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Lorenzo Carcaterra Books in Order

Lorenzo Carcaterra has written 16 books, published between 1993 and 2024. The first book is A Safe Place (1993) and the newest is Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1993–2024
Pages on record
3,160 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
53–79 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,160 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Organised crime and Italian American life shape Lorenzo Carcaterra's books. Sleepers (1995) is the best known, set in Hell's Kitchen and adapted into a film in 1996. Carcaterra, born in 1954, has since written the Apaches and Tank Rizzo thrillers and the Nonna Maria mysteries, which now lead the catalogue. Sixteen books run from A Safe Place (1993) to Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure in 2024.

How many Lorenzo Carcaterra books are there?

Lorenzo Carcaterra has 16 books, released between 1993 and 2024. They include 4 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Lorenzo Carcaterra Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Lorenzo Carcaterra 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 Safe Place by Lorenzo Carcaterra (1993)
  2. Cover of Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra (1995)
  3. Cover of Gangster by Lorenzo Carcaterra (2001)
  4. Cover of Paradise City by Lorenzo Carcaterra (2004)
  5. Cover of Tin Badges by Lorenzo Carcaterra, book 1 of the Tank Rizzo series (2016)
  6. Cover of Three Dreamers by Lorenzo Carcaterra (2021)
  7. Cover of Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace by Lorenzo Carcaterra, book 2 of the Nonna Maria series (2023)
  8. Cover of Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure by Lorenzo Carcaterra, book 3 of the Nonna Maria series (2024)
  1. 1
    A Safe Place1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993320
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  2. 2
    Sleepers1995 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995370
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  3. 3
    ApachesApaches #11997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  4. 4
    Gangster2001 · 406 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001406
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  5. 5
    Street Boys2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  6. 6
    Paradise City2004 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004432
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  7. 7
    ChasersApaches #22007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  8. 8
    Midnight Angels2010 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010400
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  9. 9
    The Vulture's GameWolf #12014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    The WolfWolf #22014 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014384
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  11. 11
    Tin BadgesTank Rizzo #12016 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016304
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  12. 12
    PaybackTank Rizzo #22020 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020304
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  13. 13
    Three Dreamers2021 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021240
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  14. 14
    Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing BrideNonna Maria #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen NecklaceNonna Maria #22023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  16. 16
    Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost TreasureNonna Maria #32024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Lorenzo Carcaterra 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.

Nonna Maria in order

3 books
  1. 1. Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride
  2. 2. Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace
  3. 3. Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure

Apaches in order

2 books
  1. 1. Apaches
  2. 2. Chasers

Wolf in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Vulture's Game
  2. 2. The Wolf

Tank Rizzo in order

2 books
  1. 1. Tin Badges
  2. 2. Payback

Standalone books

7 books

7 Lorenzo Carcaterra titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lorenzo Carcaterra books in order?

You only need to read Lorenzo Carcaterra books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lorenzo Carcaterra

Start with A Safe Place (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lorenzo Carcaterra book?

Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure (2024) is the newest Lorenzo Carcaterra book released so far.

Is there a new Lorenzo Carcaterra book coming?

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

Lorenzo Carcaterra at a glance

Still publishing
Lorenzo Carcaterra published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Lorenzo Carcaterra books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,160 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lorenzo Carcaterra books, 5 of 16, were published in the 2020s.

What the Lorenzo Carcaterra books are about

14 of the 16 Lorenzo Carcaterra books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 4 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.