Elmore Leonard is one of my writing heroes. He is a major influence on my own novels. The man’s prolificity makes it a challenge to tackle his entire catalog–he wrote 45 novels over a 60-year writing career. He published almost a novel a year for six decades. In some years he even published two books.

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. Killshot
7. Stick
8. LaBrava
9. Glitz
10. Fifty-Two Pickup
11. Out of Sight
12. Maximum Bob
13. Cat Chaser
14. Road Dogs
15. Tishomingo Blues
16. Mr. Majestyk
17. Be Cool
18. Freaky Deaky
19. Bandits