VJ Books presents Robert Ludlum!

Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (The Bourne Ultimatum won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.

Ludlum was educated at The Rectory School then Cheshire Academy and Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. While at Wesleyan, Ludlum joined the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Prior to becoming an author, he had been a theatrical actor and producer. His theatrical experience may have contributed to his understanding of the energy, escapism and action that the public wanted in a novel. He once remarked: "I equate suspense and good theater in a very similar way. I think it's all suspense and what-happens-next. From that point of view, yes, I guess, I am theatrical."

Ludlum died March 12, 2001 in Naples, Florida of a subdural hematoma.

The Hades Factor First Edition

Ambler Warning First  Edition

Bancroft Strategy First Edition

Icarus Agenda First Edition

Road to Omaha First  Edition

Sigma Protocol First Edition

Robert Ludlum Bibliography

The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971)
The Osterman Weekend (1972)
The Matlock Paper (1973)
Trevayne (1973, writing under the pen-name Jonathan Ryder)
The Cry of the Halidon (1974, writing under the pen-name Jonathan Ryder)
The Rhinemann Exchange (1974)
The Road to Gandolfo (1975, writing under the pen-name Michael Shepherd)
The Gemini Contenders (1976)
The Chancellor Manuscript (1977)
The Holcroft Covenant (1978)
The Matarese Circle (1979)
The Bourne Identity (1980)
The Parsifal Mosaic (1982)
The Aquitaine Progression (1984)
The Bourne Supremacy (1986)
The Icarus Agenda (1988)
The Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
The Road to Omaha (1992)
The Scorpio Illusion (1993)
The Apocalypse Watch (1995)
The Matarese Countdown (1997)
The Prometheus Deception (2000)

Credited to Ludlum, published posthumously

The Sigma Protocol (2001, the last novel written entirely by Ludlum)
The Janson Directive (2002)
The Tristan Betrayal (2003)
The Ambler Warning (2005)
The Bancroft Strategy (2006)

Covert-One series (Written by other authors)

The Hades Factor (by Gayle Lynds) (2000)
The Cassandra Compact (by Philip Shelby) (2001)
The Paris Option (by Gayle Lynds) (2002)
The Altman Code (by Gayle Lynds) (2003)
The Lazarus Vendetta (by Patrick Larkin) (2004)
The Moscow Vector (by Patrick Larkin) (2005)
The Arctic Event (by James H. Cobb) (2007)
The Infinity Affair (by James H. Cobb) (2011)

Sequels to Ludlum books

The Bourne Legacy (by Eric Van Lustbader) (2004)
The Bourne Betrayal (by Eric Van Lustbader) (2007)
The Bourne Sanction (by Eric Van Lustbader) (2008)
The Bourne Deception (by Eric Van Lustbader) (2009)
The Bourne Objective (by Eric Van Lustbader) (2010)
The Bourne Dominion (by Eric Van Lustbader) (2011)