Publication Reading Order
The Matthew Scudder is a Crime Fiction series by Lawrence Block, comprising 23 books published between 1976 and 2023. Books are listed in publication order, which is the recommended reading sequence.
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sins of the Fathers | 1976 | Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | Time to Murder and Create | 1976 | Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | In the Midst of Death | 1976 | Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | A Stab in the Dark | 1981 | Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | Eight Million Ways to Die | 1982 | Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | When the Sacred Ginmill Closes | 1986 | Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | Out on the Cutting Edge | 1989 | Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | A Ticket to the Boneyard | 1990 | Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | A Dance at the Slaughterhouse | 1991 | Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | 1992 | Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | The Devil Knows You're Dead | 1993 | Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | A Long Line of Dead Men | 1994 | Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | Even the Wicked | 1996 | Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | Out the Window (Short Story) | 1997 | Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | Everybody Dies | 1998 | Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | Hope to Die | 2001 | Buy from Amazon |
| 17 | A Moment of Wrong Thinking (Short Story) | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | All the Flowers are Dying | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | A Drop of the Hard Stuff | 2011 | Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | Let's Get Lost (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | A Candle for the Bag Lady (Short Story) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | A Time to Scatter Stones | 2018 | Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder | 2023 | Buy from Amazon |