Tim Green Books in Order

Tim Green has written 45 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Ruffians (1993) and the newest is Rocket Arm (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
45
Published
1993–2025
Confirmed
45 of 45 titles
Pages on record
10,820 in 32 of 45 books
Reading time
180–271 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,820 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

Sport is Tim Green's subject on both sides of his catalogue: football and baseball novels for young readers, and suspense novels for adults. Ruffians (1993) opens the list, followed by Titans, Outlaws and The Red Zone, with the non-fiction The Dark Side of the Game alongside. Football Genius, Baseball Great and Baseball Genius are the children's series, and Casey Jordan heads a legal one. Forty-five titles run to Rocket Arm in 2025.

The Football Genius series follows Troy White, a boy able to predict football plays before they happen. He uses this ability to help the Atlanta Falcons while dealing with personal challenges off the field.

How many Tim Green books are there?

Tim Green has 45 books, released between 1993 and 2025. They include 5 separate series.

Tim Green Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Tim Green 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. 1
    RuffiansTim Green Standalone Novels #11993 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993338
  2. 2
    TitansTim Green Standalone Novels #21994 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994544
  3. 3
    OutlawsTim Green Standalone Novels #31996 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996528
  4. 4
    The Dark Side of the GameTim Green Non-Fiction #11997 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997316
  5. 5
    A Man and His MotherTim Green Non-Fiction #21997 · 225 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997225
  6. 6
    MaraudersTim Green Standalone Novels #41997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997
  7. 7
    The Red ZoneTim Green Standalone Novels #51998 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998384
  8. 8
    Double ReverseTim Green Standalone Novels #61999 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999322
  9. 9
    Baseball GreatBaseball Great #12000 · confirmed 3/4
    2000
  10. 10
    The Letter of the LawCasey Jordan #12000 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000352
  11. 11
    Road to the NFLTim Green Non-Fiction #32002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002
  12. 12
    The Fourth PerimeterTim Green Standalone Novels #72002 · 385 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002385
  13. 13
    Record BreakersTim Green Non-Fiction #42003 · confirmed 3/4
    2003
  14. 14
    The Fifth AngelTim Green Standalone Novels #82003 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003372
  15. 15
    The First 48Tim Green Standalone Novels #92004 · 380 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004380
  16. 16
    Exact RevengeTim Green Standalone Novels #102005 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005354
  17. 17
    Kingdom ComeTim Green Standalone Novels #112006 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006368
  18. 18
    Football GeniusFootball Genius #12007 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007244
  19. 19
    American OutrageTim Green Standalone Novels #122007 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007306
  20. 20
    Football HeroFootball Genius #22008 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2008320
  21. 21
    Above the LawCasey Jordan #22009 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009292
  22. 22
    Football ChampFootball Genius #32009 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2009304
  23. 23
    RivalsBaseball Great #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010
  24. 24
    False ConvictionsCasey Jordan #32010 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010292
  25. 25
    The Big TimeFootball Genius #42010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010
  26. 26
    Best of the BestBaseball Great #32011 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011272
  27. 27
    Deep ZoneFootball Genius #52011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  28. 28
    Find Your FireTim Green Short Stories/Novellas #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  29. 29
    Pinch HitTim Green Standalone Novels #132012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  30. 30
    UnstoppableTim Green Standalone Novels #142012 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012368

Tim Green 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.

Tim Green Standalone Novels

22 books

22 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Football Genius in order

6 books
  1. 1. Football Genius
  2. 2. Football Hero
  3. 3. Football Champ
  4. 4. The Big Time
  5. 5. Deep Zone
  6. 6. Perfect Season

Tim Green Non-Fiction

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Baseball Great in order

4 books
  1. 1. Baseball Great
  2. 2. Rivals
  3. 3. Best of the Best
  4. 4. Home Run

Casey Jordan in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Letter of the Law
  2. 2. Above the Law
  3. 3. False Convictions

Baseball Genius in order

3 books
  1. 1. Baseball Genius
  2. 2. Double Play
  3. 3. Grand Slam

New Kid in order

2 books
  1. 1. New Kid
  2. 2. First Team

Tim Green Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Tim Green books in order?

You only need to read Tim Green 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 Tim Green

Start with Ruffians (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tim Green book?

Rocket Arm (2025) is the newest Tim Green book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Green book coming?

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

Tim Green at a glance

Still publishing
Tim Green published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Tim Green books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,820 pages across the 32 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Green books, 20 of 45, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
2 of the 45 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Tim Green books are about

38 of the 45 Tim Green books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 14 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.