Green Mile Books in Order
Green Mile by Stephen King contains 6 books, published in 1996. The first book is The Two Dead Girls (1996) and the newest is Coffey on the Mile (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 1996
- Confirmed
- 6 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 326 in 3 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 5.4–8.2 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 326 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
The Green Mile is Stephen King's 1996 serial novel, first issued in six monthly volumes and later collected as one book. Death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe meets John Coffey, an inmate with inexplicable powers of healing and empathy, and the story works as magical realism inside a prison. The six parts run from The Two Dead Girls to Coffey on the Mile. The book won the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, was nominated for the British Fantasy and Locus Awards in 1997, and made the BBC's Big Read list in 2003.
How many Green Mile books are there?
Green Mile has 6 books, released in 1996.
Green Mile Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Green Mile 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 Two Dead Girls1996 · 92 pages · confirmed 4/41996924/4
- 2The Mouse on the Mile1996 · confirmed 4/41996–4/4
- 3Coffey's Hands1996 · confirmed 4/41996–4/4
- 4Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix1996 · 90 pages · confirmed 4/41996904/4
- 5The Night Journey1996 · confirmed 4/41996–4/4
- 6Coffey on the Mile1996 · 144 pages · confirmed 4/419961444/4
Is there a chronological order for Green Mile?
No separate chronological order is on record for Green Mile, 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 Green Mile books in order?
You should read the Green Mile books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Green Mile book also stands alone.
Where to start with Green Mile
Start with The Two Dead Girls (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Green Mile book?
Coffey on the Mile (1996) is the newest Green Mile book released so far.
Is there a new Green Mile book coming?
No next Green Mile book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Green Mile at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Green Mile title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Green Mile books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 326 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 92 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Green Mile books, 6 of 6, were published in the 1990s.
- Corroboration
- 6 of the 6 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Green Mile books are about
5 of the 6 Green Mile books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: death row inmates is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Death row inmates 5 of 5 books
- Horror 5 of 5 books
- Prisons 5 of 5 books
- Executions and executioners 3 of 5 books
- Jails 3 of 5 books
- Murder 3 of 5 books
- Sisters 3 of 5 books
- Serialized fiction 2 of 5 books
- Adventure stories 1 of 5 books
- Mice 1 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective 1 of 5 books
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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