2026 Reading Challenge

Kinky Friedman Series

18 primary works • 22 total works
Kinky Friedman is a humorist, a musician, and a private investigator.

Book 1

Greenwich Killing Time
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3.80 · 1191 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 1986 · 19 editions
With a new introduction by the author, Greenwich K…

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    Book 2

    A Case of Lone Star
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    3.83     · 689 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1987 · 23 editions
    This is the second of Kinky Friedman's internation…

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    Book 3

    When the Cat's Away
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    3.76     · 552 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1988 · 1 edition
    Originally appearing in "The Kinky Friedman Crime …

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    Book 4

    Frequent Flyer
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    3.75     · 494 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1989 · 13 editions
    Kinky Friedman--the New York-based, wisecracking, …

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    Book 5

    Musical Chairs
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    3.74     · 348 Ratings · 16 Reviews · 9 editions
    Never before available in the U.S. in paperback, t…

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    Book 6

    Elvis, Jesus, and Coca-Cola
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    3.74     · 1535 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 1993 · 22 editions
    Kinky Friedman is a Jewish Texan country-and-weste…

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    Book 7

    Armadillos and Old Lace
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    3.76     · 1023 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 1994 · 15 editions
    The Kinkster is back and in top supersleuth form. …

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    Book 8

    God Bless John Wayne
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    3.73     · 679 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1995 · 16 editions
    Again ensconced in his quaintly appointed Lower Ma…

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    Book 9

    The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
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    3.70     · 859 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1996 · 18 editions
    "DEAR KINKY: I HAVE NOW READ ALL YOUR BOOKS. MORE …

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    Book 10

    Roadkill
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    3.73     · 987 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1998 · 16 editions
    Who would slap an Indian curse on a good ol' boy l…

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    Book 11

    Blast from the Past
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    3.72     · 690 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 1998 · 15 editions
    Now, in Blast from the Past, nationally bestsellin…

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    Book 12

    Spanking Watson
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    3.65     · 638 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 1999 · 10 editions
    How many lesbians can dance on the head of a pin? …

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    Book 13

    The Mile High Club
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    3.58     · 701 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2000 · 18 editions
    “There is only one Kinky Friedman.” — St. Petersbu…

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    Book 14

    Steppin' on a Rainbow
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    3.56     · 531 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2001 · 11 editions
    When his friend mysteriously vanishes while in Haw…

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    Book 15

    Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
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    3.57     · 376 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2002 · 15 editions
    Investigating the disappearance of an eleven-year-…

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    Book 16

    Curse of the Missing Puppet Head
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    3.98     · 150 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2001 · 6 editions
    At the most outrageously inopportune moment, the l…

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    Book 17

    The Prisoner of Vandam Street
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    3.71     · 386 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2004 · 9 editions
    Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window gets a…

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    Book 18

    Ten Little New Yorkers
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    3.63     · 326 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2005 · 10 editions
    Kinky Friedman has always proven himself to be a m…

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    Book 1-3

    The Kinky Friedman Crime Club
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    3.97     · 247 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Kinky Friedman, lead singer of the outrageous coun…

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    Book 4-6

    More Kinky Friedman
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    4.03     · 155 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1993 · 3 editions
    Kinky Friedman, the poet of country music, the mis…

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    Book 7-9

    Even More Kinky
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    3.81     · 37 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2000 · 1 edition
    Contains the novels Armadillos & Old Lace, God Ble…

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    Book 11 & 13-14

    Threebies: Kinky Friedman
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    3.89     · 9 Ratings · published 2003 · 3 editions
    This set of three books by Kinky Friedman includes…

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