Author · updated 2026
James Sallis Books in Order
Every James Sallis book in publication order — 36 in total, spanning 1982–2019.
Publication Order of Lew Griffin Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Long-Legged Fly | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Moth | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Black Hornet | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Eye of the Cricket | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Bluebottle | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Ghost of a Flea | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Turner Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cypress Grove | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Cripple Creek | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Salt River | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Drive Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drive | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Driven | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renderings | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Death Will Have Your Eyes | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Killer Is Dying | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Others of My Kind | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Willnot | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Sarah Jane | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Guitar Players: One Instrument and Its Masters in American Music | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Ash of Stars | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Difficult Lives | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Gently into the Land of the Meateaters | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Chester Himes: A Life | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Difficult Lives Hitching Rides | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorrow's Kitchen Poems | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Time's Hammers: The Collected Short Fiction of James Sallis | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A City Equal to My Desire | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Limits of the Sensible World | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Potato Tree | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Rain's Eagerness | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Black Night's Gonna Catch Me Here | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Night's Pardons | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking Windows | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Borderland Noir | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Highway Kind | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 36, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Guitar Players: One Instrument and Its Masters in American Music | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Long-Legged Fly | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Moth | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Black Hornet | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Renderings | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Ash of Stars | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Eye of the Cricket | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Death Will Have Your Eyes | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Bluebottle | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Difficult Lives | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Gently into the Land of the Meateaters | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Chester Himes: A Life | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Sorrow's Kitchen Poems | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Time's Hammers: The Collected Short Fiction of James Sallis | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | A City Equal to My Desire | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Ghost of a Flea | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Cypress Grove | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Limits of the Sensible World | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Breaking Windows | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Drive | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Cripple Creek | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Potato Tree | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Salt River | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Killer Is Dying | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Driven | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Others of My Kind | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Rain's Eagerness | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Black Night's Gonna Catch Me Here | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Borderland Noir | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Willnot | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Night's Pardons | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Highway Kind | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Difficult Lives Hitching Rides | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Sarah Jane | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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