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Philip Friedman Books in Order

Philip Friedman has written 14 books, published between 1972 and 2017. The first book is Rage (1972) and the newest is Wall of Silence (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1972–2017
Pages on record
2,289 in 5 of 14 books
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Philip Friedman appears in the catalogue with 14 books spanning Rage (1972) to Wall of Silence (2017). Titles include Reasonable Doubt (1990), Inadmissible Evidence (1992) and Grand Jury (1996). Subject tags list legal stories, murder trials, evidence law, lawyers, drug trafficking and New York, with Michael Ryan and Joe Estrada as fictitious characters. William Kendall is the series named on the author record.

How many Philip Friedman books are there?

Philip Friedman has 14 books, released between 1972 and 2017. 4 of them belong to the William Kendall series.

Philip Friedman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Philip Friedman 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 Reasonable Doubt by Philip Friedman (1990)
  2. Cover of Inadmissible Evidence by Philip Friedman (1992)
  3. Cover of Grand Jury by Philip Friedman (1996)
  1. 1
    Rage1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  2. 2
    Deadly CrusadeWilliam Kendall #11976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  3. 3
    Merchants of DeathWilliam Kendall #21976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  4. 4
    Defame and DestroyWilliam Kendall #31976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  5. 5
    Betrayal in EdenWilliam Kendall #41976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  6. 6
    Act of Love, Act of War / Wall of Silence1979 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979336
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  7. 7
    Termination Order1979 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979323
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  8. 8
    Reasonable Doubt1990 · 487 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990487
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  9. 9
    Inadmissible Evidence1992 · 548 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992548
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  10. 10
    Grand Jury1996 · 595 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996595
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  11. 11
    No Higher Law1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  12. 12
    Dog Days2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    Roads2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  14. 14
    Wall of Silence2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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Philip Friedman 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.

William Kendall in order

4 books
  1. 1. Deadly Crusade
  2. 2. Merchants of Death
  3. 3. Defame and Destroy
  4. 4. Betrayal in Eden

Standalone books

10 books

10 Philip Friedman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Philip Friedman books in order?

You only need to read Philip Friedman books in order within the William Kendall series, which holds 4 of the 14 Philip Friedman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Philip Friedman

Start with Rage (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Philip Friedman book?

Wall of Silence (2017) is the newest Philip Friedman book released so far.

Is there a new Philip Friedman book coming?

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

Philip Friedman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Philip Friedman title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Philip Friedman books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,289 pages across the 5 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 487 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Philip Friedman books, 7 of 14, were published in the 1970s.

What the Philip Friedman books are about

4 of the 14 Philip Friedman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: legal stories is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.