James Scott Bell Reading Order

2 books (2015–2019)

Start with Writing Success and read in order.

5 books (2012–2019)

Start with Force of Habit, the first of 5 books in the Force of Habit series.

4 books (2011–2014)

Start with Iron Hands, the first of 4 books in the Irish Jimmy Gallagher series.

3 books (2011–2012)

Start with Pay Me in Flesh and read in order.

#	Title
1	Pay Me in Flesh 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	I Ate the Sheriff 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Year of Eating Dangerously 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2015–2025)

Start with Romeo's Rules, the first of 10 books in the Mike Romeo series.

#	Title
1	Romeo's Rules 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Romeo's Way 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Romeo's Hammer 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Romeo's Fight 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Romeo's Stand 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Romeo's Town 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Romeo's Rage 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Romeo's Justice 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Romeo's Fire 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Romeo's Truth 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

34 books (2004–2023)

Start with Plot & Structure, the first of 34 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Plot & Structure 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Revision and Self Editing for Publication 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Write Great Fiction Series 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Art of War for Writers 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Breach of Promise/Presumed Guilty 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Conflict and Suspense 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	How to Write Comedy 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	One More Lie 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Watch Your Back 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Writing Fiction for All You're Worth Strategies and Techniques for 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	How to Achieve Your Goals and Dreams 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	How to Manage the Time of Your Life 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Self Publishing Attack! 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Fiction Attack! 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	How to Make a Living as a Writer 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	How to Write Dazzling Dialogue 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Write Your Novel From The Middle 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	27 Fiction Writing Blunders - And How Not to Make Them! 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Super Structure 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Voice 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	How to Write Short Stories and Use Them to Further Your Writing Career 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Just Write 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Manliness 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Some People Are Dead 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Mental Game of Writing 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Writing Right to Success(With: Yvonne Lehman,DiAnn Mills,Lynette Eason,Susan May Warren) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	How to Write Pulp Fiction 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Knockout Fiction Power Pack 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Marketing For Writers Who Hate Marketing 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	How to Write Best-Selling Fiction 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Plotman to the Rescue 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Last Fifty Pages 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Writing Unforgettable Characters 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Power Up Your Fiction: 125 Tips and Techniques for Next-Level Writing 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2001–2002)

Start with City of Angels and read in order.

#	Title
1	City of Angels 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Angel of Mercy 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Angels Flight 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2011–2020)

Start with No Laughing Matter, the first of 7 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

3 books (2022–2025)

Start with Trouble is My Beat and read in order.

20 books (1988–2023)

Start with The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat, the first of 20 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Darwin Conspiracy 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Circumstantial Evidence 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Final Witness 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Blind Justice 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Nephilim Seed 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Deadlock 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Breach of Promise 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Glimpses of Paradise 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Sins of the Fathers 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Presumed Guilty 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	No Legal Grounds 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Whole Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Deceived 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Don't Leave Me 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Your Son Is Alive 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Last Call 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Long Lost 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	No More Lies 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Can't Stop Me 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2003–2004)

Start with A Greater Glory and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Greater Glory 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Higher Justice 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Certain Truth 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2007–2009)

Start with Try Dying and read in order.

#	Title
1	Try Dying 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Try Darkness 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Try Fear 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible