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Greg Iles Books in Order

Greg Iles has written 19 books, published between 1993 and 2019. The first book is Spandau Phoenix (1993) and the newest is Cemetery Road (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1993–2019
Confirmed
19 of 19 titles
Pages on record
8,348 in 15 of 19 books
Reading time
139–209 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,348 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Suspense set largely in Mississippi is Greg Iles's territory, above all in the Penn Cage novels, which take a lawyer through buried family secrets and murder. Iles's 19 catalogued books open with Spandau Phoenix (1993) and close with Cemetery Road (2019), taking in the Penn Cage and Mississippi sequences and a set of standalone thrillers. The catalogue is listed as likely complete.

How many Greg Iles books are there?

Greg Iles has 19 books, released between 1993 and 2019. They include 2 separate series.

Greg Iles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Greg Iles books in the order they were released, 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 Spandau Phoenix by Greg Iles, book 1 of the World War II series (1993)
  2. Cover of Black Cross by Greg Iles, book 2 of the World War II series (1995)
  3. Cover of Third Degree by Greg Iles, book 1 of the Greg Iles Standalone Novels series (1996)
  4. Cover of The Quiet Game by Greg Iles, book 1 of the Penn Cage series (1999)
  5. Cover of 24 Hours by Greg Iles, book 2 of the Mississippi series (2000)
  6. Cover of Dead Sleep by Greg Iles, book 3 of the Mississippi series (2001)
  7. Cover of Sleep No More by Greg Iles, book 4 of the Mississippi series (2002)
  8. Cover of Dark Matter / The Footprints of God by Greg Iles, book 2 of the Greg Iles Standalone Novels series (2003)
  9. Cover of Blood Memory by Greg Iles, book 5 of the Mississippi series (2005)
  10. Cover of True Evil by Greg Iles, book 3 of the Greg Iles Standalone Novels series (2006)
  11. Cover of The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles, book 3 of the Penn Cage series (2009)
  12. Cover of The Death Factory by Greg Iles, book 4 of the Penn Cage series (2014)
  13. Cover of Natchez Burning by Greg Iles, book 5 of the Penn Cage series (2014)
  14. Cover of Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles, book 7 of the Penn Cage series (2017)
  15. Cover of Cemetery Road by Greg Iles, book 4 of the Greg Iles Standalone Novels series (2019)
  1. 1
    Spandau PhoenixWorld War II #11993 · 704 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993704
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  2. 2
    Black CrossWorld War II #21995 · 556 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995556
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  3. 3
    Third DegreeGreg Iles Standalone Novels #11996 · 385 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996385
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  4. 4
    Mortal FearMississippi #11997 · 552 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997552
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  5. 5
    The Quiet GamePenn Cage #11999 · 597 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999597
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  6. 6
    24 HoursMississippi #22000 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000448
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  7. 7
    Dead SleepMississippi #32001 · 467 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001467
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  8. 8
    Sleep No MoreMississippi #42002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  9. 9
    Dark Matter / The Footprints of GodGreg Iles Standalone Novels #22003 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003528
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  10. 10
    Turning AngelPenn Cage #22005 · confirmed 4/4
    2005–
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  11. 11
    Blood MemoryMississippi #52005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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  12. 12
    True EvilGreg Iles Standalone Novels #32006 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006512
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  13. 13
    The Devil's PunchbowlPenn Cage #32009 · 580 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009580
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  14. 14
    The Death FactoryPenn Cage #42014 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014112
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  15. 15
    Natchez BurningPenn Cage #52014 · 791 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014791
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  16. 16
    The Bone TreePenn Cage #62015 · 804 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015804
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  17. 17
    Mississippi BloodPenn Cage #72017 · 704 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017704
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  18. 18
    Southern ManPenn Cage #82017 · confirmed 4/4
    2017–
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  19. 19
    Cemetery RoadGreg Iles Standalone Novels #42019 · 608 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019608
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Greg Iles series in order

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

Greg Iles 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.

Mississippi in order

5 books
  1. 1. Mortal Fear
  2. 2. 24 Hours
  3. 3. Dead Sleep
  4. 4. Sleep No More
  5. 5. Blood Memory

Greg Iles Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

World War II in order

2 books
  1. 1. Spandau Phoenix
  2. 2. Black Cross

Greg Iles Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Greg Iles books run from Spandau Phoenix (1993) to Cemetery Road (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Greg Iles in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Greg Iles books in order?

You only need to read Greg Iles books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Greg Iles books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Quiet Game (1999), the first Penn Cage book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Spandau Phoenix (1993).

What is the newest Greg Iles book?

Cemetery Road (2019) is the newest Greg Iles book released so far.

Is there a new Greg Iles book coming?

No next Greg Iles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Printable Greg Iles Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 19 books in publication order is on the Greg Iles reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Greg Iles at a glance

Died
Greg Iles died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Greg Iles on record dates from 2019.
Release pace
Greg Iles books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
8,348 pages across the 15 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 556 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Greg Iles books, 8 of 19, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
2 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Greg Iles books are about

18 of the 19 Greg Iles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mississippi is tagged on 7 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.