Moses Wine Books in Order
Moses Wine by Roger L. Simon contains 8 books, published between 1973 and 2003. The first book is The Big Fix (1973) and the newest is Director's Cut (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1973–2003
- Pages on record
- 1,548 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 26–39 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,548 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Moses Wine is a private investigator and the fictitious character at the heart of Roger L. Simon's detective series, with Los Angeles and California among its subject records. Those records also tag the books as humorous and the detective as left-wing. The 8 titles cover 30 years, from The Big Fix (1973) to Director's Cut (2003), with Wild Turkey (1976), Peking Duck (1979), California Roll (1985), The Straight Man (1986), Raising the Dead (1988) and The Lost Coast (2000) between them. Simon is credited on all 8.
How many Moses Wine books are there?
Moses Wine has 8 books, released between 1973 and 2003.
Moses Wine Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Moses Wine 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.
- 1The Big Fix1973 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/419731831/4
- 2Wild Turkey1976 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/419761721/4
- 3Peking Duck1979 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/419792551/4
- 4California Roll1985 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/419852001/4
- 5The Straight Man1986 · 225 pages · confirmed 1/419862251/4
- 6Raising the Dead1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 7The Lost Coast2000 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420002721/4
- 8Director's Cut2003 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/420032411/4
Is there a chronological order for Moses Wine?
No separate chronological order is on record for Moses Wine, 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 Moses Wine books in order?
You should read the Moses Wine books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Moses Wine book also stands alone.
Where to start with Moses Wine
Start with The Big Fix (1973), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Moses Wine book?
Director's Cut (2003) is the newest Moses Wine book released so far.
Is there a new Moses Wine book coming?
No next Moses Wine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Moses Wine at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Moses Wine title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Moses Wine books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,548 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 225 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Moses Wine books, 3 of 8, were published in the 1980s.
What the Moses Wine books are about
7 of the 8 Moses Wine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 6 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 7 books
- Wine, moses (fictitious character) 3 of 7 books
- Fiction in English 2 of 7 books
More books by Roger L. Simon
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Roger L. Simon books in order 17 books