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Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (1938–2025) was an English novelist and journalist who worked as a Reuters and BBC foreign correspondent and served as an RAF pilot. His reporting and international experience informed bestselling thrillers including The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Fist of God, and The Kill List. He also wrote nonfiction about Biafra, a biography of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, short-story collections, and the memoir The Outsider. His final novel, Revenge of Odessa, was co-written with Tony Kent.
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The Day of the Jackal
Forsyth's landmark first novel and the clearest entry point to his signature espionage-thriller style.
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The Odessa Novels
A thriller series centered on the Odessa organization, beginning with The Odessa File and continuing with Revenge of Odessa.
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Bibliography by category
Novels (17)
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The Biafra StoryAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1969
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The Day of the JackalAmazon ↗novel · 1971
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The Dogs of WarAmazon ↗novel · 1974
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The ShepherdAmazon ↗novella · 1975
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The Devil's AlternativeAmazon ↗novel · 1979
- EmekaAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1982
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The Fourth ProtocolAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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The NegotiatorAmazon ↗novel · 1989
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The DeceiverAmazon ↗novel · 1991
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The Fist of GodAmazon ↗novel · 1994
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IconAmazon ↗novel · 1996
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The Phantom of ManhattanAmazon ↗novel · 1999
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AvengerAmazon ↗novel · 2003
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The AfghanAmazon ↗novel · 2006
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The CobraAmazon ↗novel · 2010
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The Kill ListAmazon ↗novel · 2013
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The FoxAmazon ↗novel · 2018
Nonfiction (1)
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The Outsider: My Life in IntrigueAmazon ↗memoir · 2015