Scott Turow Reading Order

13 books (1995–2024)

This ongoing anthology series edited by Scott Turow spans from 1995 to 2024 and includes eleven books covering mystery, thriller, and writing-focused collections. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Crown Crime Companion and progressing through diverse entries such as Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories, Guilty as Charged, and the more recent Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering. Each volume in this expanding series offers curated selections that reflect Turow's editorial interests in crime fiction, writing craft, and contemporary voices in the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with The Crown Crime Companion, the first of 11 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Crown Crime Companion 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Guilty as Charged 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Writers on Writing 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Their World is Law 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Suspense Magazine December 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	By the Book 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	California Schemin' 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Fight of the Century 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 2 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

13 books (1986–2025)

Scott Turow's Kindle County Legal Thriller series spans thirteen novels from 1986 to 2025, all set in the same fictional county courthouse and featuring interconnected characters and cases. The series is ongoing and should be read in publication order, beginning with Presumed Innocent and continuing through the most recent entry, Presumed Guilty. These mystery and legal thrillers explore the complexities of the justice system through the eyes of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges navigating high-stakes cases in the Midwest.

Start with Presumed Innocent, the first of 13 books in the Kindle County Legal Thriller series.

#	Title
1	Presumed Innocent 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Burden of Proof 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pleading Guilty 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Laws Of Our Fathers 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Personal Injuries 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Reversible Errors 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Limitations 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Innocent 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Identical 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Testimony 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Last Trial 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Suspect 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Presumed Guilty 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2018–2022)

Scott Turow's Low Down Dirty Vote series consists of three mystery and thriller volumes published between 2018 and 2022 in publication order. The series appears to be complete as of 2022. Read these books sequentially beginning with the first volume to follow the narrative as intended.

Start with Low Down Dirty Vote and read in order.

3 books (1977–2005)

Scott Turow's three-book non-fiction series explores the legal system through different lenses, beginning with One L in 1977 and concluding with Surviving Justice in 2005. These complete works should be read in publication order to follow Turow's evolving examination of law and justice. The series combines memoir, investigation, and collaborative narrative to offer readers insight into courtroom drama, capital punishment, and the criminal justice system from multiple perspectives.

Start with One L and read in order.

#	Title
1	One L 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ultimate Punishment 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Surviving Justice(With: Dave Eggers) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1986–2025)

Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent series spans nearly four decades with three books published between 1986 and 2025, with the series remaining ongoing. The trilogy should be read in publication order: Presumed Innocent, Innocent, and Presumed Guilty. This mystery and thriller series follows interconnected narratives across its volumes, making sequential reading essential to understanding the full arc of the story.

Start with Presumed Innocent and read in order.

#	Title
1	Presumed Innocent 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Innocent 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Presumed Guilty 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2005–2005)

#	Title
1	Ordinary Heroes 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible