Order of Michael Koryta Books
Michael Koryta is an American novelist of crime fiction and supernatural thrillers. When he was eight years old, Michaels was already contacting his favourite authors. When he was in high school, he decided he wanted to write crime fiction and interned with a private investigator. His last name is pronounced “ko-ree-ta.”
Michael won the St. Martin’s Press/PWA Best First Novel award before he could even drink for the novel Tonight I Said Goodbye, which was published in 2004. The debut novel also won the Private Eye Writers of America award for Best First Novel and the Great LAkes Book Award for Best Mystery. Below is a list of Michael Koryta’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Lincoln Perry Books
| Tonight I Said Goodbye | (2004) |    |
| Sorrow's Anthem | (2006) | |
| A Welcome Grave | (2007) | |
| The Silent Hour | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Markus Novak Books
| Last Words | (2015) | |
| Rise the Dark | (2016) | |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Envy the Night | (2008) | |
| So Cold the River | (2010) | |
| The Cypress House | (2011) | |
| The Ridge | (2011) | |
| The Prophet | (2012) | |
| Those Who Wish Me Dead | (2014) | |
| How It Happened | (2018) | |
| I'm Still Here | (2019) | |
| If She Wakes | (2019) | |
| The Chill | (2020) | |
| Never Far Away | (2021) | |
| Where They Wait | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Apex Predator | (2013) | |
| Short Story | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
| The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
| Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
| The Book Thing | (2012) | |
| The Book Case | (2012) | |
| An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
| Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
| The Final Testament | (2013) | |
| Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
| The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
| The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
| The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
| What's in a Name? | (2014) | |
| Remaindered | (2014) | |
| The Sequel | (2014) | |
| The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
| The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
| It's in the Book | (2014) | |
| The Scroll | (2014) | |
| The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
| The Little Men | (2015) | |
| Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
| Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
| Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
| From the Queen | (2015) | |
| The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
| Citadel | (2016) | |
| Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
| Dead Dames Don't Sing | (2016) | |
| The Haze | (2016) | |
| Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
| The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
| Seven Years | (2018) | |
| The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
| The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
| The Dark Door | (2022) | |
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
| The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
| The Scroll | (2014) | |
| Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
| An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
| Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
| Seven Years | (2018) | |
| The Book Thing | (2012) | |
| The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
| The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
| The Final Testament | (2013) | |
| Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
| What's in a Name? | (2014) | |
| It's in the Book | (2014) | |
| The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
| Remaindered | (2014) | |
| The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
| The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
| The Sequel | (2014) | |
| The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
| The Little Men | (2015) | |
| From the Queen | (2015) | |
| Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
| Citadel | (2016) | |
| Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
| Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
| The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
| The Haze | (2016) | |
| Dead Dames Don't Sing | (2016) | |
| Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
| Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
| The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
| The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
| The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
| The Book Case | (2012) | |
| The Dark Door | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Grant County Books
(with Karin Slaughter)
| Blindsighted | (2001) | |
| Kisscut | (2002) | |
| A Faint Cold Fear | (2003) | |
| Indelible | (2004) | |
| Faithless | (2005) | |
| Beyond Reach / Skin Privilege | (2007) | |
| Genesis / Undone | (2009) | |
| Short Story | (2019) | |
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books
| Honor & ... | (2017) | |
| Deserves to Be Dead | (2017) | |
| Getaway | (2017) | |
| Midnight Flame | (2018) | |
| Short Story | (2019) | |
| Past Prologue | (2019) | |
| Faking a Murderer | (2019) | |
| Dig Here | (2019) | |
| Taking the Veil | (2019) | |
| Rambo on Their Minds | (2019) | |
| Footloose | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Seize the Night | (2015) | |
| Detours | (2016) | |
| MatchUp | (2017) | |
| Hark! the Herald Angels Scream | (2018) | |
| When a Stranger Comes to Town | (2021) | |
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Love your column. Do James Lee Burke and John Sanford have any new books out (2022)? What are some great detective series?
Thanks.
Hi Gert,
James Lee Burke has Every Cloak Rolled in Blood scheduled for May 2022. John Sandford has The Investigator scheduled for April and Righteous Pray in October.