Reading Order
12 series · 79 booksJack Ryan Series
0 of 2 read
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Big Bounce | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Unknown Man # 89 | 1977 | Buy from Amazon |
Frank Ryan Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Swag / Ryan's Rules | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Stick | 1982 | Buy from Amazon |
Chili Palmer Series
0 of 2 read
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Get Shorty | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Be Cool | 1999 | Buy from Amazon |
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Pronto | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Riding the Rap | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Fire in the Hole | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Raylan | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Raylan Goes to Detroit ( By: Peter Leonard) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon |
Jack Foley Series
0 of 2 read
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Out Of Sight | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Road Dogs | 2009 | Buy from Amazon |
Carl Webster Series
0 of 3 read
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hot Kid | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Up in Honey's Room | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories | 2009 | Buy from Amazon |
Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara Series
0 of 2 read
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Switch | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Rum Punch | 1992 | Buy from Amazon |
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup # 1 | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup # 2 | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup # 3 | 1998 | Buy from Amazon |
Elmore Leonard Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bounty Hunters | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Law at Randado | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Escape from Five Shadows | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Last Stand at Saber River | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Hombre | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Moonshine War | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Valdez Is Coming | 1970 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Forty Lashes Less One | 1972 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | 52 Pick Up | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Mr Majestyk | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Hunted | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Gunsights | 1979 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Gold Coast | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Split Images | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Cat Chaser | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | LaBrava | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Glitz | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Bandits | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Touch | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Freaky Deaky | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Killshot | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Maximum Bob | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Cuba Libre | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Pagan Babies | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Tishomingo Blues | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Mr. Paradise | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | A Coyote's in the House | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Djibouti | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | The Trespassers (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Confession (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon |
Elmore Leonard Short Story Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Dutch Treat | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | When the Women Come Out to Dance | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Complete Western Stories | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Blood Money and Other Stories | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Trail of the Apache and Other Stories | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Charlie Martz and Other Stories | 2015 | Buy from Amazon |
Elmore Leonard Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notebooks | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing | 2006 | Buy from Amazon |
Elmore Leonard Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Western Roundup | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Florida Stories | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Murder For Love | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Naked Came the Manatee | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Western Movies | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Murder On The Railways | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Long Night | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Miami Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) was an American author known for his crime and Western novels. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Leonard served in the Navy during World War II and worked in advertising before becoming a full-time writer in 1969. Leonard's breakthrough novel was "The Big Bounce" (1969), the first in a series featuring the character Jack Ryan. His other notable works include "Get Shorty" (1990), "Rum Punch" (1992), and "Out of Sight" (1996). Leonard's novels are characterized by their sharp dialogue, realistic characters, and dark humor. He received numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Fiction in 1998 for "Get Shorty" and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2010. His work has been praised by critics for its originality, style, and influence on the crime fiction genre.