Order of James Sallis Books

James Sallis is an American writer renowned for creating the Lew Griffin book series. He is also the author of "Drive," which was adapted into a film that received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival. Sallis grew up in Arkansas along the Mississippi River. His brother, John, is a philosopher and has authored several books. Besides writing, James has served as a reviewer for various periodicals throughout the years. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for excellence in crime literature, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière.

James Sallis became a published novelist in 1972 with the novel Orbit 11. Below is a list of James Sallis's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Lew Griffin Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Long-Legged Fly	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Moth	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Hornet	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eye of the Cricket	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bluebottle	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ghost of a Flea	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Turner Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Cypress Grove	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cripple Creek	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Salt River	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Drive Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Drive	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Driven	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Renderings	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Will Have Your Eyes	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Killer Is Dying	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Others of My Kind	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Willnot	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sarah Jane	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
More Light	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What You Were Fighting For	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Sorrow's Kitchen Poems	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time's Hammers: The Collected Short Fiction of James Sallis	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A City Equal to My Desire	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Limits of the Sensible World	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Potato Tree	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rain's Eagerness	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Night's Gonna Catch Me Here	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Night's Pardons	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dayenu and Other Stories	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bright Segments: The Complete Short Fiction	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Guitar Players: One Instrument and Its Masters in American Music	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ash of Stars	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Difficult Lives	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gently into the Land of the Meateaters	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chester Himes: A Life	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Difficult Lives Hitching Rides	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Orbit 11	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Worlds 6	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lone Star Universe	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Whispers	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 104 Number 2, February 2003	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Breaking Windows	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Phoenix Noir	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Talebones	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Books to Die For	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Borderland Noir	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Highway Kind	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bound by Mystery	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ten Year Stretch	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ink and Daggers	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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