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Start with Lay Down My Sword and Shield and continue through all 6 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by James Lee Burke • Published 1971
In 1960s Texas, lawyer and Korean War veteran Hackberry Holland is urged to run for Congress but finds more meaning defending a former cellmate and helping migrant workers. His involvement with civil rights protests a...
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Hackberry Holland reading order
Ends with Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
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Book 1:Lay Down My Sword and Shield
James Lee Burke • 1971
In 1960s Texas, lawyer and Korean War veteran Hackberry Holland is urged to run for Congress but finds more meaning defending a former cellmate and helping migrant workers. His involvement with civil rights protests a...
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Book 2:Rain Gods
James Lee Burke • 2009
After nine murdered women are found in a shallow grave near a dusty border town, aging sheriff Hackberry Holland hunts the killers. An Iraq war veteran on the run, federal agents, a crime boss, and a soft spoken hit m...
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Book 3:Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke • 2011
Sheriff Hackberry Holland's quiet Texas county becomes a crossroads for smugglers, intelligence operatives, and a mysterious figure pursued by multiple factions. As bodies fall and Preacher Jack Collins returns, Hack...
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Book 4:House of the Rising Sun
James Lee Burke • 2015
In revolutionary Mexico and postwar Texas, Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland steals a mysterious chalice from an arms dealer and goes searching for his estranged son. Their struggle to reunite plays out against gunrunner...
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Book 5:Another Kind of Eden
James Lee Burke • 2021
In the early 1960s, drifting writer Aaron Holland Broussard hops a boxcar to Colorado and takes a farm job. His romance with a gifted art student draws the ire of a sadistic businessman, a cultish professor, and somet...
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Book 6:Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
James Lee Burke • 2022
Grieving his daughter’s death, elderly novelist Aaron Holland Broussard retreats to rural Montana, only to clash with racist vandals and a network of violent men. Guided by his daughter’s ghost and a state trooper all...
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Hackberry Holland FAQ
What is the best order to read the Hackberry Holland series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Lay Down My Sword and Shield.
How many books are in the Hackberry Holland series?
There are 6 books currently listed in the Hackberry Holland series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Hackberry Holland series?
New readers should start with Lay Down My Sword and Shield, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Hackberry Holland series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1971 to 2022.