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ⓘ About Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson is a literary fiction author best known as the executive director and founder of a human rights organization known as the “Equal Justice Initiative.” Since the organization was founded, it has won many legal challenges and has been involved in aiding children indicted as adults, challenging the abuse of the mentally ill, the imprisoned, exonerating innocent death row convicts, and eradicating prejudicial and extreme prison sentences. Stevenson is a brilliant lawyer who has won many cases at the US Supreme Court including a landmark ruling in 2012 that made it illegal to give life imprisonment without parole to anyone below the age of seventeen. In 2019, he argued and won a case to protect condemned men who had dementia.
All Book Series by Bryan Stevenson
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2014
A Perilous Path
Book 2 of 4 · published 2018 Co-authored · Sherrilyn A. Ifill,Loretta Lynch,Anthony C. Thompson
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Book 3 of 4 · published 2018
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2019 Anthology · Anthony Ray Hinton,Lara Love Hardin
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2011
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2019
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Bryan Stevenson?
Bryan Stevenson is a literary fiction author best known as the executive director and founder of a human rights organization known as the “Equal Justice Initiative.” Since the organization was founded, it has won many legal challenges and has been involved in aiding children indicted as adults, challenging the abuse of the mentally ill, the imprisoned, exonerating innocent death row convicts, and eradicating prejudicial and extreme prison sentences. Stevenson is a brilliant lawyer who has won many cases at the US Supreme Court including a landmark ruling in 2012 that made it illegal to give life imprisonment…
Which Bryan Stevenson series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series, the earliest of Bryan Stevenson's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) and runs to 9 books across 2011–2019, ending with The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 (2019).
How many books has Bryan Stevenson written?
Bryan Stevenson has 13 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2019. 9 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series with 9 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Bryan Stevenson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Bryan Stevenson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Best American: Nonrequired Reading (2011–2019, 9 books).
How are Bryan Stevenson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Bryan Stevenson's 13 books into 1 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Best American: Nonrequired Reading (9 books, 2011–2019).