Andrew Vachss

Born in America on October 19, 1942, Andrew Henry Vachss is an author of the crime fiction genre. He is an attorney and consultant of child protection and represents youths and children. The political organization PROTECT was founded by him and he serves as a national advisory board member in this organization.

The best place to start is the Burke series, the earliest of Andrew Vachss's multi-book series: it opens with Flood (1985) and runs to 18 books across 1985–2008, ending with Another Life (2008). Andrew Vachss's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Andrew Vachss has 54 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2022. 29 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Burke series with 18 books — and 25 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Andrew Vachss's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Burke (1985–2008, 18 books), Hap & Leonard Collections (1999–2017, 3 books) and L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories (2010–2011, 2 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Andrew Vachss's 54 books into 5 named series and 25 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Burke (18 books, 1985–2008); Hap & Leonard Collections (3 books, 1999–2017); Cross (3 books, 2012–2016); Aftershock (3 books, 2013–2015); L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories (2 books, 2010–2011).