D.W. Buffa Books in Order
D.W. Buffa has written 22 books, published between 1997 and 2023. The first book is The Defense (1997) and the newest is Lunatic Carnival (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1997–2023
- Pages on record
- 4,984 in 15 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 83–125 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,984 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Legal thrillers are the core of D.W. Buffa's 22 books, which begin with The Defense (1997). Joseph Antonelli is the character behind Buffa's main series, and murder trials, attorney and client, San Francisco and Portland are recurring subjects. The Prosecution, The Judgment and The Legacy followed from 1999 to 2002. Buffa also writes the Western Quartet and the Senator Bobby Hart series, published Rubicon (2008) as Lawrence Alexander, and closes the list with Lunatic Carnival (2023).
How many D.W. Buffa books are there?
D.W. Buffa has 22 books, released between 1997 and 2023. They include 3 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
D.W. Buffa Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 D.W. Buffa 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.
- 119973102/4
- 219993362/4
- 32001–2/4
- 420024792/4
- 520034172/4
- 620044032/4
- 720052932/4
- 820082932/4
- 9Evangeline2010 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/420102682/4
- 1020102722/4
- 11The Swindlers2011 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/420112632/4
- 12The Dark Backward2011 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/420113062/4
- 13The Last Man2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 1420142882/4
- 1520173522/4
- 16Necessity2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/420193522/4
- 17The 45th2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/420193522/4
- 182020–2/4
- 192020–2/4
- 202020–2/4
- 212021–2/4
- 22Lunatic Carnival2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
D.W. Buffa series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Joseph Antonelli books in order 8 books
D.W. Buffa 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.
Western Quartet in order
4 booksSenator Bobby Hart in order
3 booksStandalone books
7 books7 D.W. Buffa titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read D.W. Buffa books in order?
You only need to read D.W. Buffa books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with D.W. Buffa
Start with The Defense (1997), the first Joseph Antonelli book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest D.W. Buffa book?
Lunatic Carnival (2023) is the newest D.W. Buffa book released so far.
Is there a new D.W. Buffa book coming?
No next D.W. Buffa book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
D.W. Buffa at a glance
- Paused
- No new D.W. Buffa title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- D.W. Buffa books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,984 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most D.W. Buffa books, 9 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the D.W. Buffa books are about
15 of the 22 D.W. Buffa books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: legal stories is tagged on 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Legal stories 7 of 15 books
- Antonelli, joseph (fictitious character) 6 of 15 books
- Thrillers 6 of 15 books
- Joseph Antonelli (Fictitious character) 5 of 15 books
- Trials (murder) 4 of 15 books
- Attorney and client 3 of 15 books
- Crime 3 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 15 books
- Political fiction 3 of 15 books
- San Francisco (Calif.) 3 of 15 books
- Investigation 2 of 15 books