Order of Gary Phillips Books
Gary Phillips is an American author and community activist. He is best known for the Ivan Monk series and the Martha Chainey series. Phillips writes noir standalone novels and has also edited many anthologies.
In addition to his work as a writer, Phillips also served as a senior story editor on the FX television show Snowfall. The show was based in South Central Los Angeles where the author himself grew up. Gary has also written comics and short stories throughout his career.
Publication Order of Ivan Monk Books
| Violent Spring | (1994) |    |
| Perdition, U.S.A. | (1996) | |
| Bad Night Is Falling | (1998) | |
| Only the Wicked | (2000) | |
| Monkology | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Martha Chainey Books
| High Hand | (2000) | |
| Shooter's Point | (2001) | |
| The Perpetrators | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Essex Man Books
| 10 Seconds To Death | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Matthew Henson Books
| Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Grifter's Song Books
| The Concrete Smile | (2019) | |
| People Like Us | (2019) | |
| The Whale | (2019) | |
| The Movie Makers | (2019) | |
| Lost in Middle America | (2019) | |
| Come the Apocalypse | (2019) | |
| Losing Streak | (2019) | |
| Gone Dead on You | (2020) | |
| Upgrade | (2020) | |
| The Money Block | (2020) | |
| The Sound of Breaking Bones | (2020) | |
| Still Life with Suitcase | (2020) | |
| Down Comes the Night | (2020) | |
| The Reckoner | (2021) | |
| The Rule of Thirds | (2021) | |
| The Down and Out | (2021) | |
| Travel Money | (2021) | |
| Rocky Mountain Lie | (2021) | |
| Open Up Your Heart | (2021) | |
| Ride Like Hell | (2021) | |
| The Alpha Whisperer | (2021) | |
| Dracula Wine | (2021) | |
| Diamond Dogs | (2022) | |
| Dusty and Bent | (2022) | |
| Concrete and Cocaine | (2022) | |
| Dangerous to Know | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Guns & Tacos Books
| Tacos de Cazuela con Smith & Wesson | (2019) | |
| Three Brisket Tacos and a Sig Sauer | (2019) | |
| A Gyro and a Glock | (2019) | |
| Three Chalupas, Rice, Soda…and a Kimber .45 | (2019) | |
| Some Churros and El Burro | (2019) | |
| A Beretta, Burritos and Bears | (2019) | |
| Burritos & Bullets | (2020) | |
| Jalapeño Poppers and a Flare Gun | (2020) | |
| Four Shrimp Tacos and a Walther P38 | (2020) | |
| A Taco, A T-Bird, A Beretta and One Furious Night | (2020) | |
| Dos Tacos Guatemaltecos y Una Pistola Casera | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Jook | (1999) | |
| Bangers | (2003) | |
| Midnight Mover | (2004) | |
| Freedom's Fight | (2009) | |
| The Underbelly | (2010) | |
| The Warlord of Willow Ridge | (2012) | |
| The Anti-Gravity Steal | (2014) | |
| The Extractors | (2014) | |
| One-Shot Harry | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Sleeping Detective | (2000) | |
| Blazin’ on Broadway | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| High Rollers | (2000) | |
| The Rinse Vol. 1 | (2011) | |
| Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigations | (2011) | |
| Astonishing Heroes: Shades of Justice | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
| Bronx Noir | (2003) | |
| Chicago Noir | (2005) | |
| Baltimore Noir | (2006) | |
| New Orleans Noir | (2007) | |
| Los Angeles Noir | (2007) | |
| Wall Street Noir | (2007) | |
| Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics | (2010) | |
| Mexico City Noir | (2010) | |
| Haiti Noir | (2010) | |
| Kingston Noir | (2012) | |
| Haiti Noir 2 | (2013) | |
| St. Louis Noir | (2016) | |
| Montana Noir | (2017) | |
| Buenos Aires Noir | (2017) | |
| Speculative Los Angeles | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Books
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1 | (2016) | |
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2 | (2017) | |
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3 | (2018) | |
| Legends of the West | (2019) | |
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 4 | (2020) | |
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Collections
| Treacherous | (2012) | |
| 3 the Hard Way | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Shamus Game | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | |
| The Mighty Johns | (2002) | |
| Show Business is Murder | (2004) | |
| Full House | (2007) | |
| Politics Noir | (2008) | |
| The Darker Mask | (2008) | |
| Phoenix Noir | (2009) | |
| Orange County Noir | (2010) | |
| Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! | (2011) | |
| Shaken: Stories for Japan | (2011) | |
| PULP INK | (2011) | |
| In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero | (2012) | |
| Blood & Tacos #1 | (2012) | |
| Blood & Tacos: The Beginning | (2013) | |
| Gary Phillips' Hollis P.I. | (2014) | |
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1 | (2016) | |
| Blood on the Bayou | (2016) | |
| 44 Caliber Funk | (2016) | |
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2 | (2017) | |
| The Obama Inheritance | (2017) | |
| Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3 | (2018) | |
| Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire | (2018) | |
| Black Pulp II | (2019) | |
| Star Noir | (2019) | |
| The Faking of the President | (2020) | |
| Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices | (2021) | |
| Crime Hits Home of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors | (2022) | |
| South Central Noir | (2022) | |
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Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem takes place at the end of the Roaring 20s in Harlem. Henson gets a job from a spiritual leader named Daddy Paradise to retrieve his adult daughter who had been kidnapped. He does his job, but then finds himself having to protect himself and her until her father can deliver a speech at a mass rally. The job will put him up against a notorious gangster and the famous inventor Nikola Tesla. Henson will find himself in a race against the clock to save people’s lives as a powerful meteor fragment that he brought back from the Artic years ago is wanted by evil, powerful people.
One-Shot Harry takes place in Los Angeles in 1963 as Harry Ingram has returned from war and taken work as a new photographer and process server. Racial tensions are high at the time and he takes a risk every time he photographs a crime scene. He heads out after a crash one night when he recognizes the vehicle as belonging to an old Army buddy. The LAPD says the crime is an accident, but Ingram isn’t buying it and decides to play detective. Harry will head into the seamy underbelly of LA in hopes of finding justice.