Dave Robicheaux Books in Order
Dave Robicheaux by James Lee Burke contains 25 books, published between 1987 and 2026. The first book is The Neon Rain (1987) and the newest is The Hadacol Boogie (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1987–2026
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,982 in 21 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 150–225 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,982 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Dave Robicheaux is the Louisiana detective at the centre of James Lee Burke's hard-boiled crime series. The Neon Rain (1987) opens a run of 25 books that reaches The Hadacol Boogie in 2026. New Iberia and the wider Louisiana landscape supply the setting, with race relations and organized crime among the recurring subjects. Books run 447 pages at the median, and the 2000s are the busiest decade.
How many Dave Robicheaux books are there?
Dave Robicheaux has 25 books, released between 1987 and 2026.
Dave Robicheaux Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Dave Robicheaux 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.
- 1The Neon Rain1987 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/419873203/4
- 2Heaven's Prisoners1988 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/419883203/4
- 3Black Cherry Blues1989 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/419893263/4
- 4A Morning for Flamingos1990 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/419903843/4
- 5A Stained White Radiance1992 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/419924644/4
- 6In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead1993 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/419934163/4
- 7Dixie City Jam1994 · 502 pages · confirmed 4/419945024/4
- 8Burning Angel1995 · 447 pages · confirmed 3/419954473/4
- 9Cadillac Jukebox1996 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/419964644/4
- 10Sunset Limited1996 · 387 pages · confirmed 4/419963874/4
- 11Purple Cane Road2000 · 387 pages · confirmed 4/420003874/4
- 12Jolie Blon's Bounce2002 · 449 pages · confirmed 3/420024493/4
- 13Last Car to Elysian Fields2003 · confirmed 3/42003–3/4
- 14Crusader's Cross2005 · 483 pages · confirmed 4/420054834/4
- 15Pegasus Descending2006 · 487 pages · confirmed 4/420064874/4
- 16The Tin Roof Blowdown2007 · 373 pages · confirmed 3/420073733/4
- 17Swan Peak2008 · 402 pages · confirmed 3/420084023/4
- 18The Glass Rainbow2010 · confirmed 4/42010–4/4
- 19Creole Belle2012 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/420125283/4
- 20Light of the World2013 · 548 pages · confirmed 3/420135483/4
- 21Robicheaux2018 · 447 pages · confirmed 3/420184473/4
- 22The New Iberia Blues2019 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/420194643/4
- 23A Private Cathedral2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/420203843/4
- 24Clete2024 · confirmed 4/42024–4/4
- 25The Hadacol Boogie2026 · confirmed 4/42026–4/4
Dave Robicheaux Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Dave Robicheaux books run from The Neon Rain (1987) to The Hadacol Boogie (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Dave Robicheaux in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Dave Robicheaux books in order?
You should read the Dave Robicheaux books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Dave Robicheaux book also stands alone.
Where to start with Dave Robicheaux
Start with The Neon Rain (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dave Robicheaux book?
The Hadacol Boogie (2026) is the newest Dave Robicheaux book released so far.
Is there a new Dave Robicheaux book coming?
No next Dave Robicheaux 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 Dave Robicheaux has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Dave Robicheaux. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1992Wonfor Black Cherry Blues
Dave Robicheaux at a glance
- Still running
- Dave Robicheaux is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Dave Robicheaux books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,982 pages across the 21 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 447 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dave Robicheaux books, 7 of 25, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 10 of the 25 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Dave Robicheaux books are about
21 of the 25 Dave Robicheaux books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: robicheaux, dave (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Robicheaux, dave (fictitious character) 14 of 21 books
- Private investigators 13 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 21 books
- Louisiana 7 of 21 books
- Police 7 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 5 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 21 books
- New iberia (la.) 4 of 21 books
- Good and evil 2 of 21 books
- Organized crime 2 of 21 books
More books by James Lee Burke
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Other series by James Lee Burke
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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