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Billy Bob Holland Books in Order

Billy Bob Holland by James Lee Burke contains 4 books, published between 1997 and 2004. The first book is Cimarron Rose (1997) and the newest is In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
1997–2004
Confirmed
4 of 4 titles
Pages on record
1,182 in 3 of 4 books
Reading time
20–30 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,182 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.

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Four novels make up Billy Bob Holland, James Lee Burke's series about a lawyer who also works as a private investigator. Cimarron Rose opened it in 1997, followed by Heartwood (1999), Bitterroot (2001) and In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004). Murder trials, fathers and sons, and the wider Holland family, Hackberry Holland included, carry the books. The run is complete at four.

How many Billy Bob Holland books are there?

Billy Bob Holland has 4 books, released between 1997 and 2004.

Billy Bob Holland Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Billy Bob Holland 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 Heartwood by James Lee Burke, book 2 of the Billy Bob Holland series (1999)
  2. Cover of Bitterroot by James Lee Burke, book 3 of the Billy Bob Holland series (2001)
  3. Cover of In the Moon of Red Ponies by James Lee Burke, book 4 of the Billy Bob Holland series (2004)
  1. 1
    Cimarron Rose1997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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  2. 2
    Heartwood1999 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999390
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  3. 3
    Bitterroot2001 · 470 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001470
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  4. 4
    In the Moon of Red Ponies2004 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004322
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Is there a chronological order for Billy Bob Holland?

No separate chronological order is on record for Billy Bob Holland, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Billy Bob Holland books in order?

You should read the Billy Bob Holland books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Billy Bob Holland book also stands alone.

Where to start with Billy Bob Holland

Start with Cimarron Rose (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Billy Bob Holland book?

In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004) is the newest Billy Bob Holland book released so far.

Is there a new Billy Bob Holland book coming?

No next Billy Bob Holland book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Billy Bob Holland at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Billy Bob Holland title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Billy Bob Holland books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,182 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 390 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Billy Bob Holland books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2000s.

What the Billy Bob Holland books are about

All 4 Billy Bob Holland books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by James Lee Burke

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Billy Bob Holland books

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

Other series by James Lee Burke

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