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Abe Glitsky Books in Order

Abe Glitsky by John Lescroart contains 4 books, published between 1995 and 2014. The first book is A Certain Justice (1995) and the newest is The Keeper (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
1995–2014
Confirmed
4 of 4 titles
Pages on record
1,536 in 3 of 4 books
Reading time
26–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,536 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.

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Abe Glitsky is a police character in John Lescroart's crime and legal fiction, and four books are catalogued under his name: A Certain Justice (1995), Guilt (1997), Damage (2011) and The Keeper (2014). Dismas Hardy appears alongside him. San Francisco and California, murder trials, criminal investigation and legal stories are the recurring subjects. The run spans 1995 to 2014 and is complete.

How many Abe Glitsky books are there?

Abe Glitsky has 4 books, released between 1995 and 2014.

Abe Glitsky Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Abe Glitsky 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 A Certain Justice by John Lescroart, book 1 of the Abe Glitsky series (1995)
  2. Cover of Guilt by John Lescroart, book 2 of the Abe Glitsky series (1997)
  3. Cover of Damage by John Lescroart, book 3 of the Abe Glitsky series (2011)
  4. Cover of The Keeper by John Lescroart, book 4 of the Abe Glitsky series (2014)
  1. 1
    A Certain Justice1995 · 608 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995608
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  2. 2
    Guilt1997 · 622 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997622
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  3. 3
    Damage2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    The Keeper2014 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014306
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Is there a chronological order for Abe Glitsky?

No separate chronological order is on record for Abe Glitsky, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Abe Glitsky books in order?

You should read the Abe Glitsky books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Abe Glitsky book also stands alone.

Where to start with Abe Glitsky

Start with A Certain Justice (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Abe Glitsky book?

The Keeper (2014) is the newest Abe Glitsky book released so far.

Is there a new Abe Glitsky book coming?

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

Abe Glitsky at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Abe Glitsky title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Abe Glitsky books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
Length
1,536 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 608 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Abe Glitsky books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2010s.

What the Abe Glitsky books are about

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

More books by John Lescroart

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Abe Glitsky books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.