Author · updated 2026
Elmore Leonard Books in Order
Every Elmore Leonard book in publication order — 69 in total, spanning 1953–2020.
Publication Order of Frank Ryan Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Big Bounce | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Swag | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Unknown Man #89 | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Chili Palmer Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Shorty | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Be Cool | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Raylan Givens Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pronto | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Riding the Rap | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Fire in the Hole | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Raylan | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Jack Foley Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out Of Sight | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Road Dogs | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Carl Webster Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hot Kid | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Up in Honey's Room | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Switch | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Rum Punch | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bounty Hunters | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Law at Randado | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Escape from Five Shadows | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Last Stand at Saber River | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Hombre | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Moonshine War | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Valdez Is Coming | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Forty Lashes Less One | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | 52 Pick Up | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Mr Majestyk | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Hunted | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Gunsights | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Gold Coast | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Split Images | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Stick | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Cat Chaser | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | LaBrava | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Glitz | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Bandits | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Touch | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Freaky Deaky | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Killshot | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Maximum Bob | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Cuba Libre | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Pagan Babies | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Tishomingo Blues | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Mr. Paradise | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | A Coyote's in the House | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Djibouti | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Trespassers | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Confession | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Dutch Treat | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | When the Women Come Out to Dance | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Complete Western Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Blood Money and Other Stories | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Trail of the Apache and Other Stories | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Charlie Martz and Other Stories | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notebooks | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Naked Came the Manatee | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Miami Noir | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 69, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bounty Hunters | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Law at Randado | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Escape from Five Shadows | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Last Stand at Saber River | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Hombre | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Big Bounce | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Moonshine War | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Valdez Is Coming | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Forty Lashes Less One | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | 52 Pick Up | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Mr Majestyk | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Swag | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Unknown Man #89 | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Hunted | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Switch | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Gunsights | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Gold Coast | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Split Images | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Stick | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Cat Chaser | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | LaBrava | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Glitz | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Dutch Treat | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Bandits | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Touch | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Freaky Deaky | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Killshot | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Get Shorty | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Notebooks | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Maximum Bob | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Rum Punch | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Pronto | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Riding the Rap | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Out Of Sight | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Naked Came the Manatee | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Cuba Libre | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Be Cool | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Pagan Babies | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Fire in the Hole | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | When the Women Come Out to Dance | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Tishomingo Blues | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Mr. Paradise | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | A Coyote's in the House | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The Complete Western Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Hot Kid | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Blood Money and Other Stories | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Up in Honey's Room | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Trail of the Apache and Other Stories | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Road Dogs | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Djibouti | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Raylan | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | The Trespassers | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Confession | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Charlie Martz and Other Stories | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Miami Noir | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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