Reading order · 12 books · 1987 to 2025 · Set in the fictional Kindle County, Midwest
Kindle County Books in Order
Scott Turow’s novels are set in fictional Kindle County, in the American Midwest, among its lawyers, judges and police. Characters who are minor in one book often lead the next. The books that invented the modern legal thriller.
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Series facts
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1987 to 2025
- First book
- Presumed Innocent
- Latest
- Presumed Guilty (2025)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Kindle County, Midwest
The reading order
Every Kindle County book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
12 books · Set in the fictional Kindle County, Midwest
- 1Presumed Innocent1987With Rusty SabichProsecutor Rusty Sabich is assigned to investigate the murder of a colleague with whom he had an affair, and then finds himself charged with the crime.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Burden of Proof1990With Sandy SternDefence lawyer Sandy Stern comes home from a business trip to find that his wife has taken her own life, and he begins to uncover the secrets she kept.Buy on Amazon
- 3Pleading Guilty1993With Mack MalloyMack Malloy, a former police officer turned lawyer, is asked to find a partner in his firm who has disappeared along with millions of dollars of a client’s money.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Laws of Our Fathers1996With Sonia KlonskyJudge Sonia Klonsky presides over a murder trial that brings back people she knew in the radical 1960s.Buy on Amazon
- 5Personal Injuries1999With Robbie FeaverA flamboyant personal injury lawyer, caught bribing judges, agrees to work undercover for the FBI.Buy on Amazon
- 6Reversible Errors2002With Arthur RavenCorporate lawyer Arthur Raven is appointed to handle the final appeal of a man on death row, and begins to doubt the verdict.Buy on Amazon
- 7Innocent2010With Rusty SabichRusty Sabich, now a judge, is found sitting beside his wife’s body, and is once again accused of murder.Buy on Amazon
- 8Identical2013A state senator running for mayor is identical twin to a man just released from prison for a murder committed twenty-five years ago.Buy on Amazon
- 9Testimony2017With Bill ten BoomFormer prosecutor Bill ten Boom goes to The Hague to investigate the disappearance of an entire refugee camp in Bosnia.Buy on Amazon
- 10The Last Trial2020With Sandy SternAt eighty-five, Sandy Stern takes on one last case, defending an old friend, a Nobel Prize-winning doctor, accused of fraud and murder.Buy on Amazon
- 11Suspect2022With Clarice "Pinky" GranumPinky Granum, Sandy Stern’s granddaughter, works as an investigator on the case of a police chief accused of abusing her power.Buy on Amazon
- 12Presumed Guilty2025With Rusty SabichThe retired Rusty Sabich defends the son of his partner, a young man accused of murdering his girlfriend.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each book stands alone, but read Presumed Innocent first. Innocent and Presumed Guilty continue Rusty Sabich’s story.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Rusty Sabich | Sandy Stern | Clarice "Pinky" Granum | Mack Malloy | Sonia Klonsky | Robbie Feaver | Arthur Raven | Bill ten Boom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Presumed Innocent | LLead | MMajor | ||||||
| 2 The Burden of Proof | LLead | |||||||
| 3 Pleading Guilty | LLead | |||||||
| 4 The Laws of Our Fathers | LLead | |||||||
| 5 Personal Injuries | LLead | |||||||
| 6 Reversible Errors | LLead | |||||||
| 7 Innocent | LLead | MMajor | ||||||
| 8 Identical | ||||||||
| 9 Testimony | LLead | |||||||
| 10 The Last Trial | LLead | MMajor | ||||||
| 11 Suspect | LLead | |||||||
| 12 Presumed Guilty | LLead |
Characters in the Kindle County books
10 characters from Scott Turow’s chart, with the number of Kindle County books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Rusty SabichProsecutor, later judge | 3 | Presumed Innocent 1987 |
| Sandy SternDefence lawyer | 4 | Presumed Innocent 1987 |
| Clarice "Pinky" GranumSandy Stern's granddaughter, an investigator | 2 | The Last Trial 2020 |
| Mack MalloyLawyer searching for a missing partner | 1 | Pleading Guilty 1993 |
| Sonia KlonskyJudge | 1 | The Laws of Our Fathers 1996 |
| Robbie FeaverPersonal injury lawyer | 1 | Personal Injuries 1999 |
| Arthur RavenLawyer defending a death row inmate | 1 | Reversible Errors 2002 |
| Bill ten BoomProsecutor at the International Criminal Court | 1 | Testimony 2017 |
| Tommy MoltoProsecutor | 3 | Presumed Innocent 1987 |
| Muriel WynnProsecutor | 1 | Reversible Errors 2002 |