Richard Price Books in Order
Richard Price has written 12 books, published between 1974 and 2024. The first book is The Wanderers (1974) and the newest is Lazarus Man (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
Richard Price also publishes as Harry Brandt.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1974–2024
- Pages on record
- 4,054 in 10 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 68–101 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,054 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Richard Price is an American novelist and screenwriter whose fiction takes on late twentieth-century urban America. The Wanderers (1974) opens a catalogue of 12 books running through Bloodbrothers (1976), Clockers (1992), Freedomland (1998), Samaritan (2003) and Lush Life (2008) to Lazarus Man (2024). Several novels are set in Dempsy, an invented city in northern New Jersey, and The Whites (2015) appeared under the name Harry Brandt. Price has also written for television dramas including The Wire and The Night Of.
How many Richard Price books are there?
Richard Price has 12 books, released between 1974 and 2024.
Richard Price Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Richard Price 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 Wanderers1974 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419742562/4
- 2Bloodbrothers1976 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/419762712/4
- 3Ladies' Man1978 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/419782642/4
- 4The Breaks1983 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/419834462/4
- 5Clockers1992 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/419926082/4
- 6Three Screenplays1993 · 363 pages · confirmed 2/419933632/4
- 7Freedomland1998 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/419986722/4
- 8Samaritan2003 · 377 pages · confirmed 2/420033772/4
- 9Lush Life2008 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/420084642/4
- 10The Whites (As: Harry Brandt)2015 · 333 pages · confirmed 2/420153332/4
- 112018–2/4
- 12Lazarus Man2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
Richard Price 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 Brandt Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
11 books11 Richard Price titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Richard Price books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Richard Price books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Richard Price
Start with The Wanderers (1974), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Richard Price book?
Lazarus Man (2024) is the newest Richard Price book released so far.
Is there a new Richard Price book coming?
No next Richard Price 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 Richard Price has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Richard Price. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- German Crime Fiction Award2016Wonfor The Whites
Richard Price at a glance
- Still publishing
- Richard Price published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Richard Price books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 4,054 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard Price books, 3 of 12, were published in the 1990s.
What the Richard Price books are about
10 of the 12 Richard Price books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 4 of 10 books
- New York (N.Y.) 3 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books
- New York (state) 2 of 10 books