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Bill Pronzini Books in Order

Find every Bill Pronzini book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 138 books / 14 series

American author Bill Pronzini is best known for his long-running Nameless Detective series. A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, his books have sold millions of copies. This page provides the Bill Pronzini books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Bill Pronzini Books in Chronological Order

1971 The Snatch POoNDB / 1 Buy
1971 The Stalker POoSN / 1 Buy
1972 Panic! POoSN / 2 Buy
1972 The Jade Figurine POoSN / 3 Buy
1973 The Vanished POoNDB / 2 Buy
1973 Undercurrent POoNDB / 3 Buy
1974 Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death POoCCB / 1 Buy
1974 Snowbound POoSN / 4 Buy
1975 Dead Run POoSN / 5 Buy
1976 Games POoSN / 6 Buy
1976 The Running of Beasts POoSN / 7 Buy
1976 Freebooty POoSN / 8 Buy
1977 Blowback POoNDB / 4 Buy
1977 Acts of Mercy POoSN / 9 Buy
1978 Twospot POoNDB / 5 Buy
1978 Wildfire POoSN / 10 Buy
1980 Labyrinth POoNDB / 6 Buy
1980 A killing in Xanadu POoSN / 11 Buy
1980 Prose Bowl POoSN / 12 Buy
1981 Hoodwink POoNDB / 7 Buy
1981 Duel at Gold Buttes POoSN / 13 Buy
1981 The Cambodia File POoSN / 14 Buy
1981 Masques POoSN / 15 Buy
1982 Gun in Cheek POoNB / 1 Buy
1982 Scattershot POoNDB / 8 Buy
1982 Dragonfire POoNDB / 9 Buy
1983 Cat’s Paw POoSS / 1 Buy
1983 Casefile POoNDC / 1 Buy
1983 Bindlestiff POoNDB / 10 Buy
1983 Border Fever POoSN / 16 Buy
1983 Day of the Moon POoSN / 17 Buy
1983 The Gallows Land POoSN / 18 Buy
1984 The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee POoSSC / 1 Buy
1984 The Eye POoOaTMB / 1 Buy
1984 Quicksilver POoNDB / 11 Buy
1984 Nightshades POoNDB / 12 Buy
1984 Double(With: Marcia Muller) POoNDB / 13 Buy
1985 Quincannon POoJQB / 1 Buy
1985 Police Procedurals POoAMB / 1 Buy
1985 San Francisco POoNB / 2 Buy
1985 Graveyard Plots POoSSC / 2 Buy
1985 Bones POoNDB / 14 Buy
1985 Starvation Camp POoSN / 19 Buy
1986 Beyond the Grave POoJQB / 2 Buy
1986 Locked Room Puzzles POoAMB / 2 Buy
1986 1001 Midnights POoNB / 3 Buy
1986 Deadfall POoNDB / 15 Buy
1986 The Lighthouse(With: Marcia Muller) POoSN / 20 Buy
1987 Son of Gun in Cheek POoNB / 4 Buy
1987 The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran POoSN / 21 Buy
1988 Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern POoSS / 2 Buy
1988 Shadowtown(By: John Lutz) POoOaTMB / 2 Buy
1988 Small Felonies POoSSC / 3 Buy
1989 Here Comes Santa Claus POoSS / 3 Buy
1989 Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham(With: Frank Bonham) POoSSC / 4 Buy
1989 Shackles POoNDB / 16 Buy
1989 Firewind POoSN / 22 Buy
1989 The Hangings POoSN / 23 Buy
1990 New Frontiers, Vol. 1 POoNFCB / 1 Buy
1990 New Frontiers, Vol. 2(With: Martin H. Greenberg) POoNFCB / 2 Buy
1990 The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini POoSSC / 5 Buy
1990 Jackpot POoNDB / 17 Buy
1991 Stacked Deck POoSSC / 6 Buy
1991 The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr.(With: Les Savage Jr.) POoSSC / 7 Buy
1991 Breakdown POoNDB / 18 Buy
1991 Quarry POoNDB / 19 Buy
1992 Epitaphs POoNDB / 20 Buy
1993 Demons POoNDB / 21 Buy
1993 Carmody's Run POoSN / 24 Buy
1994 Spadework POoNDC / 2 Buy
1994 With an Extreme Burning POoSN / 25 Buy
1995 Home Is The Place Where POoSS / 4 Buy
1995 Hardcase POoNDB / 22 Buy
1995 Blue Lonesome POoSN / 26 Buy
1996 Sentinels POoNDB / 23 Buy
1997 Six Gun In Cheek POoNB / 5 Buy
1997 Illusions POoNDB / 24 Buy
1997 A Wasteland of Strangers POoSN / 27 Buy
1998 Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services POoCaQC / 1 Buy
1998 Boobytrap POoNDB / 25 Buy
1999 Sleuths POoSSC / 8 Buy
1999 Nothing But the Night POoSN / 28 Buy
2000 The Big Bite POoSS / 5 Buy
2000 Crazybone POoNDB / 26 Buy
2001 Bleeders POoNDB / 27 Buy
2001 All the Long Years POoSN / 29 Buy
2001 In an Evil Time POoSN / 30 Buy
2002 Spook POoNDB / 28 Buy
2002 Step to the Graveyard Easy POoSN / 31 Buy
2003 Scenarios POoNDC / 3 Buy
2003 Problems Solved POoSSC / 9 Buy
2003 Burgade's Crossing POoSSC / 10 Buy
2004 On Account of Darkness and Other Stories(With: Barry N. Malzberg) POoSSC / 11 Buy
2004 The Alias Man POoSN / 32 Buy
2005 Quincannon's Game POoJQB / 3 Buy
2005 Nightcrawlers POoNDB / 29 Buy
2006 Devil's Brew POoSS / 6 Buy
2006 Coyote and Quarter-Moon POoSSC / 12 Buy
2006 Mourners POoNDB / 30 Buy
2006 The Crimes of Jordan Wise POoSN / 33 Buy
2007 Crucifixion River(With: Marcia Muller) POoSSC / 13 Buy
2007 Savages POoNDB / 31 Buy
2008 Dago Red POoSSC / 14 Buy
2008 Fever POoNDB / 32 Buy
2008 The Other Side of Silence POoSN / 34 Buy
2009 Schemers POoNDB / 33 Buy
2010 Betrayers POoNDB / 34 Buy
2010 The Hidden POoSN / 35 Buy
2011 Booktaker POoNDSS / 1 Buy
2011 Camouflage POoNDB / 35 Buy
2011 The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Marcia Muller) POoSN / 36 Buy
2012 Kinsmen POoNDSS / 2 Buy
2012 Femme POoNDSS / 3 Buy
2012 Pumpkin POoSS / 7 Buy
2012 Duo(With: Marcia Muller) POoSSC / 15 Buy
2012 Hellbox POoNDB / 36 Buy
2012 Night Freight POoSN / 37 Buy
2013 The Bughouse Affair POoCaQMB / 1 Buy
2013 The Spook Lights Affair POoCaQMB / 2 Buy
2013 Nemesis POoNDB / 37 Buy
2014 Strangers POoNDB / 38 Buy
2015 The Body Snatchers Affair POoCaQMB / 3 Buy
2015 Wishful Thinking POoSS / 8 Buy
2015 Vixen POoNDB / 39 Buy
2016 The Plague of Thieves Affair POoCaQMB / 4 Buy
2016 Zigzag POoNDB / 40 Buy
2017 The Dangerous Ladies Affair POoCaQMB / 5 Buy
2017 The Violated POoSN / 38 Buy
2017 Endgame POoNDB / 41 Buy
2018 The Bags of Tricks Affair POoCaQMB / 6 Buy
2018 Give-A-Damn Jones POoSN / 39 Buy
2019 The Flimflam Affair POoCaQMB / 7 Buy
2019 The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave POoSN / 40 Buy
2020 The Stolen Gold Affair POoCaQMB / 8 Buy
2021 The Paradise Affair POoCaQMB / 9 Buy
2022 Small Felonies 2 POoSSC / 16 Buy
2024 Cream of the Crop POoSSC / 17 Buy
2024 The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories POoSSC / 18 Buy

Bill Pronzini Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Eye 1984 Buy
02 Shadowtown(By: John Lutz) 1988 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 40 books / 1971-2019
01 The Stalker 1971 Buy
02 Panic! 1972 Buy
03 The Jade Figurine 1972 Buy
04 Snowbound 1974 Buy
05 Dead Run 1975 Buy
06 Games 1976 Buy
07 The Running of Beasts 1976 Buy
08 Freebooty 1976 Buy
09 Acts of Mercy 1977 Buy
10 Wildfire 1978 Buy
11 A killing in Xanadu 1980 Buy
12 Prose Bowl 1980 Buy
13 Duel at Gold Buttes 1981 Buy
14 The Cambodia File 1981 Buy
15 Masques 1981 Buy
16 Border Fever 1983 Buy
17 Day of the Moon 1983 Buy
18 The Gallows Land 1983 Buy
19 Starvation Camp 1985 Buy
20 The Lighthouse(With: Marcia Muller) 1986 Buy
21 The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran 1987 Buy
22 Firewind 1989 Buy
23 The Hangings 1989 Buy
24 Carmody's Run 1993 Buy
25 With an Extreme Burning 1994 Buy
26 Blue Lonesome 1995 Buy
27 A Wasteland of Strangers 1997 Buy
28 Nothing But the Night 1999 Buy
29 All the Long Years 2001 Buy
30 In an Evil Time 2001 Buy
31 Step to the Graveyard Easy 2002 Buy
32 The Alias Man 2004 Buy
33 The Crimes of Jordan Wise 2006 Buy
34 The Other Side of Silence 2008 Buy
35 The Hidden 2010 Buy
36 The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Marcia Muller) 2011 Buy
37 Night Freight 2012 Buy
38 The Violated 2017 Buy
39 Give-A-Damn Jones 2018 Buy
40 The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave 2019 Buy
01 Quincannon 1985 Buy
02 Beyond the Grave 1986 Buy
03 Quincannon's Game 2005 Buy
01 Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death 1974 Buy
01 New Frontiers, Vol. 1 1990 Buy
02 New Frontiers, Vol. 2(With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1990 Buy
01 Police Procedurals 1985 Buy
02 Locked Room Puzzles 1986 Buy
01 Cat’s Paw 1983 Buy
02 Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern 1988 Buy
03 Here Comes Santa Claus 1989 Buy
04 Home Is The Place Where 1995 Buy
05 The Big Bite 2000 Buy
06 Devil's Brew 2006 Buy
07 Pumpkin 2012 Buy
08 Wishful Thinking 2015 Buy
01 The Bughouse Affair 2013 Buy
02 The Spook Lights Affair 2013 Buy
03 The Body Snatchers Affair 2015 Buy
04 The Plague of Thieves Affair 2016 Buy
05 The Dangerous Ladies Affair 2017 Buy
06 The Bags of Tricks Affair 2018 Buy
07 The Flimflam Affair 2019 Buy
08 The Stolen Gold Affair 2020 Buy
09 The Paradise Affair 2021 Buy
01 Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services 1998 Buy
01 Casefile 1983 Buy
02 Spadework 1994 Buy
03 Scenarios 2003 Buy
01 The Snatch 1971 Buy
02 The Vanished 1973 Buy
03 Undercurrent 1973 Buy
04 Blowback 1977 Buy
05 Twospot 1978 Buy
06 Labyrinth 1980 Buy
07 Hoodwink 1981 Buy
08 Scattershot 1982 Buy
09 Dragonfire 1982 Buy
10 Bindlestiff 1983 Buy
11 Quicksilver 1984 Buy
12 Nightshades 1984 Buy
13 Double(With: Marcia Muller) 1984 Buy
14 Bones 1985 Buy
15 Deadfall 1986 Buy
16 Shackles 1989 Buy
17 Jackpot 1990 Buy
18 Breakdown 1991 Buy
19 Quarry 1991 Buy
20 Epitaphs 1992 Buy
21 Demons 1993 Buy
22 Hardcase 1995 Buy
23 Sentinels 1996 Buy
24 Illusions 1997 Buy
25 Boobytrap 1998 Buy
26 Crazybone 2000 Buy
27 Bleeders 2001 Buy
28 Spook 2002 Buy
29 Nightcrawlers 2005 Buy
30 Mourners 2006 Buy
31 Savages 2007 Buy
32 Fever 2008 Buy
33 Schemers 2009 Buy
34 Betrayers 2010 Buy
35 Camouflage 2011 Buy
36 Hellbox 2012 Buy
37 Nemesis 2013 Buy
38 Strangers 2014 Buy
39 Vixen 2015 Buy
40 Zigzag 2016 Buy
41 Endgame 2017 Buy
01 Gun in Cheek 1982 Buy
02 San Francisco 1985 Buy
03 1001 Midnights 1986 Buy
04 Son of Gun in Cheek 1987 Buy
05 Six Gun In Cheek 1997 Buy
01 Booktaker 2011 Buy
02 Kinsmen 2012 Buy
03 Femme 2012 Buy
01 The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee 1984 Buy
02 Graveyard Plots 1985 Buy
03 Small Felonies 1988 Buy
04 Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham(With: Frank Bonham) 1989 Buy
05 The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini 1990 Buy
06 Stacked Deck 1991 Buy
07 The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr.(With: Les Savage Jr.) 1991 Buy
08 Sleuths 1999 Buy
09 Problems Solved 2003 Buy
10 Burgade's Crossing 2003 Buy
11 On Account of Darkness and Other Stories(With: Barry N. Malzberg) 2004 Buy
12 Coyote and Quarter-Moon 2006 Buy
13 Crucifixion River(With: Marcia Muller) 2007 Buy
14 Dago Red 2008 Buy
15 Duo(With: Marcia Muller) 2012 Buy
16 Small Felonies 2 2022 Buy
17 Cream of the Crop 2024 Buy
18 The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories 2024 Buy

Where to start with Bill Pronzini

What is the best order to read Bill Pronzini books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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