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Henry Rios Mysteries Books in Order

Henry Rios Mysteries by Michael Nava contains 9 books, published between 1986 and 2021. The first book is Lay Your Sleeping Head / The Little Death (1986) and the newest is Lies With Man (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1986–2021
Pages on record
2,317 in 7 of 9 books
Reading time
39–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,317 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

See all 9 books in order Printable Henry Rios Mysteries checklist

Henry Rios Mysteries is a mystery series by Michael Nava built around Henry Rios, logged in the subject headings as a fictitious character alongside gay detectives, gay men, Mexican Americans, attorney and client, murder and investigation. The headings also record LGBTQ mystery and the Lambda Literary Awards. Nine books run from Lay Your Sleeping Head / The Little Death (1986) to Lies With Man (2021), with an eighteen-year gap between Rag and Bone (2001) and Carved in Bone (2019). Michael Nava is credited on every title, and the seven books with a recorded length reach a median of 335 pages.

How many Henry Rios Mysteries books are there?

Henry Rios Mysteries has 9 books, released between 1986 and 2021.

Henry Rios Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Henry Rios Mysteries 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 Lay Your Sleeping Head / The Little Death by Michael Nava, book 1 of the Henry Rios Mysteries series (1986)
  2. Cover of Goldenboy by Michael Nava, book 2 of the Henry Rios Mysteries series (1988)
  3. Cover of The Death of Friends by Michael Nava, book 5 of the Henry Rios Mysteries series (1996)
  4. Cover of The Burning Plain by Michael Nava, book 6 of the Henry Rios Mysteries series (1997)
  5. Cover of Rag and Bone by Michael Nava, book 7 of the Henry Rios Mysteries series (2001)
  6. Cover of Carved in Bone by Michael Nava, book 8 of the Henry Rios Mysteries series (2019)
  1. 1
    Lay Your Sleeping Head / The Little Death1986 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986344
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  2. 2
    Goldenboy1988 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988216
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  3. 3
    Howtown1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    The Hidden Law1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  5. 5
    The Death of Friends1996 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996310
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  6. 6
    The Burning Plain1997 · 461 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997461
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  7. 7
    Rag and Bone2001 · 335 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001335
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  8. 8
    Carved in Bone2019 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019369
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  9. 9
    Lies With Man2021 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021282
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Is there a chronological order for Henry Rios Mysteries?

No separate chronological order is on record for Henry Rios Mysteries, 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 Henry Rios Mysteries books in order?

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

Where to start with Henry Rios Mysteries

Start with Lay Your Sleeping Head / The Little Death (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Henry Rios Mysteries book?

Lies With Man (2021) is the newest Henry Rios Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Henry Rios Mysteries book coming?

No next Henry Rios Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Henry Rios Mysteries at a glance

Paused
No new Henry Rios Mysteries title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Henry Rios Mysteries books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,317 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 335 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Henry Rios Mysteries books, 4 of 9, were published in the 1990s.

What the Henry Rios Mysteries books are about

8 of the 9 Henry Rios Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gay men is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Gay men 7 of 8 books
  • Mexican Americans 6 of 8 books
  • Henry Rios (Fictitious character) 5 of 8 books
  • LGBTQ mystery 4 of 8 books
  • Lambda Literary Awards 3 of 8 books
  • Attorney and client 2 of 8 books
  • Crimes against 2 of 8 books
  • Lambda Literary Award Winner 2 of 8 books
  • Mystery & detective 2 of 8 books

More books by Michael Nava

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