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Joe Gores Books in Order

Joe Gores has written 21 books, published between 1969 and 2009. The first book is A Time of Predators (1969) and the newest is Spade & Archer (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1969–2009
Pages on record
4,662 in 17 of 21 books
Reading time
78–117 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,662 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Joe Gores, author of the DKA File series

Joe Gores (1931-2011) was an American mystery writer. The DKA File novels and stories follow Daniel Kearny Associates, a San Francisco firm that repossesses cars, and draw on the author's own work as a private eye and repo man. Hammett (1975) became a film in 1982, and Spade & Archer (2009) is a prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. A Time of Predators (1969) and Come Morning (1986) are among the works tied to the Edgar Award. The catalogue holds 21 Gores books.

How many Joe Gores books are there?

Joe Gores has 21 books, released between 1969 and 2009. 7 of them belong to the DKA File series.

Joe Gores Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Joe Gores 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.

  1. Cover of A Time of Predators by Joe Gores (1969)
  2. Cover of Dead Skip by Joe Gores, book 1 of the DKA File series (1972)
  3. Cover of Final Notice by Joe Gores, book 2 of the DKA File series (1973)
  4. Cover of Interface by Joe Gores (1974)
  5. Cover of Hammett by Joe Gores (1975)
  6. Cover of Wolf Time by Joe Gores (1989)
  7. Cover of 32 Cadillacs by Joe Gores, book 4 of the DKA File series (1992)
  8. Cover of Dead Man by Joe Gores (1993)
  9. Cover of Menaced Assassin by Joe Gores (1994)
  10. Cover of Contract Null & Void by Joe Gores, book 5 of the DKA File series (1996)
  11. Cover of Speak of the Devil by Joe Gores (1999)
  12. Cover of Cases by Joe Gores (1999)
  13. Cover of Stakeout on Page Street by Joe Gores, book 6 of the DKA File series (2000)
  14. Cover of Cons, Scams & Grifts by Joe Gores, book 7 of the DKA File series (2001)
  15. Cover of Glass Tiger by Joe Gores (2006)
  16. Cover of Spade & Archer by Joe Gores (2009)
  1. 1
    A Time of Predators1969 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969237
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  2. 2
    Dead SkipDKA File #11972 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972184
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  3. 3
    Final NoticeDKA File #21973 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973182
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  4. 4
    Honolulu, Port of Call1974 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974283
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  5. 5
    Interface1974 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974224
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  6. 6
    Hammett1975 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975251
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  7. 7
    Gone, No ForwardingDKA File #31978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  8. 8
    Come Morning1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  9. 9
    Wolf Time1989 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989319
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  10. 10
    Dance of the Dead1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  11. 11
    Mostly Murder1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  12. 12
    32 CadillacsDKA File #41992 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992335
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  13. 13
    Dead Man1993 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993260
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  14. 14
    Menaced Assassin1994 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994341
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  15. 15
    Contract Null & VoidDKA File #51996 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996309
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  16. 16
    Speak of the Devil1999 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999220
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  17. 17
    Cases1999 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999354
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  18. 18
    Stakeout on Page StreetDKA File #62000 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000182
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  19. 19
    Cons, Scams & GriftsDKA File #72001 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001324
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  20. 20
    Glass Tiger2006 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006320
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  21. 21
    Spade & Archer2009 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009337
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Joe Gores 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.

DKA File in order

7 books
  1. 1. Dead Skip
  2. 2. Final Notice
  3. 3. Gone, No Forwarding
  4. 4. 32 Cadillacs
  5. 5. Contract Null & Void
  6. 6. Stakeout on Page Street
  7. 7. Cons, Scams & Grifts

Standalone books

14 books

14 Joe Gores titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joe Gores books in order?

You only need to read Joe Gores books in order within the DKA File series, which holds 7 of the 21 Joe Gores books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Joe Gores

Start with A Time of Predators (1969), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joe Gores book?

Spade & Archer (2009) is the newest Joe Gores book released so far.

Is there a new Joe Gores book coming?

No next Joe Gores 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 Joe Gores has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Joe Gores. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Shamus Award2008Won
  • Edgar Awards1970Won

Joe Gores at a glance

Died
Joe Gores died in 2011, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Joe Gores on record dates from 2009.
Release pace
Joe Gores books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,662 pages across the 17 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 283 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joe Gores books, 8 of 21, were published in the 1990s.

What the Joe Gores books are about

18 of the 21 Joe Gores books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 9 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.