Order of Walter Mosley Books
Walter Mosley is an American novelist of crime fiction and historical mystery novels. He is best known for his hardboiled detective series featuring Easy Rawlins. Mosley’s father was an African-American clerk in the U.S. Army and his mother was a personnel clerk of Russian-Jewish descent. As an only child, he used his imagination to fill the void that he would later be able to hone into his fiction career. His inspirations include Dashiell Hammett, Graham Greene and Raymond Chandler. In 1992, presidential candidate Bill Clinton named him as one of his favourite authors.
Walter Mosley became a published author at the ripe age of 34, but hasn’t stopped writing since. His first novel was Devil in a Blue Dress, published in 1990. Below is a list of Walter Mosley’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Crosstown to Oblivion Books
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The Gift of Fire and On the Head of a Pin |
(2012) |
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Merge and Disciple |
(2012) |
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Disciple |
(2012) |
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Stepping Stone and Love Machine |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Easy Rawlins Books
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Devil in a Blue Dress |
(1990) |
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A Red Death |
(1991) |
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White Butterfly |
(1992) |
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Black Betty |
(1994) |
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A Little Yellow Dog |
(1996) |
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Gone Fishin’ |
(1997) |
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Bad Boy Brawly Brown |
(2001) |
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Six Easy Pieces |
(2003) |
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Little Scarlet |
(2004) |
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Cinnamon Kiss |
(2005) |
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Blonde Faith |
(2007) |
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Little Green |
(2013) |
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Rose Gold |
(2014) |
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Charcoal Joe |
(2016) |
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Blood Grove |
(2021) |
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Farewell, Amethystine |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Fearless Jones Books
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Fearless Jones |
(2001) |
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Fear Itself |
(2003) |
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Fear of the Dark |
(2006) |
Publication Order of King Oliver Books
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Down the River unto the Sea |
(2018) |
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Every Man a King |
(2023) |
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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right |
(2025) |
Publication Order of Leonid McGill Books
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The Long Fall |
(2009) |
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Known to Evil |
(2010) |
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Karma |
(2010) |
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When the Thrill Is Gone |
(2011) |
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All I Did Was Shoot My Man |
(2012) |
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And Sometimes I Wonder About You |
(2015) |
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Trouble Is What I Do |
(2020) |
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Karma is a prequel to the series. |
Publication Order of Socrates Fortlow Books
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned |
(1997) |
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Walkin’ the Dog |
(1999) |
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The Right Mistake |
(2008) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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RL’s Dream |
(1995) |
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Blue Light |
(1998) |
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The Greatest |
(2000) |
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The Man in My Basement |
(2004) |
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47 |
(2005) |
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The Wave |
(2005) |
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Diablerie |
(2006) |
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Fortunate Son |
(2006) |
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Killing Johnny Fry |
(2006) |
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The Tempest Tales |
(2008) |
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey |
(2009) |
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Parishioner |
(2012) |
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Odyssey |
(2013) |
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Inside a Silver Box |
(2015) |
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The Further Tales of Tempest Landry |
(2015) |
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John Woman |
(2018) |
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Touched |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Watt’s Lion |
(1993) |
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Whispers in the Dark |
(2000) |
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Jack Strong |
(2014) |
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Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore |
(2014) |
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Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Futureland |
(2001) |
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The Awkward Black Man |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
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The Thing: The Next Big Thing |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Workin’ on the Chain Gang |
(2000) |
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What Next |
(2003) |
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Life Out of Context |
(2005) |
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This Year You Write Your Novel |
(2007) |
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Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation |
(2011) |
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Folding the Red Into the Black |
(2016) |
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The Elements of Fiction Writing |
(2019) |
Publication Order of Plays
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The Fall of Heaven |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
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Transgressions |
(2005) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 2 |
(2006) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 3 |
(2006) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 4 |
(2006) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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The New Mystery |
(1993) |
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The Plot Thickens |
(1997) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 |
(1998) |
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A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora |
(2000) |
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Writers on Writing |
(2001) |
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Writing Los Angeles |
(2002) |
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The Best American Short Stories 2003 |
(2003) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 |
(2003) |
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Reading the Bones |
(2004) |
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Dangerous Women |
(2005) |
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Transgressions |
(2005) |
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The Darker Mask |
(2008) |
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Freedom |
(2009) |
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The Civil Rights Reader |
(2009) |
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Los Angeles Noir 2 |
(2010) |
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Black Pulp |
(2013) |
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The Obama Inheritance |
(2017) |
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California Schemin’ |
(2020) |
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Crime Hits Home |
(2022) |
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New Suns 2 |
(2023) |