Order of Dave Robicheaux Books

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

The Neon Rain

(1987)

Heaven’s Prisoners

(1988)

Black Cherry Blues

(1989)

A Morning for Flamingos

(1990)

A Stained White Radiance

(1992)

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

(1993)

Dixie City Jam

(1994)

Burning Angel

(1995)

Cadillac Jukebox

(1996)

Sunset Limited

(1996)

Purple Cane Road

(2000)

Jolie Blon’s Bounce

(2002)

Last Car to Elysian Fields

(2003)

Crusader’s Cross

(2005)

Pegasus Descending

(2006)

The Tin Roof Blowdown

(2007)

Swan Peak

(2008)

The Glass Rainbow

(2010)

Creole Belle

(2012)

Light of the World

(2013)

Robicheaux

(2018)

The New Iberia Blues

(2019)

A Private Cathedral

(2020)

Clete

(2024)