Indemnity Only (1982)
Finalist 1982 New Blood Dagger Award

Deadlock (1984)

Killing Orders (1985)
Finalist 1986 Anthony Award for Best Mystery

Bitter Medicine (1987)
Finalist 1988 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Blood Shot (1988)
APA: Toxic Shock (1988)
1989 Silver Dagger Award
Finalist 1989 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Finalist 1989 Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1989 Shamus Award for Best Novel

Burn Marks (1990)
Finalist 1991 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Guardian Angel (1991)

Tunnel Vision (1994)
Finalist 1994 Gold Dagger Award

Windy City Blues (1995) [SS]
APA: V.I. for Short (1995)

Hard Time (1999)

Total Recall (2001)

Blacklist (2003)
2004 Gold Dagger Award

Fire Sale (2005)

Hardball (2009)

Body Work (2010)

Breakdown (2012)
Finalist 2013 Gold Dagger Award

Critical Mass (2013)

Brush Back (2015)
Finalist 2016 Shamus Award for Best Novel

Fallout (2017)

Shell Game (2018)
2019 Sue Grafton Award

Dead Land (2020)
Finalist 2021 Sue Grafton Award

Love & Other Crimes [SS, including Warshawski] (2020)

Overboard (2022)

Pay Dirt (2024)

A Taste of Life (1995) [SS]

Ghost Country (1998)

Bleeding Kansas (2008)

Writing in an Age of Silence (2007)