Peter Leonard Books in Order

Peter Leonard has written 10 books, published between 1994 and 2022. The first book is Am I a Man (1994) and the newest is Sweet Dreams (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1994–2022
Confirmed
1 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,415 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
40–60 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,415 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Peter Leonard is an American crime novelist and the son of the writer Elmore Leonard. Before fiction came nearly thirty years in advertising as a founding partner of Leonard Mayer & Tocco, the agency behind campaigns for Volkswagen of America, Audi, Hiram Walker and Pennzoil; Leonard left it in 2009 to write full time. Quiver was the first novel. Recorded subjects include crime, suspense, revenge, Nazis, widows and ex-convicts, and the Harry Levin series stands under the name. Titles include Trust Me (2009), All He Saw Was The Girl (2011), Voices of the Dead (2012), Eyes Closed Tight (2014) and Sweet Dreams (2022).

How many Peter Leonard books are there?

Peter Leonard has 10 books, released between 1994 and 2022. 2 of them belong to the Harry Levin series.

Peter Leonard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Peter Leonard 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. 1
    Am I a Man1994 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994127
  2. 2
    Quiver2008 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008276
  3. 3
    Trust Me2009 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009290
  4. 4
    All He Saw Was The Girl2011 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011290
  5. 5
    Voices of the DeadHarry Levin #12012 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012292
  6. 6
    Back from the DeadHarry Levin #22013 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013297
  7. 7
    Eyes Closed Tight2014 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014273
  8. 8
    Unknown Remains2016 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016250
  9. 9
    Raylan Goes to DetroitRaylan Givens #52018 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018320
  10. 10
    Sweet Dreams2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Peter Leonard 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.

Harry Levin in order

2 books
  1. 1. Voices of the Dead
  2. 2. Back from the Dead

Raylan Givens in order

1 book
  1. 5. Raylan Goes to Detroit

Standalone books

7 books

7 Peter Leonard titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peter Leonard books in order?

You only need to read Peter Leonard books in order within the Harry Levin series, which holds 2 of the 10 Peter Leonard books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Peter Leonard

Start with Am I a Man (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter Leonard book?

Sweet Dreams (2022) is the newest Peter Leonard book released so far.

Is there a new Peter Leonard book coming?

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

Peter Leonard at a glance

Paused
No new Peter Leonard title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Peter Leonard books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,415 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter Leonard books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Peter Leonard books are about

9 of the 10 Peter Leonard 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 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.