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ⓘ About James Grady
James Grady was born in 30th April 1949, in Shelby, Montana, a field of tough oil, railroad, and farming town clinging to the prairie 60 miles East of the Rocky Mountains. The area is a half an hour drive south of Canada. For most of his youth age, his father managed movie theaters and his mother was a country library. He was a bookish, movie going kid who enjoyed playing football in high school. He went to public schools as well as worked while still studying. Grady once worked as a grave digger, rock picker, farm tractor jockey, hay bucker, motion picture projectionist and city road crew laborer. James Grady graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism with a degree in Journalism.
All Book Series by James Grady
Six Days of the Condor / Three Days of the Condor
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1974
The Starling Project: An Audible Drama
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus
Book 11 of 33 · published 2022 Anthology · Faye Kellerman
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast
Book 15 of 33 · published 2022 Anthology · Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
Book 18 of 33 · published 2022 Anthology · Anne Perry
Precious Ramotswe
Book 24 of 33 · published 2022 Anthology · Alexander McCall Smith
Orphan X
Latest in the series · book 33 of 33 · published 2025 Anthology · Gregg Hurwitz
The Book of Virtue
Series opener · book 1 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Ken Bruen
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
Book 2 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · C.J. Box
An Acceptable Sacrifice
Book 5 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Jeffery Deaver
The Long Sonata of the Dead
Book 9 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Andrew Taylor
The Book of Ghosts
Book 10 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Reed Farrel Coleman
The Compendium of Srem
Book 11 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · F. Paul Wilson
The Nature of My Inheritance
Book 17 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Bradford Morrow
It's in the Book
Book 18 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane
Reconciliation Day
Book 28 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · Christopher Fowler
The Hemingway Valise
Book 34 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Robert Olen Butler
The Last Honest Horse Thief
Book 35 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Koryta
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
Book 36 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · John Connolly
The Girl Who Did Say No
Book 37 of 40 · published 2020 Anthology · David Handler
The Honeymoon Trap
Latest in the series · book 40 of 40 · published 2022 Anthology · Peter Swanson
Gargoyle Issue 15/16
Series opener · book 1 of 28 · published 1980 Anthology · Richard Peabody
Gargoyle 25/26 Fiction/84
Book 5 of 28 · published 1984 Anthology · Richard Peabody
Gargoyle 57
Book 16 of 28 · published 2011 Co-authored · Forrest Aguirre,Ben Loory,Kristine Ong Muslim,Joyce Mansour,Roberta Allen,Lynda Sexson,Nin Andrews,Curtis Smith,Robert Kloss,Ethel Rohan,Kim Chinquee,Janet Mitchell,Doug Rice,Corey Mesler,Ramola D,Patricia Smith,Nathan Leslie,Pilar Quintana,Marilyn Stablein,Adrian C. Louis,Richard Peabody,Jim Daniels,Colette Inez,Janice Eidus,Tom Carson,Molly Gaudry,Jonathan Mack,Brandel France de Bravo,Simiki Ghebremichael,Claire Blechman,Carolyn Cooke,Carmen Delzell,Stephanie Allen,Mary Bargteil,Michael Casey,Susann Cokal,Thaisa Frank,Aoife Mannix,Kris Saknusseumm,Susan Smith Nash,James Norcliffe,Zena Polin,Wena Poon,Tomaž Šalamun,Robert Scotellaro,Elisabeth Sheffield,Barry Silesky,Edgar Gabriel Silex,Daniel Stolar,Lee A. Tonouchi,Ronald Wallace,ElizabethWarren,C. Albert,Bill Wolak,Peter Tieryas Liu
Gargoyle 74
Latest in the series · book 28 of 28 · published 2021 Anthology · Richard Peabody
Birds, Strangers and Psychos
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is James Grady?
James Grady was born in 30th April 1949, in Shelby, Montana, a field of tough oil, railroad, and farming town clinging to the prairie 60 miles East of the Rocky Mountains. The area is a half an hour drive south of Canada. For most of his youth age, his father managed movie theaters and his mother was a country library.
Which James Grady series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Condor series, the earliest of James Grady's multi-book series: it opens with Six Days of the Condor / Three Days of the Condor (1974) and runs to 6 books across 1974–2015, ending with Next Day of the Condor (2015). James Grady's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has James Grady written?
James Grady has 259 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1974 and 2026. 236 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Gargoyle series with 28 books — and 23 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should James Grady's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. James Grady's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Condor (1974–2015, 6 books), Gargoyle (1980–2021, 28 books) and John Rankin (1984–1985, 2 books), plus 2 more.
How are James Grady's books organised into series?
This guide splits James Grady's 259 books into 9 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Gargoyle (28 books, 1980–2021); Condor (6 books, 1974–2015); John Rankin (2 books, 1984–1985); Devlin Rourke (2 books, 1985–1987); Condor Collections (1 book, 2019), plus 4 further series.