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Tod Goldberg Books in Order

Tod Goldberg has written 14 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is Fake Liar Cheat (2000) and the newest is Only Way Out (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2000–2025
Pages on record
2,981 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,981 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Tod Goldberg checklist

Tod Goldberg, born in Berkeley in 1971, is an American author and journalist. His 14 catalogued books open with Fake Liar Cheat (2000) and reach Only Way Out (2025), taking in Living Dead Girl (2002) and Gangsterland (2014). The Burn Notice series is also his, with the character Michael Western and a Miami setting among the listed subjects, and the Gangsterland books turn on the Mafia. Criminals, intelligence officers, missing persons and short stories round out the subject list.

How many Tod Goldberg books are there?

Tod Goldberg has 14 books, released between 2000 and 2025. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Tod Goldberg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Tod Goldberg 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 Fake Liar Cheat by Tod Goldberg (2000)
  2. Cover of Living Dead Girl by Tod Goldberg (2002)
  3. Cover of Simplify by Tod Goldberg (2005)
  4. Cover of The Fix by Tod Goldberg, book 1 of the Burn Notice series (2008)
  5. Cover of Other Resort Cities by Tod Goldberg (2009)
  6. Cover of The Giveaway by Tod Goldberg, book 3 of the Burn Notice series (2010)
  7. Cover of The Reformed by Tod Goldberg, book 4 of the Burn Notice series (2011)
  8. Cover of The Bad Beat by Tod Goldberg, book 5 of the Burn Notice series (2011)
  9. Cover of The Low Desert by Tod Goldberg (2021)
  1. 1
    Fake Liar Cheat2000 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000162
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  2. 2
    Living Dead Girl2002 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002208
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  3. 3
    Simplify2005 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005172
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  4. 4
    The FixBurn Notice #12008 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008274
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  5. 5
    Other Resort Cities2009 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009211
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  6. 6
    The End GameBurn Notice #22009 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009278
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  7. 7
    The GiveawayBurn Notice #32010 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010275
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  8. 8
    The ReformedBurn Notice #42011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    The Bad BeatBurn Notice #52011 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011276
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  10. 10
    GangsterlandGangsterland #12014 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014464
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  11. 11
    Gangster NationGangsterland #22017 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017357
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  12. 12
    The Low Desert2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021304
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  13. 13
    Gangsters Don't DieGangsterland #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  14. 14
    Only Way Out2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Tod Goldberg 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.

Burn Notice in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Fix
  2. 2. The End Game
  3. 3. The Giveaway
  4. 4. The Reformed
  5. 5. The Bad Beat

Gangsterland in order

3 books
  1. 1. Gangsterland
  2. 2. Gangster Nation
  3. 3. Gangsters Don't Die

Standalone books

6 books

6 Tod Goldberg titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tod Goldberg books in order?

You only need to read Tod Goldberg books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Tod Goldberg

Start with Fake Liar Cheat (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tod Goldberg book?

Only Way Out (2025) is the newest Tod Goldberg book released so far.

Is there a new Tod Goldberg book coming?

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

Tod Goldberg at a glance

Still publishing
Tod Goldberg published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Tod Goldberg books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,981 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 275 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tod Goldberg books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Tod Goldberg books are about

12 of the 14 Tod Goldberg 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 5 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.