The Gray Man
- Published
- 29 September 2009
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780751550252
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Gray Man (2009) introduces Court Gentry, a disavowed CIA black-ops asset turned freelance assassin, and became a mainstream hit well beyond thriller readers after its 2022 Russo brothers film adaptation starring Ryan Gosling. It runs 400 pages.
Key facts about The Gray Man
Mark Greaney wrote The Gray Man, a novel on our list. It has been out since 29 September 2009. The book has 400 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780751550252 to find the main one.
The Gray Man is book 1 of 15 in The Gray Man series. The series has 15 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
The Hard Line is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 17 February 2026. Meanwhile, Dark Union comes next, with an announced date of 16 February 2027.
Additionally, Mark Greaney writes Jack Ryan as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Hard Line is the latest published Mark Greaney book on file, from 17 February 2026.
About Mark Greaney
Mark Greaney spent more than twenty years bartending, waiting tables and working office jobs in his native Memphis — starting a novel in 1990 as a University of Memphis student and not finishing it for fifteen years — before The Gray Man (2009) turned him into a bestselling thriller writer almost overnight. See every Mark Greaney book in order.
Its place in The Gray Man
The Gray Man is book 1 in the The Gray Man series. It is followed by On Target. See the full The Gray Man reading order.
Court Gentry — the Gray Man — is a disavowed former CIA black-ops asset who now works as one of the world's most sought-after freelance assassins, taking on jobs (and increasingly, off-book missions for old CIA handlers) that pit him against rival intelligence services, cartels, private military contractors and other elite killers. Mark Greaney writes brutally kinetic, tradecraft-heavy action that unfolds in real geopolitical hotspots, and the series has only gotten bigger in scope as it's gone on: later books…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780515147018
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101139530
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101140444