Order of Dave Robicheaux Books

Dave Robicheaux is the creation of American author James Lee Burke. It is considered to be some of Burke’s best work as a novelist. He appears in a series of mystery novels that have been published on a regular basis since the year 1987.
Dave Robicheaux has made it to the silver screen portrayed by two big-name actors – first, Alec Baldwin in Heaven’s Prisoners and then more recently by Tommy Lee Jones in In the Electric Mist. Below is a list of the books Dave Robicheaux appears in, sorted by date of publication:
Publication Order of Dave Robicheaux Books
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The Neon Rain |
(1987) |
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Heaven’s Prisoners |
(1988) |
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Black Cherry Blues |
(1989) |
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A Morning for Flamingos |
(1990) |
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A Stained White Radiance |
(1992) |
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In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead |
(1993) |
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Dixie City Jam |
(1994) |
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Burning Angel |
(1995) |
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Cadillac Jukebox |
(1996) |
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Sunset Limited |
(1996) |
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Purple Cane Road |
(2000) |
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Jolie Blon’s Bounce |
(2002) |
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Last Car to Elysian Fields |
(2003) |
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Crusader’s Cross |
(2005) |
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Pegasus Descending |
(2006) |
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The Tin Roof Blowdown |
(2007) |
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Swan Peak |
(2008) |
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The Glass Rainbow |
(2010) |
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Creole Belle |
(2012) |
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Light of the World |
(2013) |
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Robicheaux |
(2018) |
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The New Iberia Blues |
(2019) |
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A Private Cathedral |
(2020) |
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Clete |
(2024) |