Order of Andrew Vachss Books

Order of Andrew Vachss Books


Andrew Vachss is an American novelist of hardboiled crime fiction, best known for his Burke series. Aside from his writing career, Andrew is a child protection consultant and an attorney who represents only children and youth. He is also an advocate against animal abuse.

Andrew Vachss became a published author in 1973 with the standalone novel A Bomb Built in Hell. He would not write another standalone novel for 20 years, instead focusing on the Burke character among other projects. Below is a list of Andrew Vachss’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Burke Books

Flood

(1985)

Strega

(1987)

Blue Belle

(1988)

Hard Candy

(1989)

Blossom

(1990)

Sacrifice

(1991)

Down in the Zero

(1994)

Footsteps of the Hawk

(1995)

False Allegations

(1996)

Safe House

(1998)

Choice of Evil

(1999)

Dead and Gone

(2000)

Pain Management

(2001)

Only Child

(2002)

Down Here

(2004)

Mask Market

(2006)

Terminal

(2007)

Another Life

(2008)

Publication Order of Hap & Leonard Collections

Veil’s Visit (With: Joe R. Lansdale)

(1999)

Hap and Leonard (By: Joe R. Lansdale)

(2016)

Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (By: Joe R. Lansdale)

(2017)

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Publication Order of Cross Books

Blackjack

(2012)

Urban Renewal

(2014)

Drawing Dead

(2016)

Publication Order of Aftershock Books

Aftershock

(2013)

Shockwave

(2014)

Signwave

(2015)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Shella

(1993)

The Getaway Man

(2003)

Two Trains Running

(2005)

Haiku

(2009)

Heart Transplant

(2010)

The Weight

(2010)

That’s How I Roll

(2012)

A Bomb Built in Hell

(2012)

Mortal Lock

(2013)

Carbon

(2019)

Blood Line

(2022)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Born Bad

(1986)

Another Chance to Get It Right

(1993)

Everybody Pays

(1999)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Questioner

(2018)

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

(with Geof Darrow)

Hard Looks: Adapted Stories

(1994)

Harder Looks (With: Geof Darrow)

(1994)

The Shaolin Cowboy Adventure Magazine

(2012)

Vachss: Underground

(2014)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Life Style Violent Juvenile

(1979)

Publication Order of L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories Books

(with Lawrence Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Duane Swierczynski, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer)

L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories (With: Lawrence Block,Joe R. Lansdale,Joyce Carol Oates,Megan Abbott,Duane Swierczynski,Francine Prose,Jonathan Santlofer)

(2010)

Black DahliaWhite Rose (By: Joyce Carol Oates)

(2011)

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Publication Order of Anthologies

Cold Blood

(1991)

Dark at Heart

(1992)

Erbarmungslose Stiere

(2000)

L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories

(2010)

Notes: Veil’s Visit was co-authored by Joe R. Lansdale. Heart Transplant was co-authored by Frank Caruso.