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James Scott Bell Books in Order

James Scott Bell has written 91 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat (1988) and the newest is Romeo's Truth (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
91
Published
1988–2025
Pages on record
10,353 in 40 of 91 books
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James Scott Bell is a novelist and a writing instructor. Legal thrillers dominate a catalogue of 91 books published between 1988 and 2025, covering the Mike Romeo, Ty Buchanan, Trials of Kit Shannon and Mallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law series. Lawyers, Los Angeles and Christian suspense recur as subjects, alongside a line of books on authorship and craft technique. The run opens with The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat (1988).

How many James Scott Bell books are there?

James Scott Bell has 91 books, released between 1988 and 2025. They include 6 series and 63 titles listed outside any series.

James Scott Bell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 91 James Scott Bell 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 Darwin Conspiracy by James Scott Bell (1995)
  2. Cover of Circumstantial Evidence by James Scott Bell (1997)
  3. Cover of Blind Justice by James Scott Bell (2000)
  4. Cover of The Nephilim Seed by James Scott Bell (2001)
  5. Cover of Deadlock by James Scott Bell (2002)
  6. Cover of Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell (2004)
  7. Cover of A Certain Truth by James Scott Bell, book 3 of the Trials of Kit Shannon series (2004)
  8. Cover of Breach of Promise by James Scott Bell (2004)
  9. Cover of Sins of the Fathers by James Scott Bell (2005)
  10. Cover of Glimpses of Paradise by James Scott Bell (2005)
  11. Cover of Presumed Guilty by James Scott Bell (2006)
  12. Cover of Try Dying by James Scott Bell, book 1 of the Ty Buchanan series (2007)
  13. Cover of No Legal Grounds by James Scott Bell (2007)
  14. Cover of Revision and Self Editing for Publication by James Scott Bell (2008)
  15. Cover of Try Darkness by James Scott Bell, book 2 of the Ty Buchanan series (2008)
  16. Cover of The Whole Truth by James Scott Bell (2008)
  17. Cover of Try Fear by James Scott Bell, book 3 of the Ty Buchanan series (2009)
  18. Cover of The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell (2009)
  19. Cover of Deceived by James Scott Bell (2009)
  20. Cover of Breach of Promise/Presumed Guilty by James Scott Bell (2010)
  21. Cover of Pay Me in Flesh by James Scott Bell, book 1 of the Mallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law series (2011)
  22. Cover of Writing Fiction for All You're Worth Strategies and Techniques for by James Scott Bell (2011)
  23. Cover of The Year of Eating Dangerously by James Scott Bell, book 2 of the Mallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law series (2012)
  24. Cover of I Ate the Sheriff by James Scott Bell, book 3 of the Mallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law series (2012)
  1. 1
    The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat1988 · 78 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198878
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  2. 2
    The Darwin Conspiracy1995 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995264
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  3. 3
    Circumstantial Evidence1997 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997327
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  4. 4
    Final Witness1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  5. 5
    Blind Justice2000 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000378
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  6. 6
    The Nephilim Seed2001 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001375
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  7. 7
    Deadlock2002 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002319
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  8. 8
    A Greater GloryTrials of Kit Shannon #12003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  9. 9
    A Higher JusticeTrials of Kit Shannon #22003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  10. 10
    Plot & Structure2004 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004234
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  11. 11
    A Certain TruthTrials of Kit Shannon #32004 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004300
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  12. 12
    Breach of Promise2004 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004345
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  13. 13
    Sins of the Fathers2005 · 315 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005315
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  14. 14
    Glimpses of Paradise2005 · 450 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005450
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  15. 15
    Presumed Guilty2006 · 503 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006503
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  16. 16
    Try DyingTy Buchanan #12007 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007288
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  17. 18
    Revision and Self Editing for Publication2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  18. 19
    Try DarknessTy Buchanan #22008 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008288
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  19. 20
    Write Great Fiction Series2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  20. 21
    The Whole Truth2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008352
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  21. 22
    Try FearTy Buchanan #32009 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009292
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  22. 23
    The Art of War for Writers2009 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009274
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  23. 24
    Deceived2009 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009327
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  24. 25
    Breach of Promise/Presumed Guilty2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  25. 26
    Iron HandsIrish Jimmy Gallagher #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  26. 27
    No Laughing Matter2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  27. 28
    Pay Me in FleshMallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law #12011 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011316
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  28. 29
    Writing Fiction for All You're Worth Strategies and Techniques for2011 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011206
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  29. 30
    Watch Your Back2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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James Scott Bell 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.

Mike Romeo in order

10 books
  1. 1. Romeo's Rules
  2. 2. Romeo's Way
  3. 3. Romeo's Hammer
  4. 4. Romeo's Fight
  5. 5. Romeo's Stand
  6. 6. Romeo's Town
  7. 7. Romeo's Rage
  8. 8. Romeo's Justice
  9. 9. Romeo's Fire
  10. 10. Romeo's Truth

Force of Habit in order

5 books
  1. 1. Force of Habit
  2. 2. And Then There Were Nuns
  3. 3. Nun the Wiser
  4. 4. The Nun Also Rises
  5. 5. Hot Cross Nuns

Irish Jimmy Gallagher in order

4 books
  1. 1. Iron Hands
  2. 2. King Crush
  3. 3. Fight City
  4. 4. Sucker Punched

Trials of Kit Shannon in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Greater Glory
  2. 2. A Higher Justice
  3. 3. A Certain Truth

Ty Buchanan in order

3 books
  1. 1. Try Dying
  2. 2. Try Darkness
  3. 3. Try Fear

Mallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law in order

3 books
  1. 1. Pay Me in Flesh
  2. 2. The Year of Eating Dangerously
  3. 3. I Ate the Sheriff

Standalone books

63 books

63 James Scott Bell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

James Scott Bell Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the James Scott Bell books run from The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat (1988) to Romeo's Truth (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for James Scott Bell in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read James Scott Bell books in order?

You only need to read James Scott Bell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with James Scott Bell

Start with The Night Carl Sagan Stepped on My Cat (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Scott Bell book?

Romeo's Truth (2025) is the newest James Scott Bell book released so far.

Is there a new James Scott Bell book coming?

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

James Scott Bell at a glance

Still publishing
James Scott Bell published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
James Scott Bell books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,353 pages across the 40 of 91 books with a recorded length, a median of 264 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Scott Bell books, 51 of 91, were published in the 2010s.

What the James Scott Bell books are about

26 of the 91 James Scott Bell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women lawyers is tagged on 7 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.