Find your way around the great novels of Elmore Leonard, the King of Crime Fiction, with this comprehensive reading guide.

Elmore Leonard had a unique writing career, spanning an incredible 60 years, starting with writing Western short stories (including 3.10 to Yuma, which was made into a film twice) and then going on to write some of the most celebrated Western novels ever, including Hombre and Valdez, before moving over to the crime genre and writing a whole string of brilliant books that have become American classics.

You might know some of Elmore Leonard's crime fiction from films, such as Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, Be Cool and many others, but the books are always much better than even the best of the films

Elmore Leonard wrote over 40 novels and more than 50 short stories, so there's a lot for you to read. The Reader's Guide to Elmore Leonard will help you to pick and choose the best Elmore Leonard books for you.

This reading guide includes:

• An Introduction to Elmore Leonard, including recommendations on reading sequence


• Full list of crime novels and Western novels by Elmore Leonard in publishing order, plus list of short stories by Elmore Leonard


• Each book individually described with commentary, short extracts and details on availability -- No Spoilers!


• Personal choice of The Best 10 Novels of Elmore Leonard


• A list of sources of further reading about Elmore Leonard