The Ryanverse is a term for the political thriller media franchise created by author Tom Clancy centering on the character of Jack Ryan and the fictional universe featuring Jack and other characters, such as John Clark and Domingo Chavez.

Novels

The first book written to feature Jack Ryan was The Hunt for Red October.

By publication date

Books in the order in which they were written:

Post-Clancy Ryanverse novels

Chronology

In the order in which they occur in the storyline (and rough estimates of when they occur):

Characters

Main

The key characters in the Ryanverse include: Some of the key characters have been portrayed in the following movies and television series:

Cast

Presidents

A total of six presidents are depicted in the Ryanverse, although only five are named: Various books contain references to the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush as if they had happened.

The Campus

Beginning with The Teeth of the Tiger, Ryanverse novels feature off-the-books intelligence organization The Campus while featuring Jack Ryan Sr. as more of a background character. They follow his son Jack Ryan Jr. and fellow colleagues on several counter-terrorism missions. Hendley Associates, a private trading and arbitrage company, serves as a legitimate cover for the organization, or the "white side". They fund The Campus's intelligence operations by stock market trades influenced by captured intelligence data, thus removing federal oversight and allowing free rein in the Campus's operations.

Characters

In other media

Films

Television

A television series adaptation inspired by the novels and Harrison Ford films, titled Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, premiered on August 31, 2018, on Amazon Prime Video. The show was created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, with Michael Bay as an executive producer and production company Platinum Dunes and Paramount Television serving as a co-production studio partners. John Krasinski stars in the title role. The series ended with the fourth and final season in July 2023.

Video games

Many video games based on the Ryanverse have been made, some based on the novels, some on the films, some on the spin-offs.

Rainbow Six games

In addition Tom Clancy created a multi-media franchise about a fictional international counter-terrorist unit called "Rainbow". The franchise began with Clancy's novel Rainbow Six, which was adapted into a series of tactical first-person shooter video games.