Theodore Boone Books in Order

Theodore Boone by John Grisham contains 7 books, published between 2010 and 2019. The first book is Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer / Young Lawyer (2010) and the newest is The Accomplice (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2010–2019
Confirmed
7 of 7 titles
Pages on record
1,239 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
21–31 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,239 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

Theodore Boone is a young adult legal mystery series by John Grisham. Theodore is thirteen and set on a career in law, and each book puts him inside a case in his community's courts. Seven titles run from Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (2010) to The Accomplice (2019), taking in The Abduction (2010), The Accused (2012), The Activist (2013), The Fugitive (2015) and The Scandal (2016). Courtroom drama, kidnapping and family trouble recur as subjects.

How many Theodore Boone books are there?

Theodore Boone has 7 books, released between 2010 and 2019.

Theodore Boone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Theodore Boone 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. 12010
  2. 2
    The Abduction2010 · 256 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2010256
  3. 3
    The Accused2012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012
  4. 4
    The Activist2013 · 289 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013289
  5. 5
    The Fugitive2015 · 250 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015250
  6. 6
    The Scandal2016 · 212 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016212
  7. 7
    The Accomplice2019 · 232 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019232

Theodore Boone Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Theodore Boone books run from Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer / Young Lawyer (2010) to The Accomplice (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Theodore Boone in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Theodore Boone books in order?

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

Where to start with Theodore Boone

Start with Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer / Young Lawyer (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Theodore Boone book?

The Accomplice (2019) is the newest Theodore Boone book released so far.

Is there a new Theodore Boone book coming?

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

Theodore Boone at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Theodore Boone title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Theodore Boone books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,239 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Theodore Boone books, 7 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
7 of the 7 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Theodore Boone books are about

All 7 Theodore Boone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: courts is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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

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