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)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Darkness, Take My Hand (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sacred (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Prayers for Rain (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Moonlight Mile (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Coughlin Books

The Given Day (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Live by Night (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
World Gone By (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Mystic River (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Shutter Island (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Drop (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Since We Fell (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Small Mercies (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Animal Rescue (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Consumers (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Red Eye (With: Michael Connelly) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Coronado (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Shutter Island (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Michael Connelly Short Stories/Novellas

(with Michael Connelly)

The Safe Man: A Ghost Story (By: Michael Connelly) (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Red Eye (With: Michael Connelly) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

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

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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