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ⓘ About Gary Phillips
Gary Phillips is a published American author of fictional novels. Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, where he lives to this day. He is known among readers for his novels as well as different comics and short stories. Phillips has written several series, including his PI Ivan Monk series as well as the Martha Chainey series, and has co-written the Nate Hollis series along with various other authors. Before getting published, Gary worked a variety of different jobs and gigs back in the day. He has worked as a printer, a security guard on the graveyard shift, union organizer, co-director of the nonprofit devoted to improving race relations MultiCultural Collaborative, and has been a political director for a campaign for city council.
All Book Series by Gary Phillips
Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem
Single-title series · published 2020
The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp Collection
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2023
The Be-Bop Barbarians
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2018 Co-authored · Dale Berry
The Speed Chronicles
Book 2 of 5 · published 2011 Anthology · Megan Abbott,Scott Phillips,Sherman Alexie,James Franco,William T. Vollmann,Jess Walter,Beth Lisick,Tao Lin,JamesGreer,Jerry Stahl,Natalie Díaz,Joseph Mattson,Kenji Jasper,Rose Bunch
The Heroin Chronicles
Book 3 of 5 · published 2013 Anthology · Jervey Tervalon,Lydia Lunch,Erin Moon,Nathan Larson,Antonia Crane,Jerry Stahl,Eric Bogosian,Ava Stander,John Albert,Michael Albo,Sophia Langdon,Tony O'Neill,L.Z. Hansen
The Marijuana Chronicles
Book 4 of 5 · published 2013 Anthology · Jonathan Santlofer
The Nicotine Chronicles
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2020 Anthology · Lee Child,Joyce Carol Oates,Hannah Tinti,Christopher Sorrentino,Cara Black,Lauren Sanders,Bernice L. McFadden,Jonathan Ames
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2016 Co-authored · Mel Odom,Andrew Salmon,Derrick Ferguson
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2
Book 2 of 6 · published 2017 Co-authored · Mel Odom,Derrick Ferguson,Milton J. Davis,Michael A. Black
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3
Book 3 of 6 · published 2018 Co-authored · Mel Odom,Terry Alexander,R.A. Jones
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 4
Book 5 of 6 · published 2020 Anthology · Mel Odom
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 5
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2022 Co-authored · Mel Odom,Rob Davis,Michael Panush,Thomas McNulty
Batman Official Annual 1980
Series opener · book 1 of 25 · published 1979 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
Batman Official 1986 Annual.
Book 2 of 25 · published 1985 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
Challenge Of The Man-bat
Book 6 of 25 · published 1989 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
Legends Of The Dark Knight Annual No. 2
Book 9 of 25 · published 1992 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
Batman & Robin Movie Adaptation
Book 15 of 25 · published 1997 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
The Brave And The Bold
Book 17 of 25 · published 2004 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
The Man Who Laughs
Book 18 of 25 · published 2005 Anthology · Ed Brubaker,Doug Mahnke,Patrick Zircher,Steve Bird,Aaron Sowd
All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder
Book 20 of 25 · published 2008 Anthology · Frank Miller
World's Finest, Vol. 4
Book 21 of 25 · published 2012 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
Dark Night, Dark City
Book 22 of 25 · published 2015 Anthology · Peter Milligan
Batman in the Seventies
Latest in the series · book 25 of 25 · published 2026 Anthology · Dennis O'Neil
People Like Us
Series opener · book 1 of 34 · published 2019 Anthology · J.D. Rhoades
The Sound of Breaking Bones
Book 11 of 34 · published 2020 Anthology · Eric Beetner
Still Life with Suitcase
Book 12 of 34 · published 2020 Anthology · Scott Eubanks
Somewhere Outside Salvation
Book 31 of 34 · published 2023 Anthology · James D.F. Hannah
Stealing Paradise
Latest in the series · book 34 of 34 · published 2026 Anthology · Curtis Ippolito
Tacos de Cazuela con Smith & Wesson
Series opener · book 1 of 23 · published 2019
Three Brisket Tacos and a Sig Sauer
Book 2 of 23 · published 2019 Anthology · Michael Bracken
Three Chalupas, Rice, Soda…and a Kimber .45
Book 4 of 23 · published 2019 Anthology · Trey R. Barker
Some Churros and El Burro
Book 5 of 23 · published 2019 Anthology · William Dylan Powell
A Beretta, Burritos and Bears
Book 6 of 23 · published 2019 Anthology · James A. Hearn
Jalapeño Poppers and a Flare Gun
Book 8 of 23 · published 2020 Anthology · Trey R. Barker,Michael Bracken
Four Shrimp Tacos and a Walther P38
Book 9 of 23 · published 2020 Anthology · Alec Cizak
A Taco, A T-Bird, A Beretta and One Furious Night
Book 10 of 23 · published 2020 Anthology · Ann Aptaker
Sopa and a Streetsweeper
Book 11 of 23 · published 2020 Anthology · Ryan Sayles
Two More Tacos, a Beretta .32, and a Pink Butterfly
Book 12 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Dave Zeltserman
Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises
Book 13 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Stacy Woodson
Chimichangas and a Couple of Glocks
Book 14 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · David H. Hendrickson
Refried Beans and a Snub-Nosed .44
Book 15 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Hugh Lessig
Two Steak Taco Combos and a Pair of Sig Sauers
Book 16 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Neil S. Plakcy
A Smith & Wesson with a Side of Chorizo
Book 17 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Two Tofu Tacos, a Taurus TX22, a Taycan, and a Ton of Trouble
Book 18 of 23 · published 2022 Anthology · Alan Orloff
Two Black Bean and Shrimp Quesadillas, and a Pink Ruger LCP
Book 19 of 23 · published 2022 Anthology · Joseph S. Walker
A Handful of Chicles and a Custom Nine
Book 20 of 23 · published 2022 Anthology · C.W. Blackwell
Two Shrimp Tacos and a .22 Ruger
Book 21 of 23 · published 2022 Anthology · Adam Meyer
Nachos, a Stun Gun, and a Wedding Ring
Book 22 of 23 · published 2022 Anthology · Karen E. Olson
No Food, No Drink, Just the Gun
Latest in the series · book 23 of 23 · published 2022 Anthology · Trey R. Barker
Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2022
Noir NationNo. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2011 Anthology · J.J. Toner,Eddie Vega
Noir Nation No. 2
Book 2 of 7 · published 2012 Anthology · Thomas Pluck,Andrew Nette,Eddie Vega
Noir Nation No. 3: The India Issue
Book 3 of 7 · published 2013 Anthology · Ed Lynskey,Eddie Vega,Suparn Verma,Samrat
Noir Nation No. 4: The Canada Issue
Book 4 of 7 · published 2014 Anthology · Richard Godwin,Jonathan Sturak,Bianca Bellová,Melodie Campbell,Rob Brunet,Eddie Vega,George Beck,Lauren Cahn,Marina Perezagua,Mary Agnes Fleming,Mike O'Reilly
Noir Nation No. 5: Jihad and its Metaphors
Book 5 of 7 · published 2014 Anthology · A.J. Sidransky,Frank Sonderborg,Jonathan Sturak,Barbie Wilde,Eddie Vega,George Beck,Diane Vacca,Doug Levy,Lauren Cahn
Noir Nation No. 7: 1st Golden Fedora Poetry Prize
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2019 Anthology · David James Keaton,Barbie Wilde,SimonRowe,J.J. Toner,Bianca Bellová,Eddie Vega,Deborah Pintonelli,Adam Ward,George Perreault,Ava Black
The Presidential Papers
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1984 Anthology · John H. Kessel
The Left Left Behind
Book 3 of 32 · published 2009 Anthology · Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason
Mammoths of the Great Plains
Book 6 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason
The Wild Girls
Book 7 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason
Modem Times 2.0
Book 8 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Book 9 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason
Report from Planet Midnight
Book 11 of 32 · published 2012 Anthology · Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason
The Science of Herself
Book 12 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 13 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner
Raising Hell
Book 15 of 32 · published 2014 Anthology · Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Book 18 of 32 · published 2016 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
Fire.
Book 19 of 32 · published 2017 Anthology · Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason
The Atheist in the Attic
Book 21 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason
Thoreau's Microscope
Book 22 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason
Utopias of the Third Kind
Book 28 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Collapsing Frontier
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
She is Here
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Nicola Griffith
Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense
Book 10 of 40 · published 2009
Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices
Book 36 of 40 · published 2021
Tennis Noir: An Anthology
Latest in the series · book 40 of 40 · published 2026
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Gary Phillips?
Gary Phillips is a published American author of fictional novels. Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, where he lives to this day. He is known among readers for his novels as well as different comics and short stories.
Which Gary Phillips series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Batman Graphic Novels series, the earliest of Gary Phillips's multi-book series: it opens with Batman Official Annual 1980 (1979) and runs to 25 books across 1979–2026, ending with Batman in the Seventies (2026). Gary Phillips's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Gary Phillips written?
Gary Phillips has 329 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2026. 268 of them belong to 14 named series — the largest being the Batman Graphic Novels series with 25 books — and 61 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Gary Phillips's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Gary Phillips's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Batman Graphic Novels (1979–2026, 25 books), Ivan Monk (1994–2004, 5 books) and Martha Chainey (2000–2002, 3 books), plus 7 more.
How are Gary Phillips's books organised into series?
This guide splits Gary Phillips's 329 books into 14 named series and 61 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Batman Graphic Novels (25 books, 1979–2026); Guns + Tacos (23 books, 2019–2022); Noir Nation: International Crime Fiction (7 books, 2011–2019); Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal (6 books, 2016–2022); Ivan Monk (5 books, 1994–2004), plus 9 further series.