Front cover of signed edition of Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard

Ranking the Best Elmore Leonard Novels

Elmore Leonard is one of my writing heroes. He is a major influence on my own novels. Leonard wrote 45 novels over a sixty year writing career. Almost a novel a year for six decades.

I have been working my way through the list of Elmore Leonard novels. Here is a rank of my favorites. As I read more of his catalog, I will slot them into the list accordingly.

  1. Rum Punch
  2. Swag
  3. The Big Bounce
  4. The Switch
  5. Get Shorty
  6. Gold Coast
  7. Touch
  8. Killshot
  9. Stick
  10. LaBrava
  11. Glitz
  12. Fifty-Two Pickup
  13. Out of Sight
  14. Maximum Bob
  15. Mr. Paradise
  16. Cat Chaser
  17. Road Dogs
  18. Tishomingo Blues
  19. The Hunted
  20. Mr. Majestyk
  21. Be Cool
  22. Freaky Deaky
  23. Bandits
  24. Up in Honey’s Room
  25. Pagan Babies

Updated March 17, 2025.


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