New York Times Bestsellers
James Ellroy has placed one book on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 2 weeks on the charts.
2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #14 · debuted Jun 2001
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Reading Order
2 series · 7 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Dahlia | 2013 | 🏆 Deutscher Krimi Preis 1989Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Big Nowhere | — | 🏆 Deutscher Krimi Preis 1990Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | L.A. Confidential | 2001 | 🏆 Deutscher Krimi Preis 1992Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | White Jazz | — | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Underworld USA Trilogy
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Tabloid | — | 🏆 Deutscher Krimi Preis 1997Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Cold Six Thousand | — | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Blood's a Rover | — | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels *The Black Dahlia* (1987), *The Big Nowhere* (1988), *L.A. Confidential* (1990), *White Jazz* (1992), *American Tabloid* (1995), *The Cold Six Thousand* (2001), and *Blood's a Rover* (2009).