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Kenzie & Gennaro Books in Order

Kenzie & Gennaro by Dennis Lehane contains 6 books, published between 1994 and 2010. The first book is A Drink Before the War (1994) and the newest is Moonlight Mile (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
1994–2010
Confirmed
6 of 6 titles
Total pages
2,356 across 6 books
Reading time
39–59 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,356 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Kenzie & Gennaro is a hard-boiled detective series by Dennis Lehane built on two private investigators, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Six books run from A Drink Before the War (1994) to Moonlight Mile (2010), with Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) and Prayers for Rain (1999) inside the sequence. Missing persons and family violence are among the listed subjects. Eleven years separate the fifth book from the sixth, and the series is likely complete.

How many Kenzie & Gennaro books are there?

Kenzie & Gennaro has 6 books, released between 1994 and 2010.

Kenzie & Gennaro Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Kenzie & Gennaro 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 A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane, book 1 of the Kenzie & Gennaro series (1994)
  2. Cover of Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane, book 2 of the Kenzie & Gennaro series (1996)
  3. Cover of Sacred by Dennis Lehane, book 3 of the Kenzie & Gennaro series (1997)
  4. Cover of Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane, book 4 of the Kenzie & Gennaro series (1998)
  5. Cover of Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane, book 5 of the Kenzie & Gennaro series (1999)
  6. Cover of Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane, book 6 of the Kenzie & Gennaro series (2010)
  1. 1
    A Drink Before the War1994 · 300 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1994300
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  2. 2
    Darkness, Take My Hand1996 · 511 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1996511
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  3. 3
    Sacred1997 · 383 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1997383
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  4. 4
    Gone, Baby, Gone1998 · 437 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1998437
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  5. 5
    Prayers for Rain1999 · 401 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1999401
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  6. 6
    Moonlight Mile2010 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010324
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Is there a chronological order for Kenzie & Gennaro?

No separate chronological order is on record for Kenzie & Gennaro, 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 Kenzie & Gennaro books in order?

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

Where to start with Kenzie & Gennaro

Start with A Drink Before the War (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kenzie & Gennaro book?

Moonlight Mile (2010) is the newest Kenzie & Gennaro book released so far.

Is there a new Kenzie & Gennaro book coming?

No next Kenzie & Gennaro 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 Kenzie & Gennaro has won

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

Kenzie & Gennaro at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kenzie & Gennaro title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kenzie & Gennaro books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,356 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 392 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kenzie & Gennaro books, 5 of 6, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
5 of the 6 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Kenzie & Gennaro books are about

All 6 Kenzie & Gennaro books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: angela gennaro (fictitious character) is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Dennis Lehane

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