Joe Hilley Books in Order
Joe Hilley has written 12 books, published between 2004 and 2023. The first book is Sober Justice (2004) and the newest is Kipling Park (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2004–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,935 in 7 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,935 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Joe Hilley, born Joseph H. Hilley on June 29, 1956, is a New York Times best-selling author from Birmingham, Alabama, who grew up in Grand Bay on the Gulf Coast. Hilley graduated from Asbury College, Asbury Theological Seminary and the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. The catalogue lists the Mike Connolly Mystery series, with subject headings on lawyers, murder trials and conspiracies. Sober Justice (2004), Double Take (2005), Electric Beach (2006) and The Deposition (2007) are among the titles, and Kipling Park (2023) is the newest.
How many Joe Hilley books are there?
Joe Hilley has 12 books, released between 2004 and 2023. 5 of them belong to the Mike Connolly Mystery series.
Joe Hilley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Joe Hilley 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.
- 120043802/4
- 220053202/4
- 32006–2/4
- 420073182/4
- 520072522/4
- 6Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader2008 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/420082062/4
- 7What The Red Moon Knows2009 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420092722/4
- 8The Legend of Dell Briggers2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 9Other People, Other Places2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 10Observations Regarding Non-Prime Odd Numbers2021 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/420211872/4
- 11Sunset Motel2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 12Kipling Park2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
Joe Hilley 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 Connolly Mystery in order
5 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Joe Hilley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joe Hilley books in order?
You only need to read Joe Hilley books in order within the Mike Connolly Mystery series, which holds 5 of the 12 Joe Hilley books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Joe Hilley
Start with Sober Justice (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joe Hilley book?
Kipling Park (2023) is the newest Joe Hilley book released so far.
Is there a new Joe Hilley book coming?
No next Joe Hilley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joe Hilley at a glance
- Paused
- No new Joe Hilley title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Joe Hilley books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,935 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joe Hilley books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Joe Hilley books are about
7 of the 12 Joe Hilley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mike connolly (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mike Connolly (Fictitious character) 5 of 7 books
- Attorney and client 3 of 7 books
- Trials (murder) 2 of 7 books