Order of Elmore Leonard Books
Elmore Leonard is an American novelist as well as a screenwriter. Leonard is best known for his early western novels as well as crime fiction and suspense thrillers. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, including Mr. Majestyk, Get Shorty, Rum Punch (as Jackie Brown) and Be Cool.
Elmore Leonard has been writing since the early 50s and keeps going to this day. Below is a list of all of his published books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Jack Ryan Books
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The Big Bounce |
(1969) |
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Unknown Man #89 |
(1977) |
Publication Order of Frank Ryan Books
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Swag / Ryan’s Rules |
(1976) |
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Stick |
(1982) |
Publication Order of Chili Palmer Books
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Get Shorty |
(1990) |
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Be Cool |
(1999) |
Publication Order of Raylan Givens Books
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Pronto |
(1993) |
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Riding the Rap |
(1995) |
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Fire in the Hole |
(2001) |
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Raylan |
(2011) |
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Raylan Goes to Detroit |
(2018) |
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Publication Order of Jack Foley Books
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Out Of Sight |
(1996) |
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Road Dogs |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Carl Webster Books
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The Hot Kid |
(2005) |
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Up in Honey’s Room |
(2007) |
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Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara Books
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The Switch |
(1978) |
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Rum Punch |
(1992) |
Publication Order of Elmore Leonard’s Western Roundup Books
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Elmore Leonard’s Western Roundup #1 |
(1998) |
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Elmore Leonard’s Western Roundup #2 |
(1998) |
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Elmore Leonard’s Western Roundup #3 |
(1998) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Bounty Hunters |
(1953) |
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The Law at Randado |
(1954) |
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Escape from Five Shadows |
(1956) |
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Last Stand at Saber River |
(1959) |
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Hombre |
(1961) |
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The Moonshine War |
(1969) |
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Valdez Is Coming |
(1970) |
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Forty Lashes Less One |
(1972) |
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52 Pick Up |
(1974) |
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Mr Majestyk |
(1974) |
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The Hunted |
(1977) |
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Gunsights |
(1979) |
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Gold Coast |
(1980) |
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City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit |
(1980) |
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Split Images |
(1981) |
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Cat Chaser |
(1982) |
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LaBrava |
(1983) |
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Glitz |
(1985) |
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Bandits |
(1987) |
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Touch |
(1987) |
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Freaky Deaky |
(1988) |
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Killshot |
(1989) |
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Maximum Bob |
(1991) |
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Cuba Libre |
(1998) |
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Pagan Babies |
(2000) |
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Tishomingo Blues |
(2002) |
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Mr. Paradise |
(2004) |
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A Coyote’s in the House |
(2004) |
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Djibouti |
(2010) |
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The Trespassers |
(2013) |
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Confession |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories |
(1953) |
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The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories |
(1975) |
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Dutch Treat |
(1985) |
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When the Women Come Out to Dance |
(2001) |
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard |
(2004) |
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The Complete Western Stories |
(2004) |
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Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories |
(2006) |
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Blood Money and Other Stories |
(2006) |
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Trail of the Apache and Other Stories |
(2007) |
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Charlie Martz and Other Stories |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Notebooks |
(1990) |
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Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing |
(2006) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Western Roundup |
(1961) |
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Florida Stories |
(1993) |
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New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories |
(1994) |
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Murder For Love |
(1996) |
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Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories |
(1996) |
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Naked Came the Manatee |
(1997) |
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Western Movies |
(1997) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 |
(1997) |
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Murder On The Railways |
(2003) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 |
(2003) |
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Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing |
(2010) |
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Books to Die For |
(2012) |
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Long Night |
(2014) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 |
(2016) |
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Miami Noir |
(2020) |