The Recurring Cast
S. A. Cosby books in order · S. A. Cosby reading order · 5 books · 2018 to 2025

S. A. Cosby Books in Order and Reading Order

Crime and mysteryNoir and hardboiledRural crime

S. A. Cosby writes Southern noir set in the small towns and back roads of rural Virginia, from the getaway driver of Blacktop Wasteland to the sheriff of All the Sinners Bleed.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. His young readers’ books, the Brotherhood of the Blade novels and Highway Full of Night (2027) are left out.

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S. A. Cosby books in order

S. A. Cosby’s first book is My Darkest Prayer (2018). There are 5 books in all, published from 2018 to 2025.

The S. A. Cosby reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Standalone

5 booksNoir and hardboiledRural crime
  1. 1My Darkest Prayer2018With Nathan Waymaker · Set in VirginiaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Blacktop Wasteland2020With Beauregard Montage · Set in the fictional Red Hill County, VirginiaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Razorblade Tears2021With Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee Jenkins · Set in Richmond, VirginiaBuy on Amazon
  4. 4All the Sinners Bleed2023With Titus Crown · Set in the fictional Charon County, VirginiaBuy on Amazon
  5. 5King of Ashes2025With Roman Carruthers · Set in the fictional Jefferson Run, VirginiaBuy on Amazon

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Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Standalone leads

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