Ryan Gattis Books in Order
Explore Ryan Gattis books in order, including All Involved, Safe, The System, and the Big Drop novellas, with publication dates and a guide to his crime novels.
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Ryan Gattis books in publication order
14 books
Roo Kickkick and The Big Bad Blimp
by Ryan Gattis
2004
A runaway blimp brings a bloody accident and unexpected notoriety to tiny Bargus in middle America. When Hollywood decides to turn the incident into a movie, the town's strange inhabitants find their lives becoming still more chaotic.
Kung Fu High School
by Ryan Gattis
2005
Jen B. attends a school where gang leader Ridley maintains control through drugs and martial-arts violence. Her cousin Jimmy's arrival unsettles that order, especially when the famous fighter insists on honoring a promise never to fight.
Homecoming
by Ryan Gattis
2013
After killing a yakuza member in self-defense, former military translator Johnny Ban inherits the dead man's assignment. His search for a missing woman takes him into Los Angeles's Little Tokyo and back toward his first love.
Impermanence
by Ryan Gattis
2013
Johnny Ban briefly reunites with Emi Sato, only to lose her again. As he pursues his former love through Little Tokyo, a shifting conspiracy forces him to reconsider his rescue mission and the people he trusts.
All Involved
by Ryan Gattis
2015
During the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Payasa learns that her innocent brother has been murdered. Gang members, firefighters, nurses, and others become entangled in the violence as a distracted city gives old grudges room to erupt.
Day Five
by Ryan Gattis
2015
This fifth installment of All Involved follows the continuing upheaval of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Interconnected voices reveal people struggling with violence and loyalty while the breakdown of public order creates opportunities to settle old scores.
Day Four
by Ryan Gattis
2015
The fourth serialized section of All Involved continues its portrait of Los Angeles during the 1992 riots. Through overlapping personal accounts, residents confront spreading violence and the private conflicts that flourish while official attention is elsewhere.
Day One
by Ryan Gattis
2015
The opening installment of All Involved begins amid the unrest following the Rodney King trial verdict. In Los Angeles neighborhoods caught in the chaos, interconnected narrators face violence, divided loyalties, and the chance to pursue old grudges.
Day Six
by Ryan Gattis
2015
The sixth serialized installment of All Involved follows the final day of its account of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Interlocking voices trace lives caught between public upheaval and private violence in neighborhoods overshadowed by the crisis.
Day Three
by Ryan Gattis
2015
The third installment of All Involved continues its interconnected account of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. People caught in neighborhoods beyond the central headlines struggle with danger and loyalty as upheaval opens space for personal vengeance.
Day Two
by Ryan Gattis
2015
The second serialized installment of All Involved returns to Los Angeles amid the 1992 riots. Its overlapping narrators confront the dangers of a city in turmoil, where private feuds intensify while authorities focus on the wider unrest.
Air
by Ryan Gattis
2016
After his mother's death, seventeen-year-old Grey moves from Colorado to Baltimore. New friends introduce him to a group using extreme sports and online videos as activism, but their escalating stunts blur the boundary between protest and crime.
Safe
by Ryan Gattis
2017
Recovering addict and government safecracker Ghost steals gang money to help someone he loves. The theft forces Glasses, a criminal lieutenant with his own hopes of escape, to hunt him before both men's futures collapse.
The System
by Ryan Gattis
2020
After a Los Angeles drug dealer is shot, gang members Wizard and Dreamer face charges for the crime. Dreamer's friend Little investigates evidence manipulation while suspects, families, and officials navigate a justice system shaped by competing loyalties.
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