James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, three-time winner of the Edgar Award as well as the Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger and Gold Dagger and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction.
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Latest Books James Lee Burke
Series by James Lee Burke
Holland Family (5 books)
Dave Robicheaux (25 books)
Hackberry Holland (4 books)
Billy Bob Holland (4 books)
Fictions and Others
Dave Robicheaux Book 26 (Dave Robicheaux #26)
2027 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction, mystery
Holland Family Book 6 (Holland Family #6)
2027 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction, mystery
The Hadacol Boogie (Dave Robicheaux #25)
2026 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction, mystery
Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie (Holland Family #5)
2025 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction, mystery
Clete (Dave Robicheaux #24)
2024 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Flags on the Bayou
2023 | edgar allan poe award, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family #4)
2022 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Another Kind of Eden (Holland Family #3)
2021 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
A Private Cathedral (Dave Robicheaux #23)
2020 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The New Iberia Blues (Dave Robicheaux #22)
2019 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Robicheaux (Dave Robicheaux #21)
2018 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The Jealous Kind (Holland Family #2)
2016 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
House of the Rising Sun (Hackberry Holland #4)
2015 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family #1)
2014 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Light of the World (Dave Robicheaux #20)
2013 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Creole Belle (Dave Robicheaux #19)
2012 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Feast Day of Fools (Hackberry Holland #3)
2011 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The Glass Rainbow (Dave Robicheaux #18)
2010 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Rain Gods (Hackberry Holland #2)
2009 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Swan Peak (Dave Robicheaux #17)
2008 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux #16)
2007 | mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Jesus Out to Sea
2007 | short stories, collection, mystery
Pegasus Descending (Dave Robicheaux #15)
2006 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux #14)
2005 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
In the Moon of Red Ponies (Billy Bob Holland #4)
2004 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux #13)
2003 | mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux #12)
2002 | edgar allan poe award, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
White Doves at Morning
2002 | crime fiction, mystery, historical fiction, war & military
Bitterroot (Billy Bob Holland #3)
2001 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Lay Down My Sword and Shield (Hackberry Holland #1)
2001 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Purple Cane Road (Dave Robicheaux #11)
2000 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Heartwood (Billy Bob Holland #2)
1999 | mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Sunset Limited (Dave Robicheaux #10)
1998 | mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Cimarron Rose (Billy Bob Holland #1)
1997 | edgar allan poe award, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Cadillac Jukebox (Dave Robicheaux #9)
1996 | mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux #8)
1995 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Dixie City Jam (Dave Robicheaux #7)
1994 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux #6)
1993 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
A Stained White Radiance (Dave Robicheaux #5)
1992 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux #4)
1990 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux #3)
1989 | edgar allan poe award, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Heaven's Prisoners (Dave Robicheaux #2)
1988 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux #1)
1987 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The Lost Get-Back Boogie
1986 | western, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Two for Texas
1982 | western, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
To the Bright and Shining Sun
1970 | mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction
Half of Paradise
1965 | western, mystery, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, historical fiction