About
Reed Farrel Coleman
Reed Farrel Coleman is an American crime fiction novelist and screenwriter. Born in 1956, he was raised in Queens, New York City. Coleman has written over 100 books, including both standalone novels and series featuring characters such as Moe Prager, Gus Murphy, and Jack Hartigan. Coleman's novels have been praised for their gritty realism, sharp dialogue, and nuanced characters. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Shamus Award, the Anthony Award, and the Macavity Award. In 2012, he was inducted into the Private Eye Writers of America Hall of Fame. Coleman's critical success has led to several of his novels being adapted for television and film. Most notably, his novel "The James Deans" was adapted into the HBO series "The Corner."
Book Series by Reed Farrel Coleman
Dylan Klein Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Life Goes Sleeping | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Little Easter | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| They Don't Play Stickball in Milwaukee | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
Gulliver Dowd Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Dirty Work | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Valentino Pier | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Boardwalk | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Love and Fear | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
Gus Murphy Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Where It Hurts | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| What You Break | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Jack Kenny Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Bronx Requiem | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Jesse Stone Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Night Passage ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trouble in Paradise ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death in Paradise ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stone Cold ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sea Change ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| High Profile ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stranger in Paradise ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night and Day ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Split Image ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killing The Blues ( By: Michael Brandman) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fool Me Twice ( By: Michael Brandman) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Damned If You Do ( By: Michael Brandman) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blind Spot | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil Wins | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Debt to Pay | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hangman's Sonnet | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Colorblind | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bitterest Pill | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fool's Paradise ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stone's Throw ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fallout ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buried Secrets ( By: Christopher Farnsworth) | 2025 | Buy on Amazon |
Joe Serpe Series as Tony Spinosa
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Hose Monkey | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gun Bunnies | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fourth Victim | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Moe Prager Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Walking the Perfect Square | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Redemption Street | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The James Deans | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Soul Patch | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Empty Ever After | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Innocent Monster | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hurt Machine | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Onion Street | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hollow Girl | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Nick Ryan Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Sleepless City | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blind to Midnight | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Reed Farrel Coleman Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Tower ( With: Ken Bruen) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gun Church | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Reed Farrel Coleman Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Terminal (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Redemption of Bones (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kaddish (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baby Pigeons (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Look at Me / Don't Look at Me (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Feeding the Crocodile (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jump (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portrait of The Killer as a Young Man (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Due Diligence (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Another Role (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mastermind (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Requiem for Spider (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Accidentally Like a Martyr (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Magic Bullet (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Breakage (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jibber Jabber (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Slider (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gobble (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Reed Farrel Coleman Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Short Stack | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Bibliomysteries Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Book of Virtue ( By: Ken Bruen) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book Thing ( By: Laura Lippman) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book Case ( By: Nelson DeMille) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) ( By: William Link) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Final Testament (Short Story) ( By: Peter Blauner) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rides a Stranger (Short Story) ( By: David Bell) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Taylor) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| What's in a Name? (Short Story) ( By: Thomas H. Cook) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Remaindered (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sequel (Short Story) ( By: R.L. Stine) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) ( By: Lyndsay Faye) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Book Club (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) ( By: Bradford Morrow) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| It's in the Book (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Scroll (Short Story) ( By: Anne Perry) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of the Lion (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Men (Short Story) ( By: Megan Abbott) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) ( By: Joyce Carol Oates) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Every Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Citadel (Short Story) ( By: Stephen Hunter) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Reconciliation Day (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Fowler) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) ( By: John Harvey) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Haze (Short Story) ( By: James W. Hall) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) ( By: Joe R. Lansdale) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Peter Robinson) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hemingway Valise ( By: Robert Olen Butler) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief ( By: Michael Koryta) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( By: John Connolly) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) ( By: David Handler) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Traitor (Short Story) ( By: Martin Edwards) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dark Door ( By: Lisa Unger) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) ( By: Peter Swanson) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Chronological Bibliomysteries Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Book of Virtue ( By: Ken Bruen) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Scroll (Short Story) ( By: Anne Perry) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) ( By: William Link) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Peter Robinson) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book Thing ( By: Laura Lippman) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Book Club (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Taylor) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Final Testament (Short Story) ( By: Peter Blauner) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rides a Stranger (Short Story) ( By: David Bell) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| What's in a Name? (Short Story) ( By: Thomas H. Cook) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| It's in the Book (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) ( By: Bradford Morrow) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Remaindered (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) ( By: Lyndsay Faye) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sequel (Short Story) ( By: R.L. Stine) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of the Lion (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Men (Short Story) ( By: Megan Abbott) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Every Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Citadel (Short Story) ( By: Stephen Hunter) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) ( By: Joyce Carol Oates) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Haze (Short Story) ( By: James W. Hall) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) ( By: John Harvey) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Reconciliation Day (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Fowler) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) ( By: Joe R. Lansdale) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( By: John Connolly) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hemingway Valise ( By: Robert Olen Butler) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief ( By: Michael Koryta) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book Case ( By: Nelson DeMille) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) ( By: David Handler) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Traitor (Short Story) ( By: Martin Edwards) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dark Door ( By: Lisa Unger) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) ( By: Peter Swanson) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
World Of Kurt Vonnegut Series
Newt and Zinka's Wild, Wild Week OR How the K.G.B. Got Ice-Nine ( By: Seth Harwood)
2014
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Bell Curse (Short Story) ( By: Kevin G. Summers) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The World of Kurt Vonnegut (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Peace in Amber ( By: Hugh Howey) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| As Much Protein as an Egg ( By: Seth Harwood) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Children's Crusade ( By: Peter Cawdron) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Newt and Zinka's Wild, Wild Week OR How the K.G.B. Got Ice-Nine ( By: Seth Harwood) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Reed Farrel Coleman Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Hardboiled Brooklyn | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Darker Mask | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| PULP INK | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Pursuit of Spenser | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Writes of Spring | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| USA Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kwik Krimes | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crimespree Magazine # 52 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crimespree Magazine # 58 | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Unloaded | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crime Plus Music | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Florida Happens | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Down to the River | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hotel California | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
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