Robert K. Tanenbaum Books in Order
Robert K. Tanenbaum has written 34 books, published between 1979 and 2025. The first book is Badge of the Assassin (1979) and the newest is That Day in Dallas (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1979–2025
- Confirmed
- 34 of 34 titles
- Pages on record
- 12,651 in 29 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 211–316 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,651 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Robert K. Tanenbaum was an American trial attorney who also served as mayor of Beverly Hills. The Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi legal thrillers are his main sequence, catalogued under public prosecutors, women lawyers, murder trials and New York City. Tanenbaum's 34 books run from Badge of the Assassin (1979) and No Lesser Plea (1987) through Depraved Indifference (1989) and Justice Denied (1994) to That Day in Dallas (2025), and the catalogue also holds non-fiction.
How many Robert K. Tanenbaum books are there?
Robert K. Tanenbaum has 34 books, released between 1979 and 2025. 29 of them belong to the Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi series.
Robert K. Tanenbaum Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Robert K. Tanenbaum 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.
- 119794643/4
- 219873663/4
- 319894073/4
- 4The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic KillerRobert K. Tanenbaum Non-Fiction #21989 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/419893363/4
- 51991–3/4
- 61992–3/4
- 719934083/4
- 819944113/4
- 919954073/4
- 1019964463/4
- 1119974453/4
- 1219984383/4
- 1319995603/4
- 1419994363/4
- 1520015163/4
- 1620024543/4
- 1720034323/4
- 1820046133/4
- 1920055803/4
- 2020065173/4
- 2120074803/4
- 2220086963/4
- 2320094353/4
- 2420103593/4
- 2520113223/4
- 2620123923/4
- 2720132433/4
- 2820133903/4
- 2920144313/4
- 3020152943/4
- 312017–3/4
- 3220173733/4
- 332023–3/4
- 342025–3/4
Robert K. Tanenbaum 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.
Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi in order
29 books- 1. No Lesser Plea
- 2. Depraved Indifference
- 3. Immoral Certainty
- 4. Reversible Error
- 5. Material Witness
- 6. Justice Denied
- 7. Corruption of Blood
- 8. Falsely Accused
- 9. Irresistible Impulse
- 10. Reckless Endangerment
- 11. Act of Revenge
- 12. True Justice
- and 17 more in the table above
Robert K. Tanenbaum Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Robert K. Tanenbaum books in order?
You only need to read Robert K. Tanenbaum books in order within the Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi series, which holds 29 of the 34 Robert K. Tanenbaum books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Robert K. Tanenbaum
Start with Badge of the Assassin (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robert K. Tanenbaum book?
That Day in Dallas (2025) is the newest Robert K. Tanenbaum book released so far.
Is there a new Robert K. Tanenbaum book coming?
No next Robert K. Tanenbaum book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robert K. Tanenbaum at a glance
- Died
- Robert K. Tanenbaum died in 2026, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Robert K. Tanenbaum on record dates from 2025.
- Release pace
- Robert K. Tanenbaum books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 12,651 pages across the 29 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 432 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert K. Tanenbaum books, 10 of 34, were published in the 1990s.
What the Robert K. Tanenbaum books are about
31 of the 34 Robert K. Tanenbaum books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: butch karp (fictitious character) is tagged on 23 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Butch Karp (Fictitious character) 23 of 31 books
- Karp, butch (fictitious character) 18 of 31 books
- Marlene Ciampi (Fictitious character) 18 of 31 books
- Ciampi, marlene (fictitious character) 14 of 31 books
- Public prosecutors 13 of 31 books
- Legal stories 9 of 31 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 31 books
- Lawyers 7 of 31 books
- New York (N.Y.) 7 of 31 books
- Trials (murder) 5 of 31 books
- Women lawyers 5 of 31 books
- Thrillers 4 of 31 books