Bill Granger Books in Order
Bill Granger has written 23 books, published between 1979 and 1994. The first book is The November Man / Code Name November (1979) and the newest is Drover and the Designated Hitter (1994). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1979–1994
- Pages on record
- 2,197 in 8 of 23 books
Bill Granger, June 1, 1941 to April 22, 2012, was an American novelist from Chicago who specialised in political thrillers and also published as Joe Gash and Bill Griffith. Newspaper work at the Chicago Tribune and other Illinois papers ran alongside the fiction. November Man is the series in the catalogue, and Devereaux and Jimmy Drover appear as recurring fictitious characters. Twenty-three books are listed between 1979 and 1994, among them Public Murders (1981), Schism (1981) and The Shattered Eye (1982). Subjects name espionage thrillers, the intelligence service, private investigators and sports betting.
Source: Wikidata
How many Bill Granger books are there?
Bill Granger has 23 books, released between 1979 and 1994. They include 2 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
Bill Granger Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Bill Granger books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.
- 11979–2/4
- 2Sweeps1980 · confirmed 2/41980–2/4
- 3Public Murders1981 · confirmed 2/41981–2/4
- 41981–2/4
- 51982–2/4
- 6Time for Frankie Coolin1982 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/419822692/4
- 7Queen's Crossing1982 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419822882/4
- 81983–2/4
- 9Priestly Murders (As: Joe Gash)1984 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/419841632/4
- 101984–2/4
- 11Newspaper Murder (As: Joe Gash)1985 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/419852572/4
- 121986–2/4
- 131986–2/4
- 14The El Murders1987 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/419872462/4
- 1519873402/4
- 1619883742/4
- 171989–2/4
- 181990–2/4
- 191991–2/4
- 2019912602/4
- 211992–2/4
- 221993–2/4
- 231994–2/4
Bill Granger books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
November Man in order
13 books- 1. The November Man / Code Name November
- 2. Schism
- 3. The Shattered Eye
- 4. The British Cross
- 5. Zurich Numbers
- 6. Hemingway's Notebook
- 7. There Are No Spies
- 8. The Infant of Prague
- 9. Henry McGee Is Not Dead
- 10. The Man Who Heard Too Much
- 11. League of Terror
- 12. The Last Good German
- and 1 more in the table above
Drover in order
3 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Bill Granger titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Bill Granger books in order?
You only need to read Bill Granger books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Bill Granger
Start with The November Man / Code Name November (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bill Granger book?
Drover and the Designated Hitter (1994) is the newest Bill Granger book released so far.
Is there a new Bill Granger book coming?
No next Bill Granger book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bill Granger at a glance
- Died
- Bill Granger died in 2012, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Bill Granger on record dates from 1994.
- Release pace
- Bill Granger books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,197 pages across the 8 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 264 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bill Granger books, 16 of 23, were published in the 1980s.
When Bill Granger books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Bill Granger titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 16 titles.
23 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Bill Granger books are about
20 of the 23 Bill Granger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 12 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Espionage 12 of 20 books
- Devereaux (fictitious character : granger) 11 of 20 books
- Devereaux (Fictitious character) 5 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 20 books
- Intelligence service 4 of 20 books
- Jimmy Drover (Fictitious character) 3 of 20 books
- Private investigators 3 of 20 books
- Sports betting 3 of 20 books
- Chicago (Ill.) 2 of 20 books
- Las Vegas (Nev.) 2 of 20 books
- Nevada 2 of 20 books
- Police 2 of 20 books