Easy Rawlins series
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1990)
A RED DEATH (1991)
WHITE BUTTERFLY (1992)
BLACK BETTY (1994)
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG (1996)
GONE FISHIN' (1997)
BAD BOY BRAWLY BROWN (2002)
LITTLE SCARLET (2004)
CINNAMON KISS(2005)
BLONDE FAITH (2007)
LITTLE GREEN (2013)
ROSE GOLD (2014)

Fearless Jones series
FEARLESS JONES (2001)
FEAR ITSELF (2003)
FEAR OF THE DARK (2006)

Socrates Fortlow series
ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED (1997)
WALKIN' THE DOG (1999)
THE RIGHT MISTAKE: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow (2008)

Leonid McGill series
THE LONG FALL (2009)
KNOWN TO EVIL (2010)
WHEN THE THRILL IS GONE (2011)
ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN (2012)
AND SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT YOU (2015)

Other Fiction
R.L.'s DREAM (1995)
BLUE LIGHT (1998)
FUTURELAND: Nine Stories of an Imminent Future (2001)
THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT (2004)
WALKING THE LINE (2005)
47 (2005)
THE WAVE (2006)
FORTUNATE SON (2006)
KILLING JOHNNY FRY: A Sexistential Novel (2006)
DIABLERIE (2007)
THE TEMPEST TALES (2008)
THE LAST DAYS OF PTOLEMY GREY (2010)
THE PARISHONER (2012)
DEBBIE DOESN'T DO IT ANYMORE (2014)
INSIDE A SILVER BOX (2015)

Nonfiction
WORKIN' ON THE CHAIN GANG: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History (2000)
WHAT NEXT: A Memoir Toward World Peace (2003)
LIFE OUT OF CONTEXT (2005)
THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL (2007)
TWELVE STEPS TOWARDS POLITCAL REVELATION (2011)

Crosstown to Oblivion series
THE GIFT OF FIRE (2012)
MERGE (2012)
STEPPING STONE (2013)