Order of Dennis Lehane Books
Dennis Lehane is an American author of crime fiction and mystery novels. His series is the Kenzie/Gennaro series, but he is perhaps best known for having written the novels Mystic River and Shutter Island, which were made into motion pictures by Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese respectively. In addition to his work as a novelist, Lehane has written multiple episodes of The Wire and an episode of Castle.
Dennis Lehane had his first novel published in 1994, which was A Drink Before the War. Below is a list of all of Dennis Lehane’s books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronology):
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Publication Order of Kenzie & Gennaro Books
| A Drink Before the War | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Darkness, Take My Hand | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sacred | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gone, Baby, Gone | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prayers for Rain | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Moonlight Mile | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Coughlin Books
| The Given Day | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Live by Night | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World Gone By | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Mystic River | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shutter Island | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Drop | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Since We Fell | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Small Mercies | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Animal Rescue | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Consumers | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Eye | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Coronado | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Shutter Island | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Michael Connelly Short Stories/Novellas
(with Michael Connelly)
| The Safe Man: A Ghost Story | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Eye | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Mighty Johns | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Boston Noir | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vengeance | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Pursuit of Spenser | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Boston Noir 2 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| USA Noir | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| FaceOff | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trouble in the Heartland | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Exit Wounds | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: Shutter Island was adapted to graphic novel format by Christian de Metter.
I think this page is inaccurate. We just saw and heard Dennis Lehane read from and answer questions about (at Powell’s Books in Cedar Hills, Oregon) his new book World Gone By, and he indicated that it’s the third of his trilogy starting with The Given Day and then Live by Night. Please correct your error.