Tony Dunbar Books in Order
Tony Dunbar has written 16 books, published between 1994 and 2022. The first book is Crooked Man (1994) and the newest is The Story of the Sarasota Assassination Society (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 11 of the 16 books listed here are in the Tubby Dubonnet series, which has its own page: Tubby Dubonnet books in order.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1994–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,966 in 9 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,966 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.
Tony Dunbar is the creator of Tubby Dubonnet, the fictitious character behind one of two Dunbar series; the other is Florida Fables. Subjects on the listing include lawyers, New Orleans, Louisiana, bank robberies, Carnival and Hurricane Katrina. The catalogue lists 16 books starting with Crooked Man (1994), followed by City of Beads (1996) and Shelter from the Storm (1997). Tubby Meets Katrina (2006) comes later, and The Story of the Sarasota Assassination Society (2022) is the newest.
How many Tony Dunbar books are there?
Tony Dunbar has 16 books, released between 1994 and 2022. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Tony Dunbar Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Tony Dunbar 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.
- 119942081/4
- 219962561/4
- 319972241/4
- 419972091/4
- 519982301/4
- 619992271/4
- 720062241/4
- 82012–1/4
- 9The Battle of New Orleans2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 1020152281/4
- 11Hard-Boiled Dudes2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 1220161601/4
- 13Murder Most Legal2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 14New Orleans Festival of Murder2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 152017–1/4
- 162022–1/4
Tony Dunbar series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Tubby Dubonnet books in order 11 books
Tony Dunbar 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.
Florida Fables in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Tony Dunbar titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tony Dunbar books in order?
You only need to read Tony Dunbar books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Tony Dunbar
Start with Crooked Man (1994), the first Tubby Dubonnet book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Tony Dunbar book?
The Story of the Sarasota Assassination Society (2022) is the newest Tony Dunbar book released so far.
Is there a new Tony Dunbar book coming?
No next Tony Dunbar book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tony Dunbar at a glance
- Paused
- No new Tony Dunbar title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Tony Dunbar books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,966 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tony Dunbar books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tony Dunbar books are about
7 of the 16 Tony Dunbar books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: louisiana is tagged on 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Louisiana 6 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 7 books
- Dubonnet, tubby (fictitious character) 5 of 7 books
- Lawyers 5 of 7 books
- New Orleans (La.) 5 of 7 books
- Tubby Dubonnet (Fictitious character) 3 of 7 books