Order of John Lescroart Books

Order of John Lescroart Books


John T. Lescroart is an American novelist who writes legal and crime thrillers centered around Dismas Hardy and his associates around him. The characters in his series books (Abe Glitsky, Wyatt Hunt and Gina Roake) commonly cross over to his others series, creating an entire connected universe of legal thrillers.

Lescroart has been writing since his 1981 debut Sunburn (a standalone novel), although most of his novels since that time have been series novels. Below is the order in which Lescroart’s published works have been released:

Publication Order of Auguste Lupa Mystery Books

Son of Holmes

(1986)

Rasputin’s Revenge

(1987)

Publication Order of Dismas Hardy Books

Dead Irish

(1989)

The Vig

(1990)

Hard Evidence

(1993)

The 13th Juror

(1994)

The Mercy Rule

(1998)

Nothing but the Truth

(2000)

The Hearing

(2000)

The Oath

(2002)

The First Law

(2003)

The Second Chair

(2004)

The Motive

(2004)

Betrayal

(2008)

A Plague of Secrets

(2009)

The Ophelia Cut

(2013)

The Keeper

(2014)

The Fall

(2015)

Poison

(2018)

The Rule of Law

(2019)

The Missing Piece

(2021)

Publication Order of Abe Glitsky Books

A Certain Justice

(1995)

Guilt

(1997)

Damage

(2011)

The Keeper

(2014)

Publication Order of Wyatt Hunt Books

The Hunt Club

(2006)

Treasure Hunt

(2010)

The Hunter

(2012)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Sunburn

(1981)

The Suspect

(2007)

Silent Hunt: Wyatt Hunt vs. Joe Trona (With: T. Jefferson Parker)

(2014)

Fatal

(2017)

The Portal / Closure

(2017)

Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais)

(2022)

Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen)

(2022)

Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child)

(2022)

Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly)

(2022)

Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly)

(2022)

Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver)

(2022)

Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman)

(2022)

Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman)

(2022)

Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey)

(2022)

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman)

(2022)

Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter)

(2022)

Dismas Hardy

(2022)

Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter)

(2022)

Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston)

(2022)

Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson)

(2022)

Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker)

(2022)

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry)

(2022)

John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin)

(2022)

Mallory (By: Carol O’Connell)

(2022)

Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry)

(2022)

Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile (By: Charles Todd)

(2022)

Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman)

(2022)

Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith)

(2022)

Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear)

(2022)

The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly)

(2022)

Ben Kincaid (By: William Bernhardt)

(2023)

Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson)

(2023)

Peter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey)

(2024)

Nathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins)

(2024)

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Publication Order of Anthologies

Natural Suspect

(2001)

A Merry Band of Murderers

(2006)

No Rest for the Dead

(2011)

First Thrills: Volume 4

(2011)

FaceOff

(2014)

Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold

(2014)

The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe

(2020)

Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

(2020)

Note: The events of the Abe Glitsky novel A Certain Justice take place between Part 4 and Part 5 of Guilt.