Rumpole of the Bailey is a series of books created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer based on the television series of the same name. Mortimer adapted his television scripts into a series of short stories and novels starting in 1978. A series of anthologies and omnibus editions were also released.
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season One)
• The Trials of Rumpole (1979) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season Two)
• Rumpole's Return (1980) (novel; adaptation of the script of the stand-alone 1980 TV special)
• Regina V. Rumpole (1981) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories specially-written for the 1980 BBC Radio series – plus adaptation of the script for the 1975 one-off film for BBC TV's Play for Today Series)(Re-published in 1982 under the title Rumpole For The Defence)
• Rumpole and the Golden Thread (1983) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season Three)
• Rumpole's Last Case (1987) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season Four – 1987 – plus one additional story not used in the TV series)
• Rumpole and the Age of Miracles (1988) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season Five – 1988 – plus one additional story not used in the TV series)
• Rumpole à la Carte (1990) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season Six)
• Rumpole on Trial (1992) (adaptations of the scripts of all six stories in TV Season Seven – 1992 – plus one additional story not used in the TV series)
• Rumpole and the Angel of Death (1995) (Book of six new stories)
• Rumpole Rests His Case (2001) (Book of seven new stories)
• Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2002) (Book of six new stories)
• Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004) (new novel)
• Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (2006) (new novel)
• The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole (2007) (new novel) published in the USA as Rumpole Misbehaves
