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):

Publication Order of Kenzie & Gennaro Books

A Drink Before the War	(1994)
Darkness, Take My Hand	(1996)
Sacred	(1997)
Gone, Baby, Gone	(1998)
Prayers for Rain	(1999)
Moonlight Mile	(2010)

Publication Order of Coughlin Books

The Given Day	(2008)
Live by Night	(2012)
World Gone By	(2015)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Mystic River	(2001)
Shutter Island	(2003)
The Drop	(2014)
Since We Fell	(2017)
Small Mercies	(2023)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Animal Rescue	(2009)
The Consumers	(2012)
Red Eye (With: Michael Connelly)	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Coronado

(2006)

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Shutter Island

(2003)

Publication Order of Michael Connelly Short Stories/Novellas

(with Michael Connelly)

The Safe Man: A Ghost Story (By: Michael Connelly)	(2012)
Red Eye (With: Michael Connelly)	(2014)

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Mighty Johns	(2002)
Boston Noir	(2009)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010	(2010)
Vengeance	(2012)
In Pursuit of Spenser	(2012)
Boston Noir 2	(2012)
USA Noir	(2013)
FaceOff	(2014)
Trouble in the Heartland	(2014)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015	(2015)
Exit Wounds	(2019)

Note: Shutter Island was adapted to graphic novel format by Christian de Metter.

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One Response to “Order of Dennis Lehane Books”

1. pmscripsit: 9 years ago

   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.

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