Walter Mosley Books in Order

How many Walter Mosley books are there?

Walter Mosley has 71 books, released between 1990 and 2026. They include 6 series and 33 titles listed outside any series.

Walter Mosley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 71 Walter Mosley books in the order they were released, 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.

Walter Mosley series in order

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

• Easy Rawlins books in order 17 books
• Leonid McGill books in order 7 books
• Fearless Jones books in order 3 books

Walter Mosley 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.

Walter Mosley Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Walter Mosley books run from Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) to Ghalen (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Walter Mosley in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Walter Mosley books in order?

You only need to read Walter Mosley books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Walter Mosley

Start with the first book of the Walter Mosley series you want to read: Easy Rawlins starts with Devil in a Blue Dress (1990), Leonid McGill starts with The Long Fall (2009) and Fearless Jones starts with Fearless Jones (2001). The earliest catalogued title overall is Devil in a Blue Dress (1990).

What is the newest Walter Mosley book?

Ghalen (2026) is the newest Walter Mosley book released so far.

Is there a new Walter Mosley book coming?

No next Walter Mosley 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 Walter Mosley has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 4 nominations for Walter Mosley. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Cartier Diamond Dagger2023Won
• Edgar Awards2019Won
• Langston Hughes Medal2014Won
• Nero Award2004Won
• Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1998Wonfor Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
• CWA New Blood Dagger1991Wonfor Devil in a Blue Dress
• Shamus Award1991Wonfor Devil in a Blue Dress
• Hammett Prize2002Shortlisted
• Locus Award for Best Short Story2002Shortlistedfor Little Brother
• Locus Award for Best Collection2002Shortlistedfor Futureland
• Hammett Prize1992Shortlisted

Walter Mosley at a glance

Still publishing

Walter Mosley published a book as recently as 2026.

Release pace

Walter Mosley books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

12,419 pages across the 48 of 71 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Walter Mosley books, 25 of 71, were published in the 2010s.

What the Walter Mosley books are about

53 of the 71 Walter Mosley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african american men is tagged on 18 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• African American men 18 of 53 books
• Private investigators 16 of 53 books
• Easy Rawlins (Fictitious character) 12 of 53 books
• African Americans 10 of 53 books
• Mystery & detective 8 of 53 books
• Los Angeles (Calif.) 7 of 53 books
• Rawlins, easy (fictitious character) 7 of 53 books
• Leonid McGill (Fictitious character) 5 of 53 books
• New York (N.Y.) 5 of 53 books
• Science fiction 5 of 53 books
• California 4 of 53 books