John Morgan Wilson Books in Order
John Morgan Wilson has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2008. The first book is Simple Justice (1996) and the newest is Spider Season (2008). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 10 books listed here are in the Benjamin Justice series, which has its own page: Benjamin Justice books in order.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1996–2008
- Total pages
- 3,208 across 10 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,208 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
John Morgan Wilson, born on September 19, 1945, is an American journalist and crime writer. Wilson's Benjamin Justice novels follow a reclusive former reporter, brought down by a Pulitzer scandal and marked by personal loss, who works out of West Hollywood and is drawn into murder cases around Los Angeles. Simple Justice (1996), the first of them, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Six of the eight Justice books received Lambda Literary Award nominations for Best Gay Men's Mystery, and three won. The catalogue also lists the Philip Damon Mystery series, and Spider Season (2008) is the newest title.
How many John Morgan Wilson books are there?
John Morgan Wilson has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2008. They include 2 separate series.
John Morgan Wilson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 John Morgan Wilson 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.
- 119962741/4
- 219974161/4
- 319993601/4
- 420003541/4
- 520023081/4
- 620032951/4
- 720033361/4
- 820042911/4
- 920062781/4
- 1020082961/4
John Morgan Wilson series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Benjamin Justice books in order 8 books
John Morgan Wilson 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.
Philip Damon Mystery in order
2 booksDo you have to read John Morgan Wilson books in order?
You only need to read John Morgan Wilson 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 John Morgan Wilson
Start with Simple Justice (1996), the first Benjamin Justice book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest John Morgan Wilson book?
Spider Season (2008) is the newest John Morgan Wilson book released so far.
Is there a new John Morgan Wilson book coming?
No next John Morgan Wilson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Morgan Wilson at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest John Morgan Wilson title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- John Morgan Wilson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,208 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Morgan Wilson books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the John Morgan Wilson books are about
All 10 John Morgan Wilson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: benjamin justice (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Benjamin Justice (Fictitious character) 8 of 10 books
- Journalists 7 of 10 books
- Gay men 6 of 10 books
- Justice, benjamin (fictitious character) 3 of 10 books
- California 2 of 10 books
- Conductors (Music) 2 of 10 books
- Gay journalist-detectives 2 of 10 books
- Gay men in fiction 2 of 10 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 10 books
- Journalists in fiction 2 of 10 books
- Lambda Literary Awards 2 of 10 books
- LGBTQ mystery 2 of 10 books