Books by James Sallis

Driven

by James Sallis

(364 reviews)

"The perfect piece of noir fiction." -- New York Times Book Review "Terse, brutal, poetic, perfectly wrought." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED review At the end of Drive, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, "the only one he ever... See More

Drive: A Novel

by James Sallis

(1,118 review)

"A PERFECT PIECE OF NOIR FICTION" NEW YORK TIMES * NAMED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Drive is full of sly humor, poetic details and plenty of rude violence... The novel is a terrific... See More

Death Will Have Your Eyes: A Novel about Spies

by James Sallis

(50 reviews)

Mulholland Books takes pleasure in restoring to print an acclaimed novel of espionage and suspense by the author of Drive. David (as he's currently known) was a member of an elite corps of spies trained during the coldest... See More

Willnot

by James Sallis

(182 reviews)

In his acclaimed career, James Sallis has created some of the most finely drawn protagonists in crime fiction, all of them memorable observers of the human condition: Lew Griffin, the existential black New Orleans private... See More

Ain't Long Fore Day

by James Sallis

(1 review)

Ain't Long Fore Day are poems that carry on in the spirit of the blues. With music and enigma, James Sallis delivers lyrical and narrative poems steeped in the beauty of the every day. See More

The Long-Legged Fly (A Lew Griffin Novel Book 1)

by James Sallis

(95 reviews)

As much a classic detective story as it is a literary masterpiece, The Long-Legged Fly introduces us to Lew Griffin: tough, smart, and living in a corner of society where life is fought for as much as it is lived. In steamy... See More

Sarah Jane

by James Sallis

(170 reviews)

A spare, sparkling tour de force about one woman's journey to becoming a cop, by master of noir James Sallis, author of Drive. Sarah Jane Pullman is a cop with a complicated past. From her small-town chicken-farming roots... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2019 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 137)

by C.C. Finlay

(16 reviews)

NOVELETS The White Cat's Divorce - Kelly Link American Gold Mine - Paolo Bacigalupi Kabul - Michael Moorcock Erase, Erase, Erase - Elizabeth Bear SHORT STORIES Little Inn on the Jianghu - Y.M. Pang Under the Hill - Maureen... See More

Interzone #286 (March-April 2020): New Science Fiction and Fantasy (Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine)

by Andy Cox Editor

(2 reviews)

The March-April issue contains new cutting edge science fiction and fantasy novelettes by James Sallis, Val Nolan, Matt Thompson, and Louis Evans. The 2020 cover artist is Warwick Fraser-Coombe, and interior colour... See More

Interzone #289 (November-December 2020): New Science Fiction and Fantasy (Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine)

by Andy Cox Editor

(11 reviews)

Interzone's 2020 cover artist is Warwick Fraser-Coombe Fiction: Cryptozoology by Tim Lees illustrated by Richard Wagner The Ephemeral Quality of Mersay by John Possidente illustrated by Jim Burns The Way of His Kind by... See More

Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider

by Angela Crider Neary

(13 reviews)

In a career spanning nearly four decades, Bill Crider published more than sixty crime fiction, westerns, horror, men's adventure and YA novels. In this collection 20 of today's best and brightest, all friends and fans of... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2020

by C.C. Finlay

(3 reviews)

NOVELLAS Of Them All - Leah Cypess NOVELETS The Shadows of Alexandrium - David Gerrold My Name Was Tom - Tim Powers The Fairy Egg - R.S. Benedict SHORT STORIES Weeper - Marc Laidlaw Do AIs Dream of Perfect Games? - Angie... See More

Moth (A Lew Griffin Novel Book 2)

by James Sallis

(31 reviews)

Lew Griffin, now fifty years old, has abandoned his former career as a New Orleans private investigator for the safety of teaching. But his old life draws him back. One of the very few lights from Lew Griffin's dark and... See More

Ghost of a Flea (A Lew Griffin Novel Book 6)

by James Sallis

(8 reviews)

The mystery of private investigator Lew Griffin is revealed in the conclusion of this critically acclaimed, groundbreaking series. In his old house in uptown New Orleans, Lew Griffin stands alone in a dark room, looking... See More

Eye of the Cricket (A Lew Griffin Novel Book 4)

by James Sallis

(14 reviews)

Finding people is what former private investigator Lew Griffin excels at. The terrible irony is that the exception is his own missing son. Dreams, memories, and reality run together to form his own darkest night. Lew... See More

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 192

by Neil Clarke

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our September 2022 issue (#192) contains: • Original... See More

Bluebottle (A Lew Griffin Novel Book 5)

by James Sallis

(5 reviews)

Weaving Griffin's search for identity-one of the recurring themes in this magnificent series of novels-with a sensuous portrait of the people and places the define New Orleans, James Sallis continues not only to unravel... See More

Black Hornet (A Lew Griffin Novel Book 3)

by James Sallis

(18 reviews)

With this flashback novel to Lew Griffin's past, James Sallis takes readers to 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city of Black Panthers and other separatists. A sniper has fatally shot five people. When the sixth victim is... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2018 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 134)

by C.C. Finlay

(8 reviews)

NOVELETS The Barrens - Stephanie Feldman Inquisitive - Pip Coen Argent and Sable - Matthew Hughes Crash Site - Brian Trent Behold the Child - Albert E. Cowdrey SHORT STORIES Tender Loving Plastics - Amman Sabet The Bicycle... See More

Broken River Review #1

by Nick Mamatas

(3 reviews)

Two pieces of fiction, and two pieces of non-fiction. See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2010 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 119)

by Sean McMullen

(3 reviews)

NOVELETS Advances in Modern Chemotherapy - Michael Alexander The Revel - John Langan Mister Sweetpants and the Living Dead - Albert E. Cowdrey Pining to Be Human - Richard Bowes The Lost Elephants of Kenyisha - Ken... See More

Difficult Lives Hitching Rides

by James Sallis

(2 reviews)

James Sallis's (Drive) seminal biographical essays on crime fiction pioneers Jim Thompson, David Goodis, and Chester Himes restored to print and joined by a handpicked collection of essays, reviews, and introductory writings... See More

Interzone #274 (March-April 2018): New Science Fiction & Fantasy (Interzone Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine)

by Andy Cox Editor

(7 reviews)

The March-April issue of Britain's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine contains new long and short stories by James Sallis, Antony Johnston, Julie C. Day, Alexandra Renwick, T.R. Napper, Michael Reid, and... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2017 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 133)

by C.C. Finlay

(2 reviews)

NOVELETS Leash on a Man - Robert Reed The Hermit of Houston - Samuel R. Delany Children af Xanadu - Juan Paulo Rafols SHORT STORIES Evil Opposite - Naomi Kritzer We Are Born - Dare Segun Falowo Tasting Notes on the... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2017 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 132)

by C.C. Finlay

(1 review)

NOVELLAS The Man Who Put the Bomp Richard Chwedyk NOVELETS Driverless Robert Grossbach Ten Half-Pennies Matthew Hughes The Avenger Albert E. Cowdrey SHORT STORIES The Toymaker's Daughter Arundhati Hazra A Green Silk... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2017 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 132)

by C.C. Finlay

(3 reviews)

NOVELLAS Homecoming Rachel Pollack NOVELETS Vinegar and Cinnamon Nina Kiriki Hoffman One Way Rick Norwood Dunnage for the Soul Robert Reed There Used to Be Olive Trees Rich Larson SHORT STORIES The Regression Test Wole... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2016 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 131)

by Gordon Van Gelder

(8 reviews)

NOVELLAS The Vanishing Kind Lavie Tidhar NOVELETS The Desert of Vanished Dreams Phyllis Eisenstein Vishnu Summer David Prill The Thing on the Shelf David Gerrold SHORT STORIES Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful Gregor... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2016 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 130)

by Gordon Van Gelder

(9 reviews)

NOVELETS Number Nine Moon Alex Irvine The White Piano David Gerrold Telltale Matthew Hughes SHORT STORIES Vortex Gregory Benford Rockets Red Mary Robinette Kowal Smooth Stones And Empty Bones Bennett North Caspar D... See More

Borderland Noir: Stories & Essays of Love & Death across the Rio Grande

by Craig McDonald

(29 reviews)

Stories and essays by Ken Bruen, Jim Cornelius, Garnett Elliott, Bradley Mason Hamlin, Sam Hawken, Mike MacLean, Craig McDonald, Manuel Ramos, Steve Rogers, Tom Russell, James Sallis, Martín Solares, John Stickney, Dave... See More

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2015 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Book 129)

by Gordon Van Gelder

(7 reviews)

NOVELLAS Johnny Rev Rachel Pollack NOVELETS The Deepwater Bride Tamsyn Muir The Body Pirate Van Aaron Hughes The Curse of the Myrmelon Matthew Hughes SHORT STORIES Dixon's Road Richard Chwedyk Oneness: A Triptych James... See More