Attica Locke Books in Order
Attica Locke has written 6 books, published between 2009 and 2024. The first book is Black Water Rising (2009) and the newest is Guide Me Home (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2009–2024
- Confirmed
- 6 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,871 in 5 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 31–47 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,871 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
Attica Locke, born in Houston, Texas in 1974, is an American fiction author who also writes and produces for television and film. The six catalogued books run from Black Water Rising (2009) to Guide Me Home (2024), divided between the Highway 59 novels and standalone titles. Subjects include lawyers, murder, investigation, the Texas Rangers, African American police and the petroleum industry, with Texas recurring across the listing.
How many Attica Locke books are there?
Attica Locke has 6 books, released between 2009 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.
Attica Locke Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Attica Locke books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120094483/4
- 220123743/4
- 320154483/4
- 420173073/4
- 520192943/4
- 62024–3/4
Attica Locke books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Highway 59 in order
3 booksJay Porter in order
2 booksAttica Locke Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Attica Locke books in order?
You only need to read Attica Locke books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Attica Locke
Start with Black Water Rising (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Attica Locke book?
Guide Me Home (2024) is the newest Attica Locke book released so far.
Is there a new Attica Locke book coming?
No next Attica Locke book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Attica Locke has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Attica Locke. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Anthony Award for Best Novel2018Wonfor Bluebird, Bluebird
- Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction2016Won
Attica Locke at a glance
- Still publishing
- Attica Locke published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Attica Locke books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,871 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Attica Locke books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2010s.
What the Attica Locke books are about
5 of the 6 Attica Locke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 3 of 5 books
- African American police 2 of 5 books
- Investigation 2 of 5 books
- Lawyers 2 of 5 books
- Murder 2 of 5 books
- Texas 2 of 5 books
- Texas Rangers 2 of 5 books
- Thrillers 2 of 5 books
- African american, mystery & detective 1 of 5 books
- African Americans 1 of 5 books
- Corporations 1 of 5 books
- Corrupt practices 1 of 5 books