Tim Green Books in Order
See all Tim Green books in order, from legal thrillers to kids’ sports novels, with series overviews, summaries, and guidance on the best places to start.
Last updated: January 12, 2026
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Publication Order
45 books
Rocket Arm
by Tim Green
2025
Zeno Dubois has a gift, a quarterback’s arm that can launch the ball farther than anyone else’s. Sent to an intense athletic boarding school, he bonds with an unconventional coach, stumbles onto a dangerous mystery, and must survive a media storm to shine in the biggest game of his life.
Final Season
by Tim Green
2021
Sixth-grade quarterback Ben Redd lives in a family that eats, sleeps, and breathes football, with his ex-NFL dad as coach. When his father is diagnosed with ALS, Ben fights for a championship while questioning whether he can keep playing the sport that may have helped cause the disease.
Grand Slam
by Tim Green
2020
Jalen DeLuca’s pitch-predicting “baseball genius” has already saved a Yankee star’s career, but now he wants to use it to elevate his own game. As an elite tournament looms, Jalen must lead his travel team while handling jealous teammates and the glare of big-league attention.
The Big Game
by Tim Green
2018
Middle-school quarterback Danny Owens is expected to be a star; after all, he shares a name with his legendary NFL father. As the season builds toward a televised championship, Danny must prove he is more than a famous last name while handling pressure from coaches, parents, and rivals.
Double Play
by Tim Green
2018
Jalen is trying to earn a steady role on his summer team while James “JY” Yager attempts a comeback without Jalen’s help. When both start to struggle, they reunite for a risky plan that could redeem JY’s career and Jalen’s season or ruin them.
Touchdown Kid
by Tim Green
2017
Growing up on the wrong side of town, Cory has the talent but not the money or connections to play elite football. When a scholarship to a wealthy private school finally opens a door, he must navigate snobbery, locker-room politics, and his own doubts to prove he truly belongs.
Baseball Genius
by Tim Green
2017
To stay on his travel team, Jalen DeLuca breaks into New York Yankee James Yager’s house to steal a few signed balls to sell. Caught in the act, he bargains with his secret ability to predict pitches and soon finds himself rescuing a slumping star while hiding the truth from his dad.
Left Out
by Tim Green
2016
Landon Dorch is big enough to dominate the field, but his cochlear implants and halting speech make him an easy target for bullies. Joining the school football team, he fights to move from the bench to the huddle and to show teammates he is much more than his disability.
Home Run
by Tim Green
2016
Seventh grader Josh LeBlanc watches his family unravel when his dad leaves and money disappears, just as a harsh new coach takes over his travel team. A national home-run derby offering a free house becomes Josh’s one desperate shot at saving everything.
Lost Boy
by Tim Green
2015
After his mom is badly injured in a freak accident, Ryder is left scrambling to raise money for her surgery while dodging social services. A misadventure at Yankee Stadium lands him in trouble with police, but also brings unexpected allies who might help hold his fragile world together.
Kid Owner
by Tim Green
2015
When Ryan Zinna’s estranged father dies, the middle-school misfit discovers he has inherited controlling interest in the Dallas Cowboys. Overnight he is thrust into battles with a ruthless stepmother, media frenzy, and teammates who think he’s a joke, all while trying to earn a starting spot on his own team.
New Kid
by Tim Green
2014
Tommy, now called Brock, is used to changing names and towns whenever his mysterious father says it is time to run. In a new school with a strong baseball program and real friends for the first time, he must choose between protecting their secret and finally putting down roots.
First Team
by Tim Green
2014
Brock Nickerson is on the move again, dropped into yet another town with new rules and more secrets. Determined not to stay on the fringes this time, he joins the football team, but when danger from his father’s past resurfaces, he has to decide who truly counts as his first team.
Perfect Season
by Tim Green
2013
Football prodigy Troy White has finally moved to New Jersey to work as a play-calling “genius” for the Jets and to start at quarterback for a hopeless high school team. When his gift suddenly falters, he must rebuild his confidence and carry a losing squad toward a perfect season.
Force Out
by Tim Green
2013
Best friends Joey and Zach have always pushed each other to be better, dreaming of making the same select all-star baseball team. When a risky plan to dodge a school field trip backfires and only one roster spot is left, loyalty and ambition collide in a choice that could end their friendship.
Unstoppable
by Tim Green
2012
After years in a brutal foster home, big, angry Harrison finally lands with loving parents and a coach who turns him into an unstoppable running back. A routine knee injury reveals bone cancer, and he must find the strength to fight for his life when football is suddenly taken away.
Pinch Hit
by Tim Green
2012
Movie star Trevor and small-town baseball standout Sam look exactly alike and are both craving the other’s life. Swapping places seems perfect—Trevor gets real games, Sam gets Hollywood perks—until they discover that pretending to be someone else can cost them everything that really matters.
Find Your Fire
by Tim Green
2012
Offensive lineman Jake and his best friend Bobby are sure they will anchor the same high-school team forever. When one scholarship opens up and they are forced to compete for it, Jake has to decide what matters more, his dream or his loyalty.
Deep Zone
by Tim Green
2011
During a seven-on-seven tournament held at the Super Bowl, play-reading whiz Troy White meets lightning-fast receiver Ty Lewis. As they compete for a title, a crime family with old grudges closes in, turning their football dream week into a dangerous fight for survival.
Best of the Best
by Tim Green
2011
Josh LeBlanc earns a spot on an elite national travel team and suddenly finds himself playing in famous stadiums under an unforgiving spotlight. As parents, scouts, and sponsors circle, Josh has to decide what “best of the best” really means off the field.
The Big Time
by Tim Green
2010
On the field and with the Atlanta Falcons, Troy White is finally living his dream when a stranger arrives claiming to be his long-lost father. Lured by promises of fame and money, Troy has to untangle contracts, lies, and loyalties before he signs away his future.
Rivals
by Tim Green
2010
Josh’s Titans are chasing a championship when a retired major leaguer turned actor starts flaunting his money and influence to boost his own son’s rival team. With Benji and Jaden, Josh digs into suspicious behavior that threatens the game they love.
False Convictions
by Tim Green
2010
Defense attorney Casey Jordan partners with a high-profile innocence project to overturn the conviction of Dwayne Hubbard, imprisoned for a college student’s murder seventeen years earlier. Expecting an easy DNA win, she instead uncovers small-town corruption and a conspiracy that could cost her own life.
Football Champ
by Tim Green
2009
Troy’s talent for predicting plays has made him an unofficial consultant for the Falcons and a local celebrity. When a reporter accuses the team of cheating by relying on a kid, Troy and his friends scramble to clear their names and protect his mother’s job.
Above the Law
by Tim Green
2009
Casey Jordan’s quiet legal-aid clinic is upended when a migrant worker is shot on a Texas ranch owned by a charismatic young senator. No prosecutor will challenge him, so Casey sues in civil court and walks straight into a political cover-up and real danger.
Football Hero
by Tim Green
2008
Ty Lewis finally gets a chance to play school football and follow in the footsteps of his superstar brother Thane. But his greedy uncle and a local mob boss see Ty as their inside man on Thane’s career, dragging him into a frightening world of gambling and threats.
Football Genius
by Tim Green
2007
Twelve-year-old Troy White can see football plays before they happen, but nobody takes him seriously until his mom lands a job with the Atlanta Falcons. Sneaking close to star linebacker Seth Halloway, Troy risks everything to prove his gift and help both teams he loves.
American Outrage
by Tim Green
2007
TV journalist Jake Carlson lives on scandal and tough interviews, but everything changes when his adopted son asks him to track down his birth mother. The search uncovers a child-trafficking ring and a powerful political family, turning father and son into targets of the outrage Jake usually reports.
Kingdom Come
by Tim Green
2006
Corporate lawyer Thane Coder and his ambitious wife Jessica see a shortcut to the top when Thane’s mentor, the head of a vast upstate New York conglomerate, stands between them and ultimate power. One violent act brings them wealth, suspicion, and a deadly corporate war they cannot fully control.
Exact Revenge
by Tim Green
2005
Raymond White was a rising lawyer and political star until he was framed for murder and left to rot in prison. Eighteen years later he escapes, remakes his identity, and patiently sets out to dismantle the corrupt power brokers who stole his life.
The First 48
by Tim Green
2004
When Washington Post reporter Jane Redmond vanishes while investigating a powerful senator, her washed-up ex-prosecutor father refuses to wait for the system. With only the first forty-eight hours to save her, he and a rough-edged investigator go rogue, leaving a trail of crimes behind them.
The Fifth Angel
by Tim Green
2003
After his teenage daughter is assaulted and her attacker walks free, New York attorney Jack Ruskin loses faith in the courts. Recasting himself as a “fifth angel” of vengeance, he targets repeat sex offenders nationwide, until an FBI agent with her own scars begins closing in.
Record Breakers
by Tim Green
2003
This nonfiction sports title collects standout football records and milestones, pairing statistics with short, accessible stories and insights from Tim Green about the work, risk, and persistence it takes for athletes to reach truly record-breaking achievements.
The Fourth Perimeter
by Tim Green
2002
Former Secret Service agent Kurt Ford is shattered when his son, now an agent himself, is found dead in what officials call a suicide. Convinced it is murder tied to a secret presidential mission, Kurt launches his own high-risk investigation straight toward the Oval Office.
Road to the NFL
by Tim Green
2002
Part memoir and part behind-the-scenes guide, this nonfiction book traces how players go from high-school standouts to NFL rosters, using Tim Green’s own journey through college ball, the draft, and life with the Atlanta Falcons to show what the road to the league really looks like.
The Letter of the Law
by Tim Green
2000
Ambitious trial lawyer Casey Jordan defends her former law professor against charges that he butchered a student, destroying the victim’s family on the way to an acquittal. When he quietly admits his guilt, Casey is forced into a dangerous hunt for the truth she helped bury.
Baseball Great
by Tim Green
2000
After his minor-league dad loses his roster spot, twelve-year-old Josh joins a powerhouse travel team run by his father’s new boss. When a teammate quietly offers him performance-enhancing pills, Josh must choose between fitting in and doing what is right.
Double Reverse
by Tim Green
1999
In this pro-football thriller, a star quarterback discovers that the real hits come off the field, where ruthless owners, gamblers, and agents will do anything to control the outcome of games. Caught in the middle, he has to decide how much his integrity is worth.
The Red Zone
by Tim Green
1998
When volatile linebacker Luther Zorn becomes the prime suspect in the drowning of his team’s billionaire owner, defense attorney Madison McCall steps in. As she peels back motives from a dangerous affair to ownership battles, she uncovers a conspiracy far bigger than a single murder charge.
The Dark Side of the Game
by Tim Green
1997
In this candid nonfiction book, Green pulls back the curtain on professional football, describing the painkillers, injuries, locker-room culture, and constant pressure that rarely make the highlight reels, along with the pride and camaraderie that keep players coming back.
Marauders
by Tim Green
1997
Set around a Florida pro football franchise, this earlier version of the story later published as The Red Zone follows star linebacker Luther Zorn, a dead team owner, and attorney Madison McCall as a seemingly simple case turns into a bloody tangle of money, power, and betrayal.
A Man and His Mother
by Tim Green
1997
This memoir follows Green’s life as an adopted son who grew up in a loving family yet still felt a pull toward the woman who gave him up. It traces his football success and legal career alongside his searching, emotional quest to meet his birth mother.
Outlaws
by Tim Green
1996
Texas Outlaws defensive star Cody Grey is aging, addicted to painkillers, and losing his grip on his marriage. When his unfaithful wife’s secrets pull him into a plot involving a rogue CIA agent and stolen plutonium, Cody ends up on trial for murder with Madison McCall as his only hope.
Titans
by Tim Green
1994
Fresh off a Super Bowl win with the New York Titans, quarterback Hunter Logan makes one reckless bet that puts him in the pocket of organized crime. Mob threats against his family force him into a scheme to fix games, even as an obsessed FBI agent closes in.
Ruffians
by Tim Green
1993
Rookie defensive lineman Clay Blackwell joins the expansion Birmingham Ruffians and is desperate to prove himself. Under a ruthless coach and a steroid-fueled locker-room culture, Clay’s dream season turns darker, forcing him to choose between short-term glory and his health, integrity, and relationships.
Where should I start?
If you want middle grade football stories: Football Genius → Football Hero → Football Champ → The Big Time.
If you prefer middle grade baseball: Baseball Great → Rivals → Best of the Best → Home Run.
If you’re curious about his newer baseball series: Baseball Genius → Double Play → Grand Slam.
If you like realistic standalone sports drama: Unstoppable → Left Out → Final Season → Touchdown Kid.
If you want his adult legal thrillers: The Letter of the Law → Above the Law → False Convictions.
Author bio
Tim Green grew up near Syracuse, New York, with two big dreams: to play professional football and to become a writer. As a kid he devoured books, then headed outside to hit people on the football field.
At Syracuse University he managed to chase both goals at once. Green was an All American defensive player on the field and a top student in the classroom, graduating co‑valedictorian with a degree in English literature before going on to earn his law degree with honors. Not long after, the Atlanta Falcons made him a first‑round draft pick, and he spent eight seasons in the NFL as a hard‑hitting defensive end and linebacker.
Even during those NFL years, he kept a foot in other worlds. Green took law‑school exams on planes, wrote late at night in hotel rooms, and studied how games really worked from the inside. By the time he retired from football in the mid‑1990s, he had already passed the bar exam, started practicing law, and published his first novel.
Television came next. Green moved easily into broadcasting, offering analysis and color for pro games and other sports programs. Viewers saw a former player who could break down plays in plain language and still sound like the kid who was thrilled just to be close to the action.
Off camera, he kept writing. Early books like Ruffians, Outlaws, Titans, The Fourth Perimeter, The Fifth Angel, Exact Revenge, The First 48, and Kingdom Come mixed the worlds he knew best: big money sports, courtrooms, politics, and people pushed to their limits. In nonfiction works such as The Dark Side of the Game he wrote bluntly about the injuries, pressure, and small everyday moments that define life in the NFL.
Over time, though, Green found himself drawn more and more toward younger readers. After coaching his own kids and their friends, he started a run of middle‑grade sports novels, beginning with Football Genius. That book grew into a full series, followed by the Baseball Great books and standalones like Unstoppable, Lost Boy, Kid Owner, Left Out, Final Season, and the Baseball Genius novels cowritten with Derek Jeter.
Those stories share a common thread. The kids on his pages love sports, but they are also dealing with divorced parents, money trouble, illness, and questions of right and wrong. Wins and losses matter, yet Green’s heroes are judged just as much by the choices they make away from the field.
Green has taken that message into schools across the country, visiting hundreds of campuses and talking with hundreds of thousands of students about reading, hard work, and character. He likes to tell them that football opened doors for him, but books changed his life.
Today Green lives in upstate New York with his wife, Illyssa, and their children. In recent years he has also spoken publicly about living with ALS and has helped raise money for research, even as the disease affects his voice and strength. Through it all he has kept writing, intent on giving young readers fast stories, real feelings, and the sense that no matter how tough things get, they are not facing them alone.
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