    The Condor - 2.5

    The explosive short story launch for the new novel LAST DAYS OF THE CONDOR"They led him out of the CIA's secret insane asylum as the sun set over autumn's forest there in Maine."Led him into a modern American nightmare any of us could face.But he's a...

  • Condor in the Stacks

    Bibliomysteries - 25

    Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors  A thrilling Condor novella from the bestselling author of Six Days of the Condor.   Vin, a name of convenience for the agent known as Condor, has been released from psychiatric care an...

  • Just to Watch Them Die

    A hard-hitting addition to the Gutter Books Rock Anthologies series, nominated for an Anthony Award! No one personifies the FTW rock-and-roll ethic better than the Man in Black. Johnny Cash’s music can be captured in that one iconic photograph. Gui...

  • Montana Noir

    James Grady and Keir Graff, both Montana natives, masterfully curate this collection of unseemly Western tales....

  • Condor: The Short Takes

    James Grady, the “king of the modern espionage thriller” (George Pelecanos, award-winning writer/producer of The Wire), first introduced his clandestine CIA operative -- codename: Condor -- in a debut novel that became Three Days of the Condor, o...

  • This Train

    The new novel from the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor -- set on a heart-pounding cross-country train ride. "Grady's style is  loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell’s novel 1984, som...

  • The Smoke in Our Eyes

    An action-filled coming of age novel about love, vengeance, corruption, and justice by the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor. "Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell’s novel 1984, sometimes of...

  • American Sky

    An atmospheric and dramatic novel set in mid-century Montana by the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor."Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell’s novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolati...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Grady has published 27 books.

The next book by James Grady, American Sky, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by James Grady, Three Days of the Condor, was published in January 1974.

Yes. James Grady has 4 series.
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