David R. Dow Books in Order
David R. Dow has written 8 books, published between 1998 and 2019. The first book is Cameras in the Courtroom (1998) and the newest is Confessions of an Innocent Man (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1998–2019
- Total pages
- 2,048 across 8 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,048 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
David R. Dow writes on capital punishment and the administration of criminal justice. Subject headings across 8 catalogued books record death row inmates, lawyers' biography, Texas and the conduct of court proceedings. The run opens with Cameras in the Courtroom (1998) and takes in Executed on a Technicality (2005), The Autobiography of an Execution (2010) and Things I've Learned from Dying (2013). Confessions of an Innocent Man (2019) is the most recent title catalogued under the name.
How many David R. Dow books are there?
David R. Dow has 8 books, released between 1998 and 2019.
David R. Dow Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 David R. Dow 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.
- 1Cameras in the Courtroom1998 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/419982031/4
- 2Machinery of Death2002 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420023041/4
- 3Executed on a Technicality2005 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/420052381/4
- 4America's Prophets2009 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/420091651/4
- 5Killing Time2010 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420102881/4
- 6The Autobiography of an Execution2010 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/420102731/4
- 7Things I've Learned from Dying2013 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/420132731/4
- 8Confessions of an Innocent Man2019 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420193041/4
David R. Dow 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.
Standalone books
8 books8 David R. Dow titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David R. Dow books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 David R. Dow books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with David R. Dow
Start with Cameras in the Courtroom (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David R. Dow book?
Confessions of an Innocent Man (2019) is the newest David R. Dow book released so far.
Is there a new David R. Dow book coming?
No next David R. Dow book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David R. Dow at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest David R. Dow title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- David R. Dow books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,048 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 273 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David R. Dow books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the David R. Dow books are about
All 8 David R. Dow books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: capital punishment is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Capital punishment 4 of 8 books
- Administration of Criminal justice 2 of 8 books
- Death row inmates 2 of 8 books
- Lawyers, biography 2 of 8 books
- Peine de mort 2 of 8 books
- Texas, biography 2 of 8 books
- Todesstrafe 2 of 8 books