Order of Book Series
0

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. 13 of the 23 books listed here are in the November Man series, which has its own page: November Man books in order.

Books
23
Published
1979–1994
Pages on record
2,197 in 8 of 23 books
See all 23 books in order Printable Bill Granger checklist

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.

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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of The November Man / Code Name November by Bill Granger, book 1 of the November Man series (1979)
  2. Cover of Schism by Bill Granger, book 2 of the November Man series (1981)
  3. Cover of Time for Frankie Coolin by Bill Granger (1982)
  4. Cover of Priestly Murders (As: Joe Gash) by Bill Granger (1984)
  5. Cover of Zurich Numbers by Bill Granger, book 5 of the November Man series (1984)
  6. Cover of Hemingway's Notebook by Bill Granger, book 6 of the November Man series (1986)
  7. Cover of The El Murders by Bill Granger (1987)
  8. Cover of The Infant of Prague by Bill Granger, book 8 of the November Man series (1987)
  9. Cover of Henry McGee Is Not Dead by Bill Granger, book 9 of the November Man series (1988)
  10. Cover of League of Terror by Bill Granger, book 11 of the November Man series (1990)
  11. Cover of Drover by Bill Granger, book 1 of the Drover series (1991)
  12. Cover of The Last Good German by Bill Granger, book 12 of the November Man series (1991)
  13. Cover of Drover and the Zebras by Bill Granger, book 2 of the Drover series (1992)
  14. Cover of Drover and the Designated Hitter by Bill Granger, book 3 of the Drover series (1994)
  1. 1
    The November Man / Code Name NovemberNovember Man #11979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Sweeps1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Public Murders1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    SchismNovember Man #21981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Shattered EyeNovember Man #31982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Time for Frankie Coolin1982 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982269
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Queen's Crossing1982 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The British CrossNovember Man #41983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Priestly Murders (As: Joe Gash)1984 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984163
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Zurich NumbersNovember Man #51984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Newspaper Murder (As: Joe Gash)1985 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985257
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Hemingway's NotebookNovember Man #61986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    There Are No SpiesNovember Man #71986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The El Murders1987 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987246
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Infant of PragueNovember Man #81987 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987340
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Henry McGee Is Not DeadNovember Man #91988 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988374
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    The Man Who Heard Too MuchNovember Man #101989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    League of TerrorNovember Man #111990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    DroverDrover #11991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    The Last Good GermanNovember Man #121991 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991260
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    Drover and the ZebrasDrover #21992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Burning the ApostleNovember Man #131993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Drover and the Designated HitterDrover #31994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Bill Granger series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

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.

Drover in order

3 books
  1. 1. Drover
  2. 2. Drover and the Zebras
  3. 3. Drover and the Designated Hitter

Standalone books

7 books

7 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 first November Man book. It is also the earliest catalogued 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.

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.