Order of Robert Olen Butler Books

Robert Olen Butler is an American author who is one of the most decorated living authors today. He was recognized in 1993 for his book A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain and that book won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He was also a recipient of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature as well as the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Butler is a Vietnam war veteran and was given the Tu Do Chinh Kien Award given by the Vietnam Veterans of America for “outstanding contributions to American culture by a Vietnam veteran.” Butler currently lives with his wife, the poet Kelly Lee Butler, in Florida.

Publication Order of Christopher Marlowe Cobb Books

The Hot Country	(2012)
The Star of Istanbul	(2013)
The Empire of Night	(2014)
Paris in the Dark	(2018)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Alleys of Eden	(1981)
Sun Dogs	(1982)
Countrymen of Bones	(1983)
On Distant Ground	(1985)
Wabash	(1987)
The Deuce	(1989)
They Whisper	(1994)
The Deep Green Sea	(1998)
Mr. Spaceman	(2000)
Fair Warning	(2002)
Hell	(2009)
A Small Hotel	(2011)
Perfume River	(2016)
Late City	(2021)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain	(1992)
Tabloid Dreams	(1996)
Had a Good Time	(2004)
Severance	(2006)
Intercourse	(2008)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction

(2005)

Publication Order of Best Small Fictions Books

The Best Small Fictions 2015

(2015)

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)	(2012)
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)	(2012)
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)	(2012)
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)	(2012)
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)	(2012)
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)	(2012)
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)	(2013)
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)	(2013)
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)	(2013)
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)	(2013)
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)	(2014)
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)	(2014)
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)	(2014)
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)	(2014)
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)	(2014)
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)	(2014)
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane)	(2014)
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)	(2014)
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)	(2015)
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)	(2015)
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)	(2015)
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)	(2015)
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)	(2015)
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)	(2016)
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)	(2016)
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)	(2016)
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)	(2016)
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)	(2016)
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)	(2017)
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)	(2018)
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)	(2018)
The Hemingway Valise	(2018)
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)	(2018)
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)	(2018)

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)	(2012)
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)	(2014)
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)	(2012)
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)	(2012)
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)	(2012)
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)	(2018)
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)	(2012)
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)	(2013)
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)	(2013)
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)	(2013)
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)	(2013)
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)	(2014)
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane)	(2014)
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)	(2014)
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)	(2014)
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)	(2014)
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)	(2014)
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)	(2014)
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)	(2015)
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)	(2015)
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)	(2015)
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)	(2016)
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)	(2015)
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)	(2015)
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)	(2016)
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)	(2016)
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)	(2016)
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)	(2016)
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)	(2017)
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)	(2018)
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)	(2018)
The Hemingway Valise	(2018)
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)	(2018)
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)	(2012)

Publication Order of Best American Short Stories Books

The Best Short Stories of 1915	(1916)
The Best Short Stories of 1916	(1916)
The Best Short Stories of 1917	(1917)
The Best Short Stories of 1918	(1918)
The Best Short Stories of 1919	(1919)
The Best Short Stories of 1921	(1921)
The Best Short Stories of 1922	(1922)
The Best Short Stories of 1923	(1923)
The Best Short Stories 1924	(1924)
The Best Short Stories of 1925	(1925)
The Best Short Stories 1926	(1926)
The Best Short Stories 1927	(1927)
The Best Short Stories of 1928	(1928)
The Best Short Stories of 1929	(1929)
The Best Short Stories 1930	(1930)
The Best Short Stories 1931	(1931)
The Best Short Stories of 1932	(1932)
The Best Short Stories 1933	(1933)
The Best Short Stories 1934	(1934)
The Best Short Stories 1935	(1935)
The Best Short Stories 1936	(1936)
The Best Short Stories 1937	(1937)
The Best Short Stories of 1938	(1938)
50 Best American Short Stories, 1915-1939	(1939)
The Best Short Stories 1939	(1939)
The Best Short Stories of 1940	(1940)
The Best Short Stories 1941	(1941)
The Best American Short Stories 1942	(1942)
The Best American Short Stories 1943	(1943)
The Best American Short Stories 1944	(1944)
The Best American Short Stories 1945	(1945)
The Best American Short Stories 1946	(1946)
The Best American Short Stories 1947	(1947)
The Best American Short Stories 1948	(1948)
The Best American Short Stories 1949	(1949)
The Best American Short Stories 1950	(1950)
The Best American Short Stories 1951	(1951)
The Best American Short Stories 1952	(1952)
The Best American Short Stories 1953	(1953)
The Best American Short Stories 1955	(1955)
The Best American Short Stories 1956	(1956)
The Best American Short Stories 1957	(1957)
The Best American Short Stories 1958	(1958)
The Best American Short Stories 1959	(1959)
The Best American Short Stories 1960	(1960)
The Best American Short Stories 1961	(1961)
The Best American Short Stories 1962	(1962)
The Best American Short Stories 1963	(1963)
The Best American Short Stories 1964	(1964)
The Best American Short Stories 1965	(1965)
The Best American Short Stories 1966	(1966)
The Best American Short Stories 1967	(1967)
The Best American Short Stories 1968	(1967)
The Best American Short Stories of 1969	(1969)
The Best American Short Stories 1970	(1970)
The Best American Short Stories 1971	(1971)
The Best American Short Stories 1972	(1972)
The Best American Short Stories 1973	(1973)
The Best American Short Stories 1974	(1974)
The Best of Best American Short Stories 1915-1950	(1975)
The Best American Short Stories 1975	(1975)
The Best American Short Stories 1976	(1976)
The Best American Short Stories 1977	(1977)
The Best American Short Stories 1978	(1978)
The Best American Short Stories 1979	(1979)
The Best American Short Stories 1980	(1980)
The Best American Short Stories 1981	(1981)
The Best American Short Stories 1982	(1982)
The Best American Short Stories 1983	(1983)
The Best American Short Stories 1984	(1984)
The Best American Short Stories 1985	(1985)
The Best American Short Stories 1986	(1986)
The Best American Short Stories 1987	(1987)
The Best American Short Stories 1988	(1988)
The Best American Short Stories 1989	(1989)
The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties	(1990)
The Best American Short Stories 1990	(1990)
The Best American Short Stories 1991	(1991)
The Best American Short Stories 1992	(1992)
The Best American Short Stories 1993	(1993)
The Best American Short Stories 1994	(1994)
The Best American Short Stories 1995	(1995)
The Best American Short Stories 1996	(1996)
The Best American Short Stories 1997	(1997)
The Best American Short Stories 1998	(1998)
The Best American Short Stories 1999	(1999)
The Best American Short Stories 2000	(2000)
The Best American Short Stories of the Century	(2000)
The Best American Short Stories 2001	(2001)
The Best American Short Stories 2002	(2002)
The Best American Short Stories 2003	(2003)
The Best American Short Stories 2004	(2004)
The Best American Short Stories 2005	(2005)
The Best American Short Stories 2006	(2006)
The Best American Short Stories 2007	(2007)
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story	(2007)
The Best American Short Stories1921	(2007)
The Best American Short Stories 2008	(2008)
The Best American Short Stories 2009	(2009)
The Best American Short Stories 2010	(2010)
The Best American Short Stories 2011	(2011)
The Best American Short Stories 2012	(2012)
The Best American Short Stories 2013	(2013)
The Best American Short Stories 2014	(2014)
The Best American Short Stories 2015	(2015)
100 Years of The Best American Short Stories	(2015)
The Best American Short Stories 2016	(2016)
The Best American Short Stories 2017	(2017)
The Best American Short Stories 2018	(2018)
The Best American Short Stories 2019	(2019)
The Best American Short Stories 2020	(2020)
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Publication Order of New Stories From The South Books

New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1988)
New Stories from the South 1992 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1992)
New Stories from the South 1993 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1993)
New Stories from the South 1994 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1994)
New Stories from the South 1995 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1995)
New Stories from the South 1996 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1996)
New Stories from the South	(1997)
New Stories from the South 1998 (By: )	(1998)
New Stories from the South 1999 (By: )	(1999)
New Stories from the South 2000 (By: )	(2000)
New Stories from the South 2001 (By: Lee Smith)	(2001)
New Stories from the South 2002 (By: )	(2002)
New Stories from the South 2003 (By: )	(2003)
New Stories from the South 2004 (By: )	(2004)
New Stories from the South, 2005 (By: )	(2005)
Best of the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(2005)
New Stories from the South (By: )	(2007)
New Stories from the South 2008 (By: )	(2008)
New Stories from the South 2009 (By: Madison Smartt Bell)	(2009)
New Stories from the South 2010 (By: )	(2010)

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Future Dictionary of America	(2004)
The 2004 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories	(2005)
Verb, An Audioquarterly, Volume 1, No. 1	(2005)
The 2005 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories	(2006)
The 2007 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories	(2007)
Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives	(2007)
The 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories	(2008)
The 2009 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories	(2011)
In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper	(2016)
The Best Peace Fiction	(2021)

If You Like Robert Olen Butler Books, You’ll Love…

• Philip Kerr
• Donna Leon
• Charles Cumming

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain is arguably Butler’s most popular and best work. The book focuses on the stories of the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the impact that it had on the Vietnamese. This book focuses on the viewpoint of a group of Vietnamese who have been transplanted to Louisiana. The book blends the powerful stories of the Vietnamese with contemporary American realities. It’s easy to see why this book was such a phenomenon and was highly decorated.

Butler is also the author of the Christopher Marlowe Cobb series and the first book in that series is called The Hot Country. The book introduces us to the title character in 1914 as the American newspaper journalist is headed to Mexico to cover the Civil War ongoing there. Cobb is working on a story about a priest whose attempted assassination was thwarted by a bullet bouncing off his cross, but his investigation leads him to a far bigger story: Germans coming into the city at the dawn of World War I.