Number of novels written: 20 (including Command Authority, on sale this December)
Number of novels written (solely under his name): 14
Number of non-fiction books written (with and without a co-writer): 11
Number of feature films based on his books: 5 (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears — the fifth, Jack Ryan: Shadow One, will released later this year)
Number of actors who’ve played favorite Clancy protagonist Jack Ryan: 4 (Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and in the upcoming film, Chris Pine)
Number of books that reached No. 1 on New York Times best-sellers list: 17
Most recent book to do so: Threat Vector, 2012
Number of years he worked as an insurance agent before finally selling his first novel, The Hunt for Red October: 15
Amount he was initially paid for Red October: $5,000
Number of copies he hoped Red October would sell: 5,000
Number of copies Red October sold in its first 6 months: 45,000
Number of Presidents who were blurbed in paperback copies of Red October: 1 (in a 1985 TIME article on the book, Ronald Reagan described it as “the perfect yarn”)
Number of copies Red October sold to date: 3 million +
Amount he was paid, in 1988, in his first post-Red October deal: $3 million (for 3 books)
Amount he was paid, in 1997, for a large multi-book deal: $97 million
Net worth at the time of his death: $300 million