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Leif Enger Books in Order

Leif Enger has written 10 books, published between 1990 and 2024. The first book is Comeback (1990) and the newest is I Cheerfully Refuse (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1990–2024
Pages on record
1,880 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
31–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,880 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Leif Enger's catalogue splits in two. The Gun Pedersen Mystery series runs five books from Comeback (1990) to The Sinners' League (1994), following a private investigator in Minnesota among outlaws and fugitives from justice. Outside that series sit Peace Like a River (2001), So Brave, Young, and Handsome (2008), Virgil Wander (2018) and I Cheerfully Refuse (2024). Ten titles are catalogued in all.

How many Leif Enger books are there?

Leif Enger has 10 books, released between 1990 and 2024. 6 of them belong to the Gun Pedersen Mystery series.

Leif Enger Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Leif Enger 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 Comeback by Leif Enger, book 1 of the Gun Pedersen Mystery series (1990)
  2. Cover of Swing by Leif Enger, book 2 of the Gun Pedersen Mystery series (1991)
  3. Cover of Sacrifice by Leif Enger, book 4 of the Gun Pedersen Mystery series (1993)
  4. Cover of The Sinners' League by Leif Enger, book 5 of the Gun Pedersen Mystery series (1994)
  5. Cover of Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (2001)
  6. Cover of So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger (2008)
  1. 1
    ComebackGun Pedersen Mystery #11990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  2. 2
    SwingGun Pedersen Mystery #21991 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991216
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  3. 3
    StrikeGun Pedersen Mystery #31992 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992261
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  4. 4
    SacrificeGun Pedersen Mystery #41993 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993245
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  5. 5
    The Sinners' LeagueGun Pedersen Mystery #51994 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994275
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  6. 6
    Peace Like a River2001 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001311
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  7. 7
    So Brave, Young, and Handsome2008 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008272
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  8. 8
    Virgil Wander2018 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018300
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  9. 9
    Hard CurvesGun Pedersen Mystery #62020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    I Cheerfully Refuse2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Leif Enger 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.

Gun Pedersen Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. Comeback
  2. 2. Swing
  3. 3. Strike
  4. 4. Sacrifice
  5. 5. The Sinners' League
  6. 6. Hard Curves

Standalone books

4 books

4 Leif Enger titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Leif Enger books in order?

You only need to read Leif Enger books in order within the Gun Pedersen Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 10 Leif Enger books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Leif Enger

Start with Comeback (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leif Enger book?

I Cheerfully Refuse (2024) is the newest Leif Enger book released so far.

Is there a new Leif Enger book coming?

No next Leif Enger book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Leif Enger at a glance

Still publishing
Leif Enger published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Leif Enger books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,880 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leif Enger books, 5 of 10, were published in the 1990s.

What the Leif Enger books are about

7 of the 10 Leif Enger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gun pedersen (fictitious character) is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.