Warren Murphy

Warren Murphy was one of the noteworthy authors from The United States, who was famous for writing thriller, science fiction, and crime fiction books. He was particularly well known for writing the highly successful series called the Destroyer, which went on to become the basis of the Hollywood movie titled Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. Author Murphy was born on September 13, 1933 in the Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

The best place to start is The Destroyer series, the earliest of Warren Murphy's multi-book series: it opens with Created The Destroyer (1971) and runs to 104 books across 1971–2021, ending with Trial By Fire (2021). Warren Murphy's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Warren Murphy has 160 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1971 and 2024. 139 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being The Destroyer series with 104 books — and 21 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. Warren Murphy's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Destroyer (1971–2021, 104 books), Razoni & Jackson (1973–1974, 5 books) and Digger (1982, 4 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Warren Murphy's 160 books into 9 named series and 21 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Destroyer (104 books, 1971–2021); Trace (7 books, 1983–1987); Razoni & Jackson (5 books, 1973–1974); Digger (4 books, 1982); The New Destroyer (4 books, 2007–2008), plus 4 further series.