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Roger L. Simon Books in Order

Roger L. Simon has written 17 books, published between 1970 and 2026. The first book is The Mama Tass Manifesto (1970) and the newest is EMET (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1970–2026
Pages on record
1,822 in 9 of 17 books
Reading time
30–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,822 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable Roger L. Simon checklist

Roger L. Simon, born Roger Lichtenberg Simon on November 22, 1943, is an American novelist and screenwriter and the creator of the Moses Wine detective series. The catalogue lists 17 books from The Mama Tass Manifesto (1970) to EMET (2026), including The Big Fix (1973), Wild Turkey (1976), Peking Duck (1979) and California Roll (1985). Subjects include private investigators, Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. Simon has seven produced screenplays and served as CEO of PJ Media, and now holds the title of CEO Emeritus there. Simon has also led the West Coast branch of PEN and sat on the Writers Guild of America board.

How many Roger L. Simon books are there?

Roger L. Simon has 17 books, released between 1970 and 2026. 8 of them belong to the Moses Wine series.

Roger L. Simon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Roger L. Simon 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 The Mama Tass Manifesto by Roger L. Simon (1970)
  2. Cover of Peking Duck by Roger L. Simon, book 3 of the Moses Wine series (1979)
  3. Cover of California Roll by Roger L. Simon, book 4 of the Moses Wine series (1985)
  4. Cover of The Straight Man by Roger L. Simon, book 5 of the Moses Wine series (1986)
  5. Cover of Dead Meet by Roger L. Simon (1988)
  6. Cover of Raising the Dead by Roger L. Simon, book 6 of the Moses Wine series (1988)
  7. Cover of The Lost Coast by Roger L. Simon, book 7 of the Moses Wine series (2000)
  8. Cover of Director's Cut by Roger L. Simon, book 8 of the Moses Wine series (2003)
  9. Cover of Blacklisting Myself by Roger L. Simon (2009)
  1. 1
    The Mama Tass Manifesto1970 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970164
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    The Big FixMoses Wine #11973 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973183
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Wild TurkeyMoses Wine #21976 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976172
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  4. 4
    Peking DuckMoses Wine #31979 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979255
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    California RollMoses Wine #41985 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985200
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Straight ManMoses Wine #51986 · 225 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986225
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Dead Meet1988 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988110
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Raising the DeadMoses Wine #61988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Lost CoastMoses Wine #72000 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Director's CutMoses Wine #82003 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003241
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Blacklisting Myself2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Turning Right at Hollywood and Vine2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    I Know Best2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Goat2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Southbound Train2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    American Refugees2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    EMET2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Roger L. Simon series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Roger L. Simon 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.

Standalone books

9 books

9 Roger L. Simon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Roger L. Simon books in order?

You only need to read Roger L. Simon books in order within the Moses Wine series, which holds 8 of the 17 Roger L. Simon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Roger L. Simon

Start with The Big Fix (1973), the first Moses Wine book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Mama Tass Manifesto (1970).

What is the newest Roger L. Simon book?

EMET (2026) is the newest Roger L. Simon book released so far.

Is there a new Roger L. Simon book coming?

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

Roger L. Simon at a glance

Still publishing
Roger L. Simon published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Roger L. Simon books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,822 pages across the 9 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Roger L. Simon books, 4 of 17, were published in the 1980s.

What the Roger L. Simon books are about

9 of the 17 Roger L. Simon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.