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 🇺🇸
2	I Ate the Sheriff 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Year of Eating Dangerously 2012Buy 🇺🇸

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

34 books (2004–2023)

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

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

3 books (2001–2002)

Start with City of Angels and read in order.

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

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

3 books (2003–2004)

Start with A Greater Glory and read in order.

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

3 books (2007–2009)

Start with Try Dying and read in order.

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