Reading Order
7 series · 82 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Fer-de-Lance / Meet Nero Wolfe | 1934 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The League of Frightened Men | 1935 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Rubber Band / To Kill Again | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Red Box / Case of the Red Box | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Too Many Cooks | 1938 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Some Buried Caesar / The Red Bull | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Over My Dead Body | 1940 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Where There's a Will | 1940 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Black Orchids | 1942 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Not Quite Dead Enough | 1944 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Silent Speaker | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Too Many Women | 1947 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | And Be a Villain / More Deaths Than One | 1948 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Trouble in Triplicate | 1949 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Second Confession | 1949 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Even in the Best Families / In the Best Families | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Three Doors to Death / Door to Death | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Curtains for Three | 1951 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Murder by the Book | 1951 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Prisoner's Base / Out She Goes | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Triple Jeopardy | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | The Golden Spiders | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | The Black Mountain | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Three Men Out | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Before Midnight | 1955 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Might as Well Be Dead | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Three Witnesses | 1956 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | If Death Ever Slept | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Three for the Chair | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | And Four to Go / Crime and Again | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Champagne for One | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | Plot it Yourself / Murder in Style | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | Three at Wolfe's Door | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | Too Many Clients | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | The Final Deduction (Short Story) | 1961 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | Homicide Trinity | 1962 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Gambit | 1962 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | The Mother Hunt | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | Trio for Blunt Instruments | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | A Right to Die | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | The Doorbell Rang | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | Death of a Doxy | 1966 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | The Father Hunt | 1968 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 44 | Death of a Dude | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 45 | Please Pass The Guilt | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 46 | A Family Affair | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 47 | Death Times Three | 1985 | Buy from Amazon |
Nero Wolfe Short Stories/Novellas
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Disguise for Murder / The Twisted Scarf | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Bitter End (Short Story) | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Booby Trap (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Cordially Invited to Meet Death (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Last Drive: And Other Stories (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and FLO! / Eeny Meeny Murder Mo (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon |
Tecumseh Fox Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Double for Death | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Bad for Business | 1940 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Broken Vase (Short Story) | 1941 | Buy from Amazon |
Rex Stout Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Her Forbidden Knight | 1913 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Under the Andes | 1914 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | A Prize for Princes | 1914 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Great Legend | 1916 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | How Like a God | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Seed on the Wind | 1930 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Golden Remedy | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Forest Fire | 1933 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The President Vanishes | 1934 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | O Careless Love! | 1935 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Hand in the Glove / Crime on Her Hands | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Mr. Cinderella | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Mountain Cat Murders / The Mountain Cat | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Red Threads | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Sound of Murder / Alphabet Hicks | 1941 | Buy from Amazon |
Rex Stout Short Story Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Corsage | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Justice Ends At Home and Other Stories | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Target Practice | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories | 2000 | Buy from Amazon |
Rex Stout Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Nero Wolfe Cookbook | 1969 | Buy from Amazon |
Rex Stout Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954 | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Murder for Christmas | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Hound Dunnit | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Murder Most Merry | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Rex Stout (1886-1975) was an American mystery writer best known for his Nero Wolfe series. Before his writing career, Stout worked in a variety of occupations, including banking, farming, and advertising. He began writing in his late 40s, and his first Nero Wolfe novel, "Fer-de-Lance," was published in 1934. The series features the brilliant and eccentric detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin. Stout wrote 70 Nero Wolfe novels and novellas, which were praised for their intricate plots and witty dialogue. Stout received numerous awards for his writing, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award in 1959. His Nero Wolfe novels have been translated into more than 20 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Stout's work has been praised for its psychological depth, social commentary, and enduring popularity.