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Easy Rawlins Books in Order

Easy Rawlins by Walter Mosley contains 17 books, published between 1990 and 2025. The first book is Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) and the newest is Gray Dawn (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1990–2025
Pages on record
3,952 in 13 of 17 books
Reading time
66–99 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,952 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable Easy Rawlins checklist

Easy Rawlins is the Los Angeles private investigator at the centre of Walter Mosley's crime series. Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) opens 17 catalogued books that reach Gray Dawn in 2025, with A Red Death, White Butterfly and Black Betty among the early entries. African American men, detection and California are the recurring subjects. The 1990s were the busiest stretch, at 312 pages a book.

How many Easy Rawlins books are there?

Easy Rawlins has 17 books, released between 1990 and 2025.

Easy Rawlins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Easy Rawlins 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.

  1. Cover of Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, book 1 of the Easy Rawlins series (1990)
  2. Cover of A Red Death by Walter Mosley, book 2 of the Easy Rawlins series (1991)
  3. Cover of Black Betty by Walter Mosley, book 4 of the Easy Rawlins series (1994)
  4. Cover of A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley, book 5 of the Easy Rawlins series (1996)
  5. Cover of Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley, book 6 of the Easy Rawlins series (1997)
  6. Cover of Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley, book 8 of the Easy Rawlins series (2003)
  7. Cover of Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley, book 9 of the Easy Rawlins series (2004)
  8. Cover of Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley, book 10 of the Easy Rawlins series (2005)
  9. Cover of Little Green by Walter Mosley, book 12 of the Easy Rawlins series (2013)
  10. Cover of Rose Gold by Walter Mosley, book 13 of the Easy Rawlins series (2014)
  11. Cover of Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley, book 14 of the Easy Rawlins series (2016)
  12. Cover of Blood Grove by Walter Mosley, book 15 of the Easy Rawlins series (2021)
  1. 1
    Devil in a Blue Dress1990 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990263
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  2. 2
    A Red Death1991 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991312
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  3. 3
    White Butterfly1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  4. 4
    Black Betty1994 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994288
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  5. 5
    A Little Yellow Dog1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996384
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  6. 6
    Gone Fishin'1997 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997199
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  7. 7
    Bad Boy Brawly Brown2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001320
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  8. 8
    Six Easy Pieces2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003288
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  9. 9
    Little Scarlet2004 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004306
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  10. 10
    Cinnamon Kiss2005 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005312
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  11. 11
    Blonde Faith2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  12. 12
    Little Green2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013304
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  13. 13
    Rose Gold2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014320
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  14. 14
    Charcoal Joe2016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016320
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  15. 15
    Blood Grove2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021336
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  16. 16
    Farewell, Amethystine2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  17. 17
    Gray Dawn2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Easy Rawlins Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Easy Rawlins books run from Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) to Gray Dawn (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Easy Rawlins in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Easy Rawlins books in order?

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

Where to start with Easy Rawlins

Start with Devil in a Blue Dress (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Easy Rawlins book?

Gray Dawn (2025) is the newest Easy Rawlins book released so far.

Is there a new Easy Rawlins book coming?

No next Easy Rawlins 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 Easy Rawlins has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Easy Rawlins. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Easy Rawlins at a glance

Still running
Easy Rawlins is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Easy Rawlins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,952 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Easy Rawlins books, 6 of 17, were published in the 1990s.

What the Easy Rawlins books are about

13 of the 17 Easy Rawlins 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 10 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Walter Mosley

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

Other series by Walter Mosley

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