Order of Robert Olen Butler Books

Robert Olen Butler is a highly decorated American author, recognized as one of the most distinguished living writers today. His book, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Additionally, he has received the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature and the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A Vietnam War veteran, Butler was honored with the Tu Do Chinh Kien Award by the Vietnam Veterans of America for his significant contributions to American culture as a veteran. He currently resides in Florida with his wife, poet Kelly Lee Butler.

Robert Olen Butler became a published novelist in 1981 with the novel The Alleys of Eden. Below is a list of Robert Olen Butler's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Christopher Marlowe Cobb Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Hot Country	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star of Istanbul	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Empire of Night	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Paris in the Dark	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Alleys of Eden	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sun Dogs	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Countrymen of Bones	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Distant Ground	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wabash	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Deuce	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
They Whisper	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Deep Green Sea	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Spaceman	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fair Warning	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hell	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Small Hotel	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Perfume River	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Late City	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Hemingway Valise	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tabloid Dreams	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Had a Good Time	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Severance	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Intercourse	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Listening For God, Vol. 4 (With: Allegra Goodman,James Baldwin,Kent Haruf,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark)	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Hemingway Valise	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Best Small Fictions Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hemingway Valise	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of New Stories From The South Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Best Small Fictions 2015	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1992 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1993 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1994 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1995 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1996 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1997	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1998 (By: Padgett Powell)	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 1999 (By: Tony Earley)	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2000 (By: Ellen Douglas)	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2001 (By: Lee Smith)	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2003 (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2004 (By: Allan Gurganus)	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South, 2005 (By: Jill McCorkle)	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2006 (By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories)	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2007 (By: Allan Gurganus)	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2008 (By: Z.Z. Packer)	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2009 (By: Madison Smartt Bell)	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Stories from the South 2010 (By: Amy Hempel)	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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