Phillip Margolin Books in Order
Phillip Margolin has written 35 books, published between 1974 and 2026. The first book is The Girl in the Yellow Bikini (1974) and the newest is Conspiracy Theory (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1974–2026
- Confirmed
- 33 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,684 in 23 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 145–217 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,684 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Legal thrillers built on murder trials are the work of Phillip Margolin. Gone, But Not Forgotten (1993) sits early in a catalogue of 35 books that reaches 2026, and Margolin's series follow the lawyers Robin Lockwood, Amanda Jaffe, Madison Kincaid, and Brad Miller with Dana Cutler. Courtroom suspense and criminal investigation carry the novels, which run to a median of 362 pages.
How many Phillip Margolin books are there?
Phillip Margolin has 35 books, released between 1974 and 2026. They include 4 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Phillip Margolin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Phillip Margolin 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 Girl in the Yellow Bikini1974 · confirmed 2/41974–2/4
- 219784483/4
- 319884163/4
- 419935283/4
- 51995–3/4
- 619963703/4
- 7Angie's Delight1998 · confirmed 2/41998–2/4
- 81998–3/4
- 919983243/4
- 1020004643/4
- 1120013843/4
- 1220034963/4
- 1320044963/4
- 1420054523/4
- 1520063143/4
- 1620084803/4
- 172009–3/4
- 1820094323/4
- 1920103624/4
- 2020111693/4
- 2120123424/4
- 2220133124/4
- 232014–3/4
- 2420142943/4
- 2520152893/4
- 2620183523/4
- 2720193203/4
- 282020–3/4
- 2920213203/4
- 302022–3/4
- 3120223203/4
- 322023–3/4
- 332024–3/4
- 342025–3/4
- 352026–3/4
Phillip Margolin series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Amanda Jaffe books in order 6 books
- Robin Lockwood books in order 7 books
Phillip Margolin 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.
Phillip Margolin Standalone Novels
13 books13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Brad Miller / Dana Cutler in order
4 booksPhillip Margolin Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Madison Kincaid Series in order
1 bookStandalone books
2 books2 Phillip Margolin titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Phillip Margolin Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Phillip Margolin books run from The Girl in the Yellow Bikini (1974) to Conspiracy Theory (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Phillip Margolin in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Phillip Margolin books in order?
You only need to read Phillip Margolin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Phillip Margolin
Start with the first book of the Phillip Margolin series you want to read: Amanda Jaffe starts with Wild Justice (2000) and Robin Lockwood starts with The Third Victim (2018). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Girl in the Yellow Bikini (1974).
What is the newest Phillip Margolin book?
Conspiracy Theory (2026) is the newest Phillip Margolin book released so far.
Is there a new Phillip Margolin book coming?
No next Phillip Margolin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Phillip Margolin at a glance
- Still publishing
- Phillip Margolin published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Phillip Margolin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,684 pages across the 23 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Phillip Margolin books, 9 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 3 of the 35 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 33 in at least three.
What the Phillip Margolin books are about
25 of the 35 Phillip Margolin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 8 of 25 books
- Murder 7 of 25 books
- Women lawyers 7 of 25 books
- Legal stories 6 of 25 books
- Investigation 5 of 25 books
- Thrillers 5 of 25 books
- Lawyers 4 of 25 books
- Oregon 4 of 25 books
- Suspense 4 of 25 books
- Trials (murder) 4 of 25 books
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