Mike Lupica

Michael or Mike Lupica (born 11th May, 1952) is, probably, the most popular and best-known sports columnists in United States. He started his newspaper career at 23 years only with the New York Post in 1975 and at that time he covered the games of New York Knicks. In the year of '77 he was the youngest columnist ever for the prestigious Daily News where he presently writes as many as 4 syndicated columns per week.

The best place to start is the Spenser series, the earliest of Mike Lupica's multi-book series: it opens with The Godwulf Manuscript (1973) and runs to 54 books across 1973–2026, ending with Framed (2026). Mike Lupica's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Mike Lupica has 157 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1973 and 2027. 124 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the Spenser series with 54 books — and 33 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mike Lupica's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Spenser (1973–2026, 54 books), Peter Finley (1986–1990, 3 books) and Best American Sports Writing (1992–2005, 2 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Mike Lupica's 157 books into 13 named series and 33 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Spenser (54 books, 1973–2026); Jesse Stone (24 books, 1997–2027); Sunny Randall (13 books, 1999–2026); Zach & Zoe Mysteries (7 books, 2018–2020); Comeback Kids (5 books, 2007–2010), plus 8 further series.