Rex Stout

Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin

  1. Fer-de-Lance (1934) 💽 [Abridged as "Point of Death"]
  2. The League of Frightened Men (1935) 📅 [Serialized as "The Frightened Men"]
  3. The Rubber Band (1936) 📅 [Serialized in The Saturday Evening Post]
  4. The Red Box (1937) 💽 [Serialized The American Magazine]
  5. Too Many Cooks (1938) 📅 [Serialized in The American Magazine]
  6. Some Buried Caesar (1939) 💽 [Abridged as "The Red Bull"]
  7. Over My Dead Body (1940) 💽 [Abridged in The American Magazine]
  8. Where There's a Will (1940) 📅 [Abridged as "Sisters in Trouble"]
  9. Black Orchids (1942) 💽 ["Black Orchids" & "Cordially Invited to Meet Death"]
  10. Not Quite Dead Enough (1944) 📅 ["Not Quite Dead Enough" & "Booby Trap"]
  11. The Silent Speaker (1946) 💽
  12. Too Many Women (1947) 📅
  13. And Be a Villain (1948) 💽 [aka "More Deaths Than One"; first of Zeck Trilogy]
  14. The Second Confession (1949) 💽 [Second of the Zeck Trilogy]
  15. In the Best Families (1950) 💽 [aka "Even in the Best Families"; third of Zeck Trilogy]
  16. Murder by the Book (1951) 📅
  17. Prisoner's Base (1952) 💽 [aka "Out Goes She"]
  18. The Golden Spiders (1953) 💽
  19. The Black Mountain (1954) 💽
  20. Before Midnight (1955) 📅
  21. Might as Well Be Dead (1956) 📅
  22. If Death Ever Slept (1957) 📅
  23. Champagne for One (1958) 💽
  24. Plot It Yourself (1959) 💽 [aka "Murder in Style"]
  25. Too Many Clients (1960) 📅
  26. The Final Deduction (1961) 📅
  27. Gambit (1962) 📅
  28. The Mother Hunt (1963) 📅
  29. A Right to Die (1964) 💽
  30. The Doorbell Rang (1965) 📅
  31. Death of a Doxy (1966) 📅
  32. The Father Hunt (1968) 📅
  33. Death of a Dude (1969) 📅
  34. Please Pass the Guilt (1973) 📅
  35. A Family Affair (1975) 💽
Novella Books
  1. Trouble in Triplicate (1949) 📅
    • "Before I Die"
    • "Help Wanted, Male"
    • "Instead of Evidence"
  2. Three Doors to Death (1950) 💽
    • "Man Alive"
    • "Omit Flowers"
    • "Door to Death"
  3. Curtains for Three (1951) 📅
    • "The Gun with Wings"
    • "Bullet for One"
    • "Disguise for Murder"
  4. Triple Jeopardy (1952) 📅
    • "Home to Roost"
    • "The Cop-Killer"
    • "The Squirt & the Monkey"
  5. Three Men Out (1954) 💽
    • "Invitation to Murder"
    • "The Zero Clue"
    • "This Won't Kill You"
  6. Three Witnesses (1956) 💽
    • "The Next Witness"
    • "When a Man Murders"
    • "Die Like a Dog"
  7. Three for the Chair (1957) 💽
    • "A Window for Death"
    • "Immune to Murder"
    • "Too Many Detectives"
  8. And Four to Go (1958) 💽 [aka "Crime and Again"]
    • "Christmas Party"
    • "Easter Parade"
    • "Fourth of July Picnic,"
    • "Murder Is No Joke"
  9. Three at Wolfe's Door (1960) 📅
    • "Poison à la Carte"
    • "Method Three for Murder"
    • "The Rodeo Murder"
  10. Homicide Trinity (1962) 📅
    • "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo"
    • "Death of a Demon"
    • "Counterfeit for Murder"
  11. Trio for Blunt Instruments (1964) 📅
    • "Kill Now-Pay Later"
    • "Murder Is Corny"
    • "Blood Will Tell"
  12. Death Times Three (1985) 💽 [Posthumous]
    • "Bitter End"
    • "Frame-Up for Murder"
    • "Assault on a Brownstone"