Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Oldest Confession | 1958 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 2 | The Manchurian Candidate | 1959 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 3 | Some Angry Angel | 1961 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 4 | A Talent for Loving | 1961 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 5 | An Infinity of Mirrors | 1964 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 6 | Any God Will Do | 1966 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 7 | The Ecstasy Business | 1967 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 8 | Mile High | 1972 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 9 | The Vertical Smile | 1972 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 10 | Arigato | 1972 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 11 | Winter Kills | 1974 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 12 | The Star-Spangled Crunch | 1975 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 13 | Money is Love | 1975 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 14 | The Whisper of the Axe | 1976 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 15 | The Abandoned Woman | 1977 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 16 | Bandicoot | 1978 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 17 | Death of a Politician | 1978 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 18 | The Entwining | 1980 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 19 | A Trembling Upon Rome | 1983 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 20 | Emperor of America | 1990 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 21 | The Final Addiction | 1991 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 22 | The Venerable Bead | 1992 | Richard Condon | Buy |
Richard Condon’s standalone novels span nearly four decades and cover a wide range of settings and subjects, though most share his trademark interest in conspiracy, corruption, and the machinery of power. His most famous standalone, The Manchurian Candidate (1959), remains a touchstone of Cold War fiction, while Winter Kills (1974) reworked the Kennedy assassination into a darkly comic conspiracy thriller.
Other notable titles include Mile High (1972), which traces the rise of a criminal empire from Prohibition-era bootlegging, and An Infinity of Mirrors (1964), a departure into historical fiction set during the Nazi occupation of France. Later novels like Emperor of America (1990) and The Final Addiction (1991) continued his satirical examination of American politics and culture.