James Lee Burke

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James Lee Burke

47 books4 series

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 Fellowshi…

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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.

LATEST RELEASEThe Hadacol Boogie2026 6.5/10 Anticipation COMING NEXTHolland Family Book 62027 7.5/10 Anticipation

THE AUTHOR’S WORLDS

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Holland Family6 books in this catalog2014–2025 Hackberry Holland4 books in this catalog2001–2015 Billy Bob Holland4 books in this catalog1997–2004 Dave Robicheaux26 books in this catalog1987–2026

AUTHOR CAREER

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1965–202747 cataloged publications

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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING

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Other47 (100%)

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Genres and themes

Mystery47 / 47 books
Crime Fiction46 / 47 books
Historical Fiction46 / 47 books
Suspense Thriller45 / 47 books
Thriller45 / 47 books
Western3 / 47 books
War & Military1 / 47 books

Books by this author

47 books in this view

Dave Robicheaux Book 26 2027 7.5/10 Anticipation Dave Robicheaux #26 Holland Family Book 6 2027 7.5/10 Anticipation Holland Family #6 The Hadacol Boogie 2026 6.5/10 Anticipation Dave Robicheaux #25 Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie 2025 6.0/10 1 ratings Holland Family #5 Clete 2024 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #24 Flags on the Bayou 2023 7.0/10 1 ratings Every Cloak Rolled in Blood 2022 6.0/10 1 ratings Holland Family #4 Another Kind of Eden 2021 6.0/10 1 ratings Holland Family #3 A Private Cathedral 2020 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #23 The New Iberia Blues 2019 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #22 Robicheaux 2018 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #21 The Jealous Kind 2016 6.0/10 1 ratings Holland Family #2 House of the Rising Sun 2015 6.0/10 1 ratings Hackberry Holland #4 Wayfaring Stranger 2014 6.0/10 1 ratings Holland Family #1 Light of the World 2013 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #20 Creole Belle 2012 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #19 Feast Day of Fools 2011 6.0/10 1 ratings Hackberry Holland #3 The Glass Rainbow 2010 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #18 Rain Gods 2009 6.0/10 1 ratings Hackberry Holland #2 Swan Peak 2008 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #17 The Tin Roof Blowdown 2007 6.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #16 Jesus Out to Sea 2007 Pegasus Descending 2006 7.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #15 Crusader's Cross 2005 7.0/10 1 ratings Dave Robicheaux #14