Hap & Leonard Books in Order
There are 25 Hap & Leonard books, published between 1990 and 2026. The first book is Savage Season (1990) and the newest is Petrified Dreams (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1990–2026
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,290 in 18 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 72–107 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,290 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are the two private investigators of Joe R. Lansdale's Hap & Leonard series. The series is set in Texas and mixes murder investigation, suspense and martial arts. Savage Season (1990) opens the run of 25 books, followed by Mucho Mojo (1994) and The Two-Bear Mambo (1995). Joe R. Lansdale is credited on 24 of them and Andrew Vachss on 1. Petrified Dreams (2026) is the newest title, and Hap & Leonard is ongoing.
How many Hap & Leonard books are there?
Hap & Leonard has 25 books, released between 1990 and 2026.
Hap & Leonard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Hap & 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.
- 119903203/4
- 219943083/4
- 319952733/4
- 419972923/4
- 519982393/4
- 619991643/4
- 720013363/4
- 820092563/4
- 920102053/4
- 1020111003/4
- 1120121023/4
- 1220153403/4
- 1320162303/4
- 142016–3/4
- 1520172343/4
- 162017883/4
- 1720172753/4
- 182017–3/4
- 1920182723/4
- 2020192563/4
- 212020–3/4
- 222022–3/4
- 232024–3/4
- 242025–3/4
- 252026–3/4
Do you have to read Hap & Leonard books in order?
You should read the Hap & Leonard books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Hap & Leonard book also stands alone.
Where to start with Hap & Leonard
Start with Savage Season (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Hap & Leonard book?
Petrified Dreams (2026) is the newest Hap & Leonard book released so far.
Is there a new Hap & Leonard book coming?
No next Hap & 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.
Award nominations for Hap & Leonard
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Hap & Leonard. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel1990Shortlistedfor Savage Season
Hap & Leonard at a glance
- Still running
- Hap & Leonard is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Hap & Leonard books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,290 pages across the 18 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hap & Leonard books, 12 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 25 titles, 24 are credited to Joe R. Lansdale and 1 to Andrew Vachss.
What the Hap & Leonard books are about
15 of the 25 Hap & Leonard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: leonard pine (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Leonard Pine (Fictitious character) 12 of 15 books
- Hap Collins (Fictitious character) 11 of 15 books
- Collins, hap (fictitious character) 8 of 15 books
- Pine, leonard (fictitious character) 8 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 15 books
- Texas 7 of 15 books
- African American men 3 of 15 books
- Investigation 2 of 15 books
- Murder 2 of 15 books
- Private investigators 2 of 15 books
- Suspense 2 of 15 books
Series that include Hap & Leonard books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hap and Leonard books in order 22 books