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Gabriel Allon
The Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva has 26 known books (26 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with The Kill Artist (2000). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Ransom.
- Books
- 26 known books (26 novels)
- Published
- 26
- First published
- 2000
- Status
- ongoing
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- Thriller
- Last checked
Start here: The Kill Artist (2000) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Kill Artist
The Kill Artist (2000) launches Daniel Silva's series and introduces Gabriel Allon, the Israeli intelligence officer and art restorer who'd rather be coaxing an Old Master back to life than running an operation. At 433 pages, it's the recommended starting point for the full twenty-six-book arc, since the series unfolds in real time with later books referencing earlier ones directly.
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The English Assassin
The English Assassin (2002), 400 pages, is the second Gabriel Allon novel, continuing Daniel Silva's pattern of grounding each thriller in real-world tradecraft and geopolitics rather than pure escapism. It follows The Kill Artist in publication order, which is the only order this series is meant to be read in.
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The Confessor
The Confessor (2003) is the third Gabriel Allon novel, a 567-page entry that followed The English Assassin. Like the rest of Daniel Silva's series, it drops Allon — still early in his rise from field assassin toward eventual command — into a real-world flashpoint rendered with journalistic density.
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A Death in Vienna
A Death in Vienna (2004), 463 pages, holds the fourth spot in the Gabriel Allon series, arriving between The Confessor and Prince of Fire. Daniel Silva continues building the novel around a real-world thread, one of the traits that turns the series into an annual state-of-the-world briefing wrapped around a spy plot.
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Prince of Fire
Prince of Fire (2005) is the fifth Gabriel Allon novel, running 369 pages between A Death in Vienna and The Messenger. This early in the series, Allon is still the reluctant field operator rather than the intelligence chief he eventually becomes, with Palestinian terrorism among the real-world flashpoints Daniel Silva draws on.
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The Messenger
The Messenger (2006), 352 pages, is the sixth Gabriel Allon novel, continuing Daniel Silva's yearly rhythm of releases that follow directly from one another. It sits between Prince of Fire and The Secret Servant in a series built for reading straight through in publication order.
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The Secret Servant
The Secret Servant (2007) is the seventh entry, 400 pages long, following The Messenger and preceding Moscow Rules. Daniel Silva keeps the series' recurring balance intact here — Allon's art restoration a quiet counterpoint to his real work eliminating threats to Israel and the West.
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Moscow Rules
Moscow Rules (2008), the eighth Gabriel Allon novel, is one of two entries the series notes flag as a natural starting point for new readers, alongside The Defector — this is where the series' modern tone and regular ensemble cast really solidify. It runs 433 pages and followed The Secret Servant.
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The Defector
The Defector (2009), 470 pages, is the ninth Gabriel Allon novel and, alongside Moscow Rules, one of the two entries the series notes recommend for readers wanting the modern tone and settled ensemble cast without starting at book one. It sits between Moscow Rules and The Rembrandt Affair.
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The Rembrandt Affair
The Rembrandt Affair (2010) is the tenth Gabriel Allon novel, a 484-page entry that followed The Defector. True to Daniel Silva's recurring interest in art-world forgery and theft, it puts Allon's restoration expertise directly to use in the plot's real-world flashpoint.
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Portrait of a Spy
Portrait of a Spy (2011), 455 pages, arrived on the heels of The Rembrandt Affair as the eleventh Gabriel Allon novel. By this point in Daniel Silva's series, Allon's rise through Israeli intelligence and his relationship with wife Chiara have been developing continuously across a decade of annual releases.
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The Fallen Angel
The Fallen Angel (2012) is the twelfth entry, 405 pages, following Portrait of a Spy. As with the rest of the series, Daniel Silva builds the plot around Vatican secrets and a real-world flashpoint, sending Allon in as a reluctant operator rather than a willing one.
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The English Girl
The English Girl (2013), 482 pages, is the thirteenth Gabriel Allon novel, published a year after The Fallen Angel. Daniel Silva's supporting cast — including deputy Yaakov Rossman and the loyal team of Mikhail, Dina, Yossi and Eli Lavon — continues deepening with genuine continuity here rather than resetting.
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The Heist
The Heist (2014) is the fourteenth entry at 471 pages, sitting between The English Girl and The English Spy. True to Daniel Silva's recurring art-world territory, it puts Gabriel Allon's restoration expertise to direct use in the plot.
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The English Spy
The English Spy (June 2015), the fifteenth Gabriel Allon novel, runs 614 pages and followed The Heist. By this point Daniel Silva's yearly July release schedule was well established, with Allon's relationships and injuries from earlier books carrying forward as they do throughout the series.
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The Black Widow
The Black Widow (July 2016) is the sixteenth entry, 528 pages, preceding House of Spies. Daniel Silva grounds this stretch of the series in the fight against terrorism, one of the real-world flashpoints — alongside Russian disinformation and the rise of the European far right — the later books increasingly draw on.
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House of Spies
House of Spies (July 2017), 528 pages, is the seventeenth Gabriel Allon novel, arriving on the heels of The Black Widow. Allon's supporting cast of allied spies from MI6, the CIA and elsewhere continues to deepen here with the genuine continuity that distinguishes this series from reset-each-book thrillers.
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The Other Woman
The Other Woman (July 2018) is the eighteenth entry, 470 pages, following House of Spies. Daniel Silva keeps the series' Cold War-inflected tradecraft front and center, part of the journalistic density that turns each Gabriel Allon novel into a kind of annual briefing on the state of the world.
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The New Girl
The New Girl (July 2019), 488 pages, is the nineteenth Gabriel Allon novel, continuing Daniel Silva's unbroken run of one release every July. It followed The Other Woman, with Allon by now well established as chief of Israel's secret intelligence service.
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The Order
The Order (July 2020) is the twentieth entry at 464 pages, following The New Girl. As in The Fallen Angel earlier in the series, Daniel Silva turns again to Vatican secrets for this real-world-flavoured thriller.
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The Cellist
The Cellist (July 2021), 480 pages, is the 21st Gabriel Allon novel, sitting between The Order and Portrait of an Unknown Woman. Daniel Silva draws here on Russian disinformation, one of the recurring real-world threads that run through the series' later entries.
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Portrait of an Unknown Woman (July 2022), the 22nd entry at 448 pages, followed The Cellist. Art-world forgery is central to the plot, continuing the series' long-running use of Gabriel Allon's restoration expertise as more than just a character trait.
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The Collector
The Collector (July 2023) is the 23rd Gabriel Allon novel, running 395 pages after Portrait of an Unknown Woman. By this stage of the series, Daniel Silva has settled Allon into a quieter chapter of his career, closer to the eventual retirement restoring paintings in Venice than to his early days as a field assassin.
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A Death in Cornwall
A Death in Cornwall (July 2024), 432 pages, is the 24th entry, arriving on the heels of The Collector. It continues Daniel Silva's annual rhythm of dropping Allon into a real-world flashpoint rendered with journalistic density.
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An Inside Job
An Inside Job (July 2025) is the 25th Gabriel Allon novel, 415 pages, following A Death in Cornwall. The series' supporting cast — Chiara, Yaakov Rossman, and the rest of Allon's loyal team — continues to carry the genuine continuity Daniel Silva has maintained since the first book.
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Ransom
Ransom (July 2026) is the 26th and, per the series' current count, most recent Gabriel Allon novel, following An Inside Job. Daniel Silva has released one entry every July since The Kill Artist in 2000, tracking Allon's arc from reluctant field operator toward the quieter later chapters of his career.
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About the Gabriel Allon series
Gabriel Allon is an Israeli intelligence officer and the finest art restorer of his generation, a man who spends his days coaxing Old Masters back to life and his other life eliminating threats to Israel and the West. Daniel Silva builds each novel around a real-world flashpoint — Palestinian terrorism, Russian disinformation, Vatican secrets, art-world forgery and theft, the war in Ukraine, the rise of the far right in Europe — and drops Allon into it as a reluctant, weary operator who would rather be restoring a Caravaggio than running an operation. The appeal is the research: Silva reports on tradecraft, geopolitics and the art world with the density of a journalist, and the books double as an annual state-of-the-world briefing wrapped around a spy plot.
Across twenty-six novels Allon rises from field assassin to chief of Israel's secret intelligence service and eventually to a quieter retirement restoring paintings in Venice, and the supporting cast — his wife Chiara, deputy Yaakov Rossman, the loyal team of Mikhail, Dina, Yossi and Eli Lavon, and a rotating cast of allied spies from MI6, the CIA and the Vatican — deepens with genuine continuity rather than a reset-each-book formula. It's for readers who want their thrillers smart, well-travelled and grounded in plausible current events rather than pure escapism, and who don't mind a series that rewards reading in order even though each book resolves its own case.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Gabriel Allon series?
There are 26 novels as of Ransom (2026). Daniel Silva has confirmed he is already writing a 27th, expected in 2027, though it doesn't yet have a title.
What order should I read the Gabriel Allon books in?
Publication order, starting with The Kill Artist. The series runs as one continuous timeline with no prequels or chronological detours, so reading order and publication order are identical.
Do I need to read every Gabriel Allon book to follow the story?
Each novel resolves its own case, but Allon's rank, relationships and injuries carry forward permanently, so reading in order gives a much richer experience than dipping in at random.
Is Gabriel Allon finished, or is Daniel Silva still writing new books?
The series is ongoing. Silva has published a new Allon novel every July for years running, and a 27th book is already in progress for 2027.
What is the next Gabriel Allon book?
Ransom (July 2026) is the most recent release. Silva has confirmed he is writing the next installment, due in 2027, but no title has been announced yet.
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