Joseph Flynn Books in Order
Joseph Flynn has written 42 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is The Concrete Inquisition (1993) and the newest is The Reluctant Candidate (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 42
- Published
- 1993–2025
- Pages on record
- 7,154 in 18 of 42 books
Political thrillers make up most of Joseph Flynn's catalogue. The Jim McGill series begins with The President's Henchman (2009) and puts conspiracies and the American presidency at its centre; the John Tall Wolf novels, the Ron Ketchum Mysteries, the Take the Money Trilogy and the Zeke Edison books follow. Forty-two catalogued titles run from The Concrete Inquisition (1993) to The Reluctant Candidate (2025).
How many Joseph Flynn books are there?
Joseph Flynn has 42 books, released between 1993 and 2025. They include 5 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
Joseph Flynn Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 42 Joseph Flynn 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.
- 1The Concrete Inquisition1993 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/419933242/4
- 2Digger1997 · confirmed 2/41997–2/4
- 3The Next President2000 · 479 pages · confirmed 2/420004792/4
- 4Hot Type2005 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/420054042/4
- 5Gasoline, Texas2007 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/420072702/4
- 6Farewell Performance2007 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/420072362/4
- 720094112/4
- 820104362/4
- 9Pointy Teeth2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 1020105282/4
- 11Round Robin2010 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/420103542/4
- 1220114902/4
- 13Blood Street Punx2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 14One False Step2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 15Still Coming2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 162012–2/4
- 1720122242/4
- 1820124082/4
- 1920124162/4
- 20Hangman2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 212013–2/4
- 2220134382/4
- 232014–2/4
- 2420144582/4
- 252015–2/4
- 262015–2/4
- 2720153922/4
- 282016–2/4
- 2920164342/4
- 302017–2/4
- 312017–2/4
- 3220174522/4
- 332018–2/4
- 342019–2/4
- 352019–2/4
- 362020–2/4
- 372020–2/4
- 382020–2/4
- 392021–2/4
- 402022–2/4
- 412022–2/4
- 422025–2/4
Joseph Flynn 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.
Jim McGill in order
16 books- 1. The President's Henchman
- 2. The Hangman's Companion
- 3. The K Street Killer
- 4. The Last Ballot Cast, Part 1
- 5. The Last Ballot Cast, Part 2
- 6. The Devil on the Doorstep
- 7. The Good Guy with a Gun
- 8. The Echo of the Whip
- 9. The Daddy's Girl Decoy
- 10. Never Dead
- 11. The Last Chopper Out
- 12. The King of Mirth
- and 4 more in the table above
John Tall Wolf in order
7 booksRon Ketchum Mystery in order
3 booksTake the Money Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. On the Run
- 2. Cohort 1
- 3. Homeward Bound
Zeke Edison in order
1 bookStandalone books
12 books12 Joseph Flynn titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Joseph Flynn Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Joseph Flynn books run from The Concrete Inquisition (1993) to The Reluctant Candidate (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Joseph Flynn in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Joseph Flynn books in order?
You only need to read Joseph Flynn books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Joseph Flynn
Start with The Concrete Inquisition (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joseph Flynn book?
The Reluctant Candidate (2025) is the newest Joseph Flynn book released so far.
Is there a new Joseph Flynn book coming?
No next Joseph Flynn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joseph Flynn at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joseph Flynn published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Joseph Flynn books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,154 pages across the 18 of 42 books with a recorded length, a median of 414 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joseph Flynn books, 28 of 42, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joseph Flynn books are about
10 of the 42 Joseph Flynn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 7 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 7 of 10 books
- Presidents 4 of 10 books
- Suspense 3 of 10 books
- Conspiracies 2 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books
- Political fiction 2 of 10 books