Reading order

Kindle County Legal Thriller reading order

Scott Turow

  1. Presumed Innocent1987
  2. The Burden of Proof1990
  3. Pleading Guilty1993
  4. The Laws Of Our Fathers1996
  5. Personal Injuries1999
  6. Reversible Errors2002
  7. Limitations2006
  8. Innocent2010
  9. Identical2013
  10. Testimony2017
  11. The Last Trial2020
  12. Suspect2022
7.77.7 / 10
111 ratings
Score
12 volumes
Volumes
1987–2022
Published
about 105 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status

Quick answer

Presumed Innocent
Start withPresumed Innocent1987 · Volume 1 of 12

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Publication order

12 volumes1987–2022Ongoing

  • Scott Turow, a Chicago lawyer, invented the modern legal thriller with Presumed Innocent: prosecutor Rusty Sabich is charged with murdering a colleague he had an affair with, and tells the story himself.
  • It is by far the most read here and was filmed with Harrison Ford.
  • Each later book follows a different lawyer or judge from the same fictional Midwestern county; Innocent is a direct sequel.
  • Start with Presumed Innocent; the rest can be read in any order.

A plan for the whole series

12 volumes, 5,773 pages, about 105 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 months.

  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2022. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

7 stages, with 6 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around April 12, 2027, about 3 weeks later than in one go.

  1. Stage 18 h11 daysby November 9, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 12, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 5, 2026
    • 2. The Burden of Proof1990 · 532 pages · 10 h
    • 3. Pleading Guilty1993 · 406 pages · 7 h
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 9, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 313 h18 daysby December 27, 2026
    • 4. The Laws Of Our Fathers1996 · 731 pages · 13 h
  6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 31, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  7. Stage 417 habout 3 weeksby January 23, 2027
    • 5. Personal Injuries1999 · 408 pages · 7 h
    • 6. Reversible Errors2002 · 522 pages · 10 h
  8. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 27, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  9. Stage 517 habout 3 weeksby February 18, 2027
    • 7. Limitations2006 · ≈ 481 pages · 9 h
    • 8. Innocent2010 · 436 pages · 8 h
  10. Short breakTo Be Taught, If Fortunate · Becky Chambers · 153 pp. · score 8.33 h, by February 23, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  11. Stage 616 habout 3 weeksby March 16, 2027
    • 9. Identical2013 · 384 pages · 7 h
    • 10. Testimony2017 · 496 pages · 9 h
  12. Short breakThe Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde · 102 pp. · score 8.22 h, by March 20, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  13. Stage 717 habout 3 weeksby April 12, 2027
    • 11. The Last Trial2020 · 464 pages · 9 h
    • 12. Suspect2022 · ≈ 481 pages · 9 h
  14. The end of the series
    April 12, 2027
In one goMarch 19, 2027about 5 months
In stages, with breaksApril 12, 2027about 5 months · +13 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

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  1. The Burden of Proof
    The Burden of Proof1990 · 20 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
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  2. Pleading Guilty
    Pleading Guilty1993 · 7 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. The Laws Of Our Fathers
    The Laws Of Our Fathers1996 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Personal Injuries
    Personal Injuries1999 · 5 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  5. Reversible Errors
    Reversible Errors2002 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  6. Limitations
    Limitations2006 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  7. Innocent
    Innocent2010 · 20 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  8. Identical
    Identical2013 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  9. Testimony
    Testimony2017 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  10. The Last Trial
    The Last Trial2020 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  11. Suspect
    Suspect2022 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Kindle County Legal Thriller book is the longest?

“The Laws Of Our Fathers” is the longest at 731 pages; the shortest is “Identical” with 384 pages.