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James W. Hall

American author James W. Hall is best known for the Thorn thriller series set in the Florida Keys. A poet and professor, his novels have garnered critical acclaim and multiple Edgar Award nominations. This page provides the James W. Hall books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1987Under Cover of DaylightPOoTB · 1Buy ↗

1989Tropical FreezePOoTB · 2Buy ↗

1990Paper ProductsPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

1991Bones of CoralPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1992Hard AgroundPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

1994Mean High TidePOoTB · 3Buy ↗

1995Gone WildPOoTB · 4Buy ↗

1996Buzz CutPOoTB · 5Buy ↗

1997Red Sky at NightPOoTB · 6Buy ↗

1998Body LanguagePOoSN · 3Buy ↗

2000Rough DraftPOoSN · 4Buy ↗

2002San Francisco NoirPOoANB · 1Buy ↗

2002Hot Damn!POoNB · 1Buy ↗

2002Blackwater SoundPOoTB · 7Buy ↗

2003Seattle NoirPOoANB · 2Buy ↗

2003Bronx NoirPOoANB · 3Buy ↗

2003Off the ChartPOoTB · 8Buy ↗

2004Brooklyn NoirPOoANB · 4Buy ↗

2004Hasidic NoirPOoANB · 5Buy ↗

2004Forests of the NightPOoSN · 5Buy ↗

2005Brooklyn Noir 2POoANB · 6Buy ↗

2005Chicago NoirPOoANB · 7Buy ↗

2005Dublin NoirPOoANB · 8Buy ↗

2006Manhattan NoirPOoANB · 9Buy ↗

2006Miami NoirPOoANB · 10Buy ↗

2006D.C. NoirPOoANB · 11Buy ↗

2006Baltimore NoirPOoANB · 12Buy ↗

2006Twin Cities NoirPOoANB · 13Buy ↗

2006London NoirPOoANB · 14Buy ↗

2007Magic CityPOoTB · 9Buy ↗

2007New Orleans NoirPOoANB · 15Buy ↗

2007Los Angeles NoirPOoANB · 16Buy ↗

2007Wall Street NoirPOoANB · 17Buy ↗

2007Havana NoirPOoANB · 18Buy ↗

2007Detroit NoirPOoANB · 19Buy ↗

2008Hell's BayPOoTB · 10Buy ↗

2008Queens NoirPOoANB · 20Buy ↗

2008Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the TruthPOoANB · 21Buy ↗

2008Toronto NoirPOoANB · 22Buy ↗

2008Las Vegas NoirPOoANB · 23Buy ↗

2008Trinidad NoirPOoANB · 24Buy ↗

2008D.C. Noir 2POoANB · 25Buy ↗

2008Manhattan Noir 2POoANB · 26Buy ↗

2008Paris NoirPOoANB · 27Buy ↗

2008Istanbul NoirPOoANB · 28Buy ↗

2009SilencerPOoTB · 11Buy ↗

2009Boston NoirPOoANB · 29Buy ↗

2009Rome NoirPOoANB · 30Buy ↗

2009San Francisco Noir 2POoANB · 31Buy ↗

2009Portland NoirPOoANB · 32Buy ↗

2009Delhi NoirPOoANB · 33Buy ↗

2009Phoenix NoirPOoANB · 34Buy ↗

2010Los Angeles Noir 2POoANB · 35Buy ↗

2010Mexico City NoirPOoANB · 36Buy ↗

2010Richmond NoirPOoANB · 37Buy ↗

2010Orange County NoirPOoANB · 38Buy ↗

2010Indian Country NoirPOoANB · 39Buy ↗

2010Moscow NoirPOoANB · 40Buy ↗

2010Lone Star NoirPOoANB · 41Buy ↗

2010Philadelphia NoirPOoANB · 42Buy ↗

2010Haiti NoirPOoANB · 43Buy ↗

2010Copenhagen NoirPOoANB · 44Buy ↗

2011Over Exposure and Six Other StoriesPOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

2011All My PwoblemsPOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

2011Dead LastPOoTB · 12Buy ↗

2011Pittsburgh NoirPOoANB · 45Buy ↗

2011San Diego NoirPOoANB · 46Buy ↗

2011Barcelona NoirPOoANB · 47Buy ↗

2011Cape Cod NoirPOoANB · 48Buy ↗

2011New Jersey NoirPOoANB · 49Buy ↗

2012The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen)POoBB · 1Buy ↗

2012Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box)POoBB · 2Buy ↗

2012Hit LitPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

2012The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman)POoBB · 3Buy ↗

2012The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille)POoBB · 4Buy ↗

2012An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver)POoBB · 5Buy ↗

2012Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link)POoBB · 6Buy ↗

2012Staten Island NoirPOoANB · 50Buy ↗

2012Mumbai NoirPOoANB · 51Buy ↗

2012Long Island NoirPOoANB · 52Buy ↗

2012Venice NoirPOoANB · 53Buy ↗

2012Kingston NoirPOoANB · 54Buy ↗

2012St. Petersburg NoirPOoANB · 55Buy ↗

2012Kansas City NoirPOoANB · 56Buy ↗

2012Boston Noir 2POoANB · 57Buy ↗

2013The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner)POoBB · 7Buy ↗

2013Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell)POoBB · 8Buy ↗

2013The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor)POoBB · 9Buy ↗

2013The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)POoBB · 10Buy ↗

2013Going DarkPOoTB · 13Buy ↗

2013USA NoirPOoANB · 58Buy ↗

2013Manila NoirPOoANB · 59Buy ↗

2013Buffalo NoirPOoANB · 60Buy ↗

2013Dallas NoirPOoANB · 61Buy ↗

2013Haiti Noir 2POoANB · 62Buy ↗

2014The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson)POoBB · 11Buy ↗

2014What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook)POoBB · 12Buy ↗

2014Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey)POoBB · 13Buy ↗

2014The Big FinishPOoTB · 14Buy ↗

2014The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine)POoBB · 14Buy ↗

2014The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye)POoBB · 15Buy ↗

2014Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman)POoBB · 16Buy ↗

2014The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow)POoBB · 17Buy ↗

2014It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)POoBB · 18Buy ↗

2014The Scroll(By: Anne Perry)POoBB · 19Buy ↗

2014Singapore NoirPOoANB · 63Buy ↗

2014Prison NoirPOoANB · 64Buy ↗

2014Tel Aviv NoirPOoANB · 65Buy ↗

2014Tehran NoirPOoANB · 66Buy ↗

2014Belfast NoirPOoANB · 67Buy ↗

2014Helsinki NoirPOoANB · 68Buy ↗

2014Rio NoirPOoANB · 69Buy ↗

2015The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry)POoBB · 20Buy ↗

2015The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott)POoBB · 21Buy ↗

2015Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady)POoBB · 22Buy ↗

2015Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates)POoBB · 23Buy ↗

2015Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina)POoBB · 24Buy ↗

2015From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart)POoBB · 25Buy ↗

2015Providence NoirPOoANB · 70Buy ↗

2015Chicago Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 71Buy ↗

2015Memphis NoirPOoANB · 72Buy ↗

2015Zagreb NoirPOoANB · 73Buy ↗

2015Marseille NoirPOoANB · 74Buy ↗

2015Beirut NoirPOoANB · 75Buy ↗

2016The HazePOoSS · 1Buy ↗

2016The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin)POoBB · 26Buy ↗

2016Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter)POoBB · 27Buy ↗

2016Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler)POoBB · 28Buy ↗

2016Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey)POoBB · 29Buy ↗

2016New Orleans Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 76Buy ↗

2016Stockholm NoirPOoANB · 77Buy ↗

2016Brussels NoirPOoANB · 78Buy ↗

2016Mississippi NoirPOoANB · 79Buy ↗

2016St. Louis NoirPOoANB · 80Buy ↗

2016Prague NoirPOoANB · 81Buy ↗

2016San Juan NoirPOoANB · 82Buy ↗

2017When They Come for YouPOoHMB · 1Buy ↗

2017Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale)POoBB · 31Buy ↗

2017Oakland NoirPOoANB · 83Buy ↗

2017Trinidad Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 84Buy ↗

2017Atlanta NoirPOoANB · 85Buy ↗

2017New Haven NoirPOoANB · 86Buy ↗

2017Montana NoirPOoANB · 87Buy ↗

2017Buenos Aires NoirPOoANB · 88Buy ↗

2017Montreal NoirPOoANB · 89Buy ↗

2018When You Can't StopPOoHMB · 2Buy ↗

2018The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd)POoBB · 32Buy ↗

2018Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson)POoBB · 33Buy ↗

2018The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler)POoBB · 34Buy ↗

2018The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta)POoBB · 35Buy ↗

2018The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly)POoBB · 36Buy ↗

2018Berlin NoirPOoANB · 90Buy ↗

2018S�o Paulo NoirPOoANB · 91Buy ↗

2018Santa Cruz NoirPOoANB · 92Buy ↗

2018Lagos NoirPOoANB · 93Buy ↗

2018Marrakech NoirPOoANB · 94Buy ↗

2018Baghdad NoirPOoANB · 95Buy ↗

2018Vancouver NoirPOoANB · 96Buy ↗

2018Sydney NoirPOoANB · 97Buy ↗

2018Hong Kong NoirPOoANB · 98Buy ↗

2019Amsterdam NoirPOoANB · 99Buy ↗

2019Milwaukee NoirPOoANB · 100Buy ↗

2019Houston NoirPOoANB · 101Buy ↗

2020Bad AxePOoTB · 15Buy ↗

2020The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler)POoBB · 37Buy ↗

2020Nairobi NoirPOoANB · 102Buy ↗

2020Columbus NoirPOoANB · 103Buy ↗

2020Santa Fe NoirPOoANB · 104Buy ↗

2020Alabama NoirPOoANB · 105Buy ↗

2020Berkeley NoirPOoANB · 106Buy ↗

2020Addis Ababa NoirPOoANB · 107Buy ↗

2020Tampa Bay NoirPOoANB · 108Buy ↗

2020Miami Noir: The ClassicsPOoANB · 109Buy ↗

2020Accra NoirPOoANB · 110Buy ↗

2020Belgrade NoirPOoANB · 111Buy ↗

2021Palm Springs NoirPOoANB · 112Buy ↗

2022TricksterPOoTB · 16Buy ↗

2022The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards)POoBB · 38Buy ↗

2022The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger)POoBB · 39Buy ↗

2022The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson)POoBB · 40Buy ↗

2022Paris Noir: The SuburbsPOoANB · 113Buy ↗

2022Denver NoirPOoANB · 114Buy ↗

2022South Central NoirPOoANB · 115Buy ↗

2023Cleveland NoirPOoANB · 116Buy ↗

2023East Jerusalem NoirPOoANB · 117Buy ↗

2023West Jerusalem NoirPOoANB · 118Buy ↗

2024Stare DownPOoTB · 17Buy ↗

2024Honolulu NoirPOoANB · 119Buy ↗

2025Sacramento NoirPOoANB · 120Buy ↗

2025Hamburg NoirPOoANB · 121Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Standalone Novels5 books · 1991–2004

01Bones of Coral1991Buy ↗

02Hard Aground1992Buy ↗

03Body Language1998Buy ↗

04Rough Draft2000Buy ↗

05Forests of the Night2004Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books2 books · 2002–2012

01Hot Damn!2002Buy ↗

02Hit Lit2012Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Story Collections3 books · 1990–2011

01Paper Products1990Buy ↗

02Over Exposure and Six Other Stories2011Buy ↗

03All My Pwoblems2011Buy ↗

Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books121 books · 2002–2025

01San Francisco Noir2002Buy ↗

02Seattle Noir2003Buy ↗

03Bronx Noir2003Buy ↗

04Brooklyn Noir2004Buy ↗

05Hasidic Noir2004Buy ↗

06Brooklyn Noir 22005Buy ↗

07Chicago Noir2005Buy ↗

08Dublin Noir2005Buy ↗

09Manhattan Noir2006Buy ↗

10Miami Noir2006Buy ↗

11D.C. Noir2006Buy ↗

12Baltimore Noir2006Buy ↗

13Twin Cities Noir2006Buy ↗

14London Noir2006Buy ↗

15New Orleans Noir2007Buy ↗

16Los Angeles Noir2007Buy ↗

17Wall Street Noir2007Buy ↗

18Havana Noir2007Buy ↗

19Detroit Noir2007Buy ↗

20Queens Noir2008Buy ↗

21Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth2008Buy ↗

22Toronto Noir2008Buy ↗

23Las Vegas Noir2008Buy ↗

24Trinidad Noir2008Buy ↗

25D.C. Noir 22008Buy ↗

26Manhattan Noir 22008Buy ↗

27Paris Noir2008Buy ↗

28Istanbul Noir2008Buy ↗

29Boston Noir2009Buy ↗

30Rome Noir2009Buy ↗

31San Francisco Noir 22009Buy ↗

32Portland Noir2009Buy ↗

33Delhi Noir2009Buy ↗

34Phoenix Noir2009Buy ↗

35Los Angeles Noir 22010Buy ↗

36Mexico City Noir2010Buy ↗

37Richmond Noir2010Buy ↗

38Orange County Noir2010Buy ↗

39Indian Country Noir2010Buy ↗

40Moscow Noir2010Buy ↗

41Lone Star Noir2010Buy ↗

42Philadelphia Noir2010Buy ↗

43Haiti Noir2010Buy ↗

44Copenhagen Noir2010Buy ↗

45Pittsburgh Noir2011Buy ↗

46San Diego Noir2011Buy ↗

47Barcelona Noir2011Buy ↗

48Cape Cod Noir2011Buy ↗

49New Jersey Noir2011Buy ↗

50Staten Island Noir2012Buy ↗

51Mumbai Noir2012Buy ↗

52Long Island Noir2012Buy ↗

53Venice Noir2012Buy ↗

54Kingston Noir2012Buy ↗

55St. Petersburg Noir2012Buy ↗

56Kansas City Noir2012Buy ↗

57Boston Noir 22012Buy ↗

58USA Noir2013Buy ↗

59Manila Noir2013Buy ↗

60Buffalo Noir2013Buy ↗

61Dallas Noir2013Buy ↗

62Haiti Noir 22013Buy ↗

63Singapore Noir2014Buy ↗

64Prison Noir2014Buy ↗

65Tel Aviv Noir2014Buy ↗

66Tehran Noir2014Buy ↗

67Belfast Noir2014Buy ↗

68Helsinki Noir2014Buy ↗

69Rio Noir2014Buy ↗

70Providence Noir2015Buy ↗

71Chicago Noir: The Classics2015Buy ↗

72Memphis Noir2015Buy ↗

73Zagreb Noir2015Buy ↗

74Marseille Noir2015Buy ↗

75Beirut Noir2015Buy ↗

76New Orleans Noir: The Classics2016Buy ↗

77Stockholm Noir2016Buy ↗

78Brussels Noir2016Buy ↗

79Mississippi Noir2016Buy ↗

80St. Louis Noir2016Buy ↗

81Prague Noir2016Buy ↗

82San Juan Noir2016Buy ↗

83Oakland Noir2017Buy ↗

84Trinidad Noir: The Classics2017Buy ↗

85Atlanta Noir2017Buy ↗

86New Haven Noir2017Buy ↗

87Montana Noir2017Buy ↗

88Buenos Aires Noir2017Buy ↗

89Montreal Noir2017Buy ↗

90Berlin Noir2018Buy ↗

91S�o Paulo Noir2018Buy ↗

92Santa Cruz Noir2018Buy ↗

93Lagos Noir2018Buy ↗

94Marrakech Noir2018Buy ↗

95Baghdad Noir2018Buy ↗

96Vancouver Noir2018Buy ↗

97Sydney Noir2018Buy ↗

98Hong Kong Noir2018Buy ↗

99Amsterdam Noir2019Buy ↗

100Milwaukee Noir2019Buy ↗

101Houston Noir2019Buy ↗

102Nairobi Noir2020Buy ↗

103Columbus Noir2020Buy ↗

104Santa Fe Noir2020Buy ↗

105Alabama Noir2020Buy ↗

106Berkeley Noir2020Buy ↗

107Addis Ababa Noir2020Buy ↗

108Tampa Bay Noir2020Buy ↗

109Miami Noir: The Classics2020Buy ↗

110Accra Noir2020Buy ↗

111Belgrade Noir2020Buy ↗

112Palm Springs Noir2021Buy ↗

113Paris Noir: The Suburbs2022Buy ↗

114Denver Noir2022Buy ↗

115South Central Noir2022Buy ↗

116Cleveland Noir2023Buy ↗

117East Jerusalem Noir2023Buy ↗

118West Jerusalem Noir2023Buy ↗

119Honolulu Noir2024Buy ↗

120Sacramento Noir2025Buy ↗

121Hamburg Noir2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Thorn Books17 books · 1987–2024

01Under Cover of Daylight1987Buy ↗

02Tropical Freeze1989Buy ↗

03Mean High Tide1994Buy ↗

04Gone Wild1995Buy ↗

05Buzz Cut1996Buy ↗

06Red Sky at Night1997Buy ↗

07Blackwater Sound2002Buy ↗

08Off the Chart2003Buy ↗

09Magic City2007Buy ↗

10Hell's Bay2008Buy ↗

11Silencer2009Buy ↗

12Dead Last2011Buy ↗

13Going Dark2013Buy ↗

14The Big Finish2014Buy ↗

15Bad Axe2020Buy ↗

16Trickster2022Buy ↗

17Stare Down2024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Harper McDaniel Books2 books · 2017–2018

01When They Come for You2017Buy ↗

02When You Can't Stop2018Buy ↗

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books39 books · 2012–2022

01The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen)2012Buy ↗

02Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box)2012Buy ↗

03The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman)2012Buy ↗

04The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille)2012Buy ↗

05An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver)2012Buy ↗

06Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link)2012Buy ↗

07The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner)2013Buy ↗

08Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell)2013Buy ↗

09The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor)2013Buy ↗

10The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)2013Buy ↗

11The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson)2014Buy ↗

12What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook)2014Buy ↗

13Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey)2014Buy ↗

14The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine)2014Buy ↗

15The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye)2014Buy ↗

16Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman)2014Buy ↗

17The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow)2014Buy ↗

18It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)2014Buy ↗

19The Scroll(By: Anne Perry)2014Buy ↗

20The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry)2015Buy ↗

21The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott)2015Buy ↗

22Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady)2015Buy ↗

23Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates)2015Buy ↗

24Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina)2015Buy ↗

25From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart)2015Buy ↗

26The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin)2016Buy ↗

27Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter)2016Buy ↗

28Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler)2016Buy ↗

29Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey)2016Buy ↗

31Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale)2017Buy ↗

32The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd)2018Buy ↗

33Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson)2018Buy ↗

34The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler)2018Buy ↗

35The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta)2018Buy ↗

36The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly)2018Buy ↗

37The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler)2020Buy ↗

38The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards)2022Buy ↗

39The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger)2022Buy ↗

40The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson)2022Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas1 book · 2016

01The Haze2016Buy ↗

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