J.T. Brannan

JT Brannan is a bestselling author of mystery and thriller novels. He is best known for the “Mark Cole” the political thriller series, the “Colt Ryder” all action series, the “Origin” high concept thrillers and “John Lee” the action adventure series. The former bouncer and national karate champion is currently serving in the British Army reserves even as he writes on the side.

The best place to start is the Mark Cole series, the earliest of J.T. Brannan's multi-book series: it opens with Stop at Nothing (2012) and runs to 9 books across 2012–2018, ending with No Holding Back (2018). J.T. Brannan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

J.T. Brannan has 75 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2026. 69 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Colt Ryder series with 51 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. J.T. Brannan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mark Cole (2012–2018, 9 books), Colt Ryder (2015–2026, 51 books) and The Extractor (2018–2020, 5 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits J.T. Brannan's 75 books into 5 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Colt Ryder (51 books, 2015–2026); Mark Cole (9 books, 2012–2018); The Extractor (5 books, 2018–2020); Maxwell Knight (3 books, 2019–2020); A Force One Thriller (1 book, 2020).