Novels Neely trilogy •
A Short History of a Small Place (Linden Press, 1985) •
Off for the Sweet Hereafter (Linden Press, 1986) •
The Last of How It Was (Linden Press, 1987)
Ray Tatum Mysteries •
Cry Me a River (Henry Holt, 1993) •
Blue Ridge (Viking, 2000) •
Polar (Viking, 2002) •
Warwolf (Barking Mad Press, 2011) •
First in Flight (Barking Mad Press, 2015) •
Brigade (Barking Mad Press, 2018)
Nick Reid and Desmond series (as Rick Gavin) •
Ranchero (Minotaur Books, 2011) •
Beluga (Minotaur Books, 2012) •
Nowhere Nice (Minotaur Books, 2013)
Standalone novels •
Call and Response (Linden Press, 1989) •
Gospel Hour (William Morrow, 1991) •
True Cross (Viking, 2003) •
Glad News of the Natural World (Simon & Schuster, 2005) •
Red Scare: A Novel of Venomous Intrigue (Barking Mad Press, 2008) •
Jerusalem Gap (Barking Mad Press, 2010) •
East Jesus South (Barking Mad Press, 2014) •
Low Lords (Barking Mad Press, 2016) •
Theory of the Case (Barking Mad Press, 2017) •
Eaglesworth (Barking Mad Press, 2018) •
Serpent of Old (Barking Mad Press, 2019) •
Sleepaway (Barking Mad Press, 2019) •
Confederate States (Barking Mad Press, 2020) •
Devil Up (Barking Mad Press, 2021) •
Joy to the Just (Barking Mad Press, 2022) •
Bone Eye (Barking Mad Press, 2023)
Non-fiction •
Seaworthy: Adrift with William Willis in the Golden Age of Rafting (Crown, 2006) — Biography of adventurer
William Willis. • ''Augie's Quest: One Man's Journey from Success to Significance'' (Bloomsbury USA, 2007) with Augie Nieto •
Year of Our Lord: Faith, Hope and Harmony in the Mississippi Delta (Mockingbird Publishing, 2010) — Text by Pearson, photographs by Langdon Clay •
Top of the Rock (Random House, 2012) with
Warren Littlefield As editor • ''
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon'', by Crystal Zevon (HarperCollins, 2009) ==References==