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
| The Big Bounce | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unknown Man #89 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Frank Ryan Books
| Swag / Ryan's Rules | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stick | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Chili Palmer Books
| Get Shorty | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Be Cool | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Raylan Givens Books
| Pronto | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Riding the Rap | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Fire in the Hole | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Raylan | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Raylan Goes to Detroit | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Jack Foley Books
| Out Of Sight | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Road Dogs | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Carl Webster Books
| The Hot Kid | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Up in Honey's Room | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara Books
| The Switch | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rum Punch | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup Books
| Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Picket Line | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dutch Treat | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| When the Women Come Out to Dance | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Complete Western Stories | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood Money and Other Stories | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trail of the Apache and Other Stories | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Charlie Martz and Other Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Notebooks | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
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