The Lincoln Lawyer reading order

A plan for the whole series

8 volumes, 3,524 pages, about 65 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2025. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around February 4, 2027, 11 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 118 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026

   • 1. The Lincoln Lawyer2001 · 472 pages · 9 h
   • 2. The Brass Verdict2008 · 534 pages · 10 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 27, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 18, 2026

   • 3. The Reversal2010 · 472 pages · 9 h
   • 4. The Fifth Witness2011 · 421 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 315 h19 daysby January 10, 2027

   • 5. The Gods of Guilt2013 · 387 pages · 7 h
   • 6. The Law of Innocence2020 · 408 pages · 7 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 14, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 415 h20 daysby February 4, 2027

   • 7. Resurrection Walk2023 · 432 pages · 8 h
   • 8. The Proving Ground2025 · 398 pages · 7 h
8. The end of the series

   February 4, 2027

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