Easy Rawlins Books in Order
The Easy Rawlins series by Walter Mosley includes 12 books published between 2002–2004.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on AmazonDEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
2002 · Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins, a young black veteran in late-1940s Southern California, is fired from his job at an aircraft plant and in danger of losing his home…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Walter Mosley
In 1953 Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is out of the hurting business and into the housing business when a racist IRS agent…
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Buy on AmazonWhite Butterfly (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Year unknown · Walter Mosley
In Los Angeles in 1956, police only get involved after a third girl dies, since it takes more than one murdered black girl to draw their interest.…
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Buy on AmazonBlack Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)
Year unknown · Walter Mosley
Set in 1961 Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins's quiet real-estate empire is deep in debt, so he accepts $200 from white private eye Saul Lynx to track down…
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Buy on AmazonA Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)
Year unknown · Walter Mosley
Black PI Easy Rawlins, working as a school janitor in Los Angeles, is seduced by a teacher into taking her dog, which her husband is threatening to…
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Buy on AmazonGone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Year unknown · Walter Mosley
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, two young men setting out in life, hit the road in a borrowed '36 Ford headed for Pariah,…
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Buy on AmazonBad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
2002 · Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles. But living around desperate men…
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Buy on AmazonLittle Scarlet (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
2004 · Walter Mosley
At the height of the riots that cripple Los Angeles in the summer of 1965, a white man is pulled from his car by a mob and escapes into a nearby…
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Companion & related books
Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins is back, running a new detective agency and taking on a new mystery. Charcoal Joe asks Easy to help clear his son, who was found…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Walter Mosley
Surviving a near-fatal car wreck, Easy Rawlins cruises the streets of the Sunset Strip during the heyday of the late 1960s while investigating the…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Walter Mosley
A boxer-turned-revolutionary kidnaps the daughter of a weapons manufacturer, threatening to publicly execute her unless he receives a lucrative…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Walter Mosley
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins works as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, living a law-abiding life with a house, garden, and family,…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Easy Rawlins books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with “DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)”. Start with “DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries).”
How many books are in the Easy Rawlins series?
We list 12 books by Walter Mosley , published between 2002–2004.
Where can I buy the Easy Rawlins books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.