Lou Berney Books in Order
Lou Berney has written 8 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories (1991) and the newest is Crooks (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1991–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,804 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,804 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Lou Berney writes crime fiction. Eight titles are catalogued: the story collection The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories (1991), then Gutshot Straight (2009), Whiplash River (2012), The Long and Faraway Gone (2015), Double Barrel Bluff (2017), November Road (2018), Dark Ride (2023) and Crooks (2025). Shake Bouchon is the one named series, and ex-convicts, disappearance and Belize appear among the subjects.
How many Lou Berney books are there?
Lou Berney has 8 books, released between 1991 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Shake Bouchon series.
Lou Berney Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Lou Berney 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.
- 1The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories1991 · 182 pages · confirmed 2/419911822/4
- 220093042/4
- 320123072/4
- 4The Long and Faraway Gone2015 · 456 pages · confirmed 2/420154562/4
- 52017–2/4
- 6November Road2018 · 299 pages · confirmed 2/420182992/4
- 7Dark Ride2023 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420232562/4
- 8Crooks2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Lou Berney 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.
Shake Bouchon in order
3 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Lou Berney titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lou Berney books in order?
You only need to read Lou Berney books in order within the Shake Bouchon series, which holds 3 of the 8 Lou Berney books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Lou Berney
Start with The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories (1991), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lou Berney book?
Crooks (2025) is the newest Lou Berney book released so far.
Is there a new Lou Berney book coming?
No next Lou Berney book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lou Berney at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lou Berney published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Lou Berney books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,804 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lou Berney books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lou Berney books are about
6 of the 8 Lou Berney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crime 4 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 6 books
- Suspense 2 of 6 books