Penn Cage Books in Order
Penn Cage by Greg Iles contains 8 books, published between 1999 and 2017. The first book is The Quiet Game (1999) and the newest is Southern Man (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1999–2017
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,588 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 60–90 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,588 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Penn Cage is a legal thriller series set in Mississippi. Penn Cage, a prosecutor, returns to the small town where he grew up after the death of his wife, takes on cases for friends and turns up family secrets while raising a young daughter. Racism and injustice in the South run through the eight catalogued books, which start with The Quiet Game (1999) and end with Southern Man (2017). The novels are long, at a median 650 pages.
How many Penn Cage books are there?
Penn Cage has 8 books, released between 1999 and 2017.
Penn Cage Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Penn Cage 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 Quiet Game1999 · 597 pages · confirmed 3/419995973/4
- 2Turning Angel2005 · confirmed 4/42005–4/4
- 3The Devil's Punchbowl2009 · 580 pages · confirmed 3/420095803/4
- 4The Death Factory2014 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/420141123/4
- 5Natchez Burning2014 · 791 pages · confirmed 3/420147913/4
- 6The Bone Tree2015 · 804 pages · confirmed 3/420158043/4
- 7Mississippi Blood2017 · 704 pages · confirmed 3/420177043/4
- 8Southern Man2017 · confirmed 4/42017–4/4
Is there a chronological order for Penn Cage?
No separate chronological order is on record for Penn Cage, 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 Penn Cage books in order?
You should read the Penn Cage books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Penn Cage book also stands alone.
Where to start with Penn Cage
Start with The Quiet Game (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Penn Cage book?
Southern Man (2017) is the newest Penn Cage book released so far.
Is there a new Penn Cage book coming?
No next Penn Cage book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Penn Cage at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Penn Cage title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Penn Cage books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,588 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 650 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Penn Cage books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 8 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Penn Cage books are about
7 of the 8 Penn Cage books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lawyers is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Lawyers 4 of 7 books
- Mississippi 4 of 7 books
- Fathers and sons 3 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 7 books
- Thrillers 3 of 7 books
- Legal stories 2 of 7 books
- Suspense 2 of 7 books
More books by Greg Iles
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Greg Iles books in order 19 books