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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Books by James Lee Burke

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A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux #4)

★ 8.00 / 1

A Stained White Radiance (Dave Robicheaux #5)

★ 7.00 / 1

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux #6)

★ 7.00 / 1

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Lay Down My Sword and Shield (Hackberry Holland #1)

★ 6.00 / 1

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Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux #12)

★ 7.00 / 1

Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux #13)

★ 7.00 / 1

In the Moon of Red Ponies (Billy Bob Holland #4)

★ 6.00 / 1

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Pegasus Descending (Dave Robicheaux #15)

★ 7.00 / 1

The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux #16)

★ 6.00 / 1

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Feast Day of Fools (Hackberry Holland #3)

★ 6.00 / 1

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Light of the World (Dave Robicheaux #20)

★ 6.00 / 1

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House of the Rising Sun (Hackberry Holland #4)

★ 6.00 / 1

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The New Iberia Blues (Dave Robicheaux #22)

★ 6.00 / 1

A Private Cathedral (Dave Robicheaux #23)

★ 6.00 / 1

Another Kind of Eden (Holland Family #3)

★ 6.00 / 1

Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family #4)

★ 6.00 / 1

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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie (Holland Family #5)

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The Hadacol Boogie (Dave Robicheaux #25)

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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 / 26)

2026 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery | Release date 2026

Holland Family Book 6 (Holland Family #6 / 6)

2026 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery | Release date 2026

The Hadacol Boogie (Dave Robicheaux #25 / 26)

2026 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie (Holland Family #5 / 6)

2025 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Clete (Dave Robicheaux #24 / 26)

2024 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Flags on the Bayou

2023 | edgar allan poe award, historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family #4 / 6)

2022 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Another Kind of Eden (Holland Family #3 / 6)

2021 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

A Private Cathedral (Dave Robicheaux #23 / 26)

2020 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The New Iberia Blues (Dave Robicheaux #22 / 26)

2019 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Robicheaux (Dave Robicheaux #21 / 26)

2018 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Jealous Kind (Holland Family #2 / 6)

2016 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

House of the Rising Sun (Hackberry Holland #4 / 4)

2015 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family #1 / 6)

2014 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Light of the World (Dave Robicheaux #20 / 26)

2013 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Creole Belle (Dave Robicheaux #19 / 26)

2012 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Feast Day of Fools (Hackberry Holland #3 / 4)

2011 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Glass Rainbow (Dave Robicheaux #18 / 26)

2010 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Rain Gods (Hackberry Holland #2 / 4)

2009 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Swan Peak (Dave Robicheaux #17 / 26)

2008 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux #16 / 26)

2007 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Jesus Out to Sea

2007 | collection, short stories, mystery

Pegasus Descending (Dave Robicheaux #15 / 26)

2006 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux #14 / 26)

2005 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

In the Moon of Red Ponies (Billy Bob Holland #4 / 4)

2004 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux #13 / 26)

2003 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux #12 / 26)

2002 | edgar allan poe award, historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

White Doves at Morning

2002 | crime fiction, historical fiction, war & military, mystery

Bitterroot (Billy Bob Holland #3 / 4)

2001 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Lay Down My Sword and Shield (Hackberry Holland #1 / 4)

2001 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Purple Cane Road (Dave Robicheaux #11 / 26)

2000 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Heartwood (Billy Bob Holland #2 / 4)

1999 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Sunset Limited (Dave Robicheaux #10 / 26)

1998 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Cimarron Rose (Billy Bob Holland #1 / 4)

1997 | edgar allan poe award, historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Cadillac Jukebox (Dave Robicheaux #9 / 26)

1996 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux #8 / 26)

1995 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Dixie City Jam (Dave Robicheaux #7 / 26)

1994 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux #6 / 26)

1993 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

A Stained White Radiance (Dave Robicheaux #5 / 26)

1992 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux #4 / 26)

1990 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux #3 / 26)

1989 | edgar allan poe award, historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Heaven's Prisoners (Dave Robicheaux #2 / 26)

1988 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux #1 / 26)

1987 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

The Lost Get-Back Boogie

1986 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery, western

Two for Texas

1982 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery, western

To the Bright and Shining Sun

1970 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery

Half of Paradise

1965 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery, western

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