Reading Order
9 series · 146 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Cop Hater | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Mugger | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Pusher | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Con Man | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Killer's Choice | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Lady Killer | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Killer's Wedge | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Killer's Payoff | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | King's Ransom | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | 'Til Death | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Give the Boys a Great Big Hand | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Heckler | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | See Them Die | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Lady, Lady, I Did It! | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Empty Hours | 1962 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Like Love | 1962 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Ten Plus One | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Ax / Axe | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | He Who Hesitates | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Doll | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Eighty Million Eyes | 1966 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Fuzz | 1968 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Shotgun | 1968 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Jigsaw | 1970 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! | 1971 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Sadie When She Died | 1972 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Hail to the Chief | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Bread | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Blood Relatives | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | So Long as You Both Shall Live | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | Long Time No See | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | Ghosts | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | Calypso | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | Heat | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | McBain Brief | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Ice | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | Lightning | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | And All Through The House | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | Eight Black Horses | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | Poison | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | Lullaby | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | Vespers | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 44 | Tricks | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 45 | Widows | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 46 | Kiss | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 47 | Mischief | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 48 | Romance | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 49 | Nocturne | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 50 | The Big Bad City | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 51 | The Last Dance | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 52 | Money, Money, Money | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 53 | Fat Ollie's Book | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 54 | The Frumious Bandersnatch | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 55 | Hark! | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 56 | Fiddlers | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
87th Precinct Collections Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | McBain's Ladies (As: Evan Hunter) | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | McBain's Ladies Too (As: Evan Hunter) | 1989 | Buy from Amazon |
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Goldilocks | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Rumpelstiltskin | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Jack and the Beanstalk | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Snow White and Rose Red | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Cinderella | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Puss in Boots | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The House That Jack Built | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Three Blind Mice | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Mary, Mary | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | There Was A Little Girl | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Last Best Hope | 1998 | Buy from Amazon |
Ed McBain Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Don\'t Crowd Me / Paradise Party (As: Evan Hunter) | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Big Fix | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Rocket to Luna ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Cut Me In | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Runaway Black / Runaway ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Death of a Nurse | 1955 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Murder in the Navy ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1955 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Tomorrow's World / Tomorrow & Tomorrow ( By: Hunt Collins) | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | So Nude, So Dead ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Vanishing Ladies ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Spiked Heel ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Strangers When We Meet (As: Evan Hunter) | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Even the Wicked ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Gutter and the Grave | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Big Man ( By: Richard Marsten) | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | A Matter of Conviction (As: Evan Hunter) | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Buddwing (As: Evan Hunter) | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | The Sentries | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Nobody Knew They Were There (As: Evan Hunter) | 1971 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Seven | 1972 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Doors ( By: Ezra Hannon) | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Where There's Smoke | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Guns | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Gangs! / Walk Proud | 1979 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Love, Dad (As: Evan Hunter) | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Far from the Sea (As: Evan Hunter) | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Lizzie (As: Evan Hunter) | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Another Part of the City | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Downtown | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Criminal Conversation (As: Evan Hunter) | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Privileged Conversation (As: Evan Hunter) | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | Driving Lessons | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | Alice In Jeopardy | 2004 | Buy from Amazon |
Ed McBain Children's Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Find the Feathered Serpent | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Remarkable Harry (As: Evan Hunter) | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Wonderful Button (As: Evan Hunter) | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Me and Mr. Stenner (As: Evan Hunter) | 1976 | Buy from Amazon |
Ed McBain Short Story Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The McBain Brief | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Running from Legs and Other Stories | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Learning to Kill | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Keller's Adjustment; Forever | 2006 | Buy from Amazon |
Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Sunday Pigeon Murders ( By: Craig Rice) | 1942 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Thursday Turkey Murders ( By: Craig Rice) | 1943 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The April Robin Murders ( With: Craig Rice) | 1958 | Buy from Amazon |
Transgressions Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Transgressions ( With: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E Westlake, Bonnie Jeanne Perry, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, John Farris) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Transgressions, Vol. 2 ( With: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, John Farris) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Transgressions, Vol. 3 ( With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E Westlake, John Farris) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Transgressions, Vol. 4 ( With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon |
Ed McBain Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Crimes of Passion | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Murder For Love | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Crime After Crime | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Writers on Writing | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Dangerous Women | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Transgressions | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Price of Desire | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Transgressions, Vol. 2 | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Transgressions, Vol. 3 | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Transgressions, Vol. 4 | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Masters of Noir, Volume One | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Masters of Noir, Volume Three | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Ed McBain (1926-2005), pseudonym of Evan Hunter, was an American crime and mystery writer. He is renowned for his iconic "87th Precinct" police procedural series, featuring detectives Steve Carella and Bert Kling. McBain's novels are known for their gritty realism, complex characters, and intricate plots. He won numerous awards, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award (1998) and the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Grand Master Award (2003). McBain's works have been translated into over 30 languages and adapted into television and film. McBain's critical acclaim stemmed from his innovative style, which focused on the ensemble cast and the intricate relationships within the police department. His works also received praise for their insightful exploration of social issues and the human condition.