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Donald E. Westlake Books in Order

Find every Donald E. Westlake book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 247 books / 14 series

American author Donald E. Westlake is best known for his comic crime series featuring the hapless thief John Dortmunder and the hard-boiled Parker novels (written as Richard Stark). A three-time Edgar Award winner, his work has sold millions globally. This page lists Donald E. Westlake’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Donald E. Westlake Books in Chronological Order

1959 Backstage Love POoPCB / 1 Buy
1959 Sally POoSN / 1 Buy
1959 Man Hungry POoSN / 2 Buy
1959 All My Lovers POoSN / 3 Buy
1960 SO WILLING. POoSN / 4 Buy
1960 All about Annette POoSN / 5 Buy
1960 Virgin's Summer POoSN / 6 Buy
1960 The Wife Next Door POoSN / 7 Buy
1960 The Mercenaries / The Cutie POoSN / 8 Buy
1961 Passion's Playthings POoSN / 9 Buy
1961 Call Me Sinner POoSN / 10 Buy
1961 Campus Doll POoSN / 11 Buy
1961 Brother and Sister POoSN / 12 Buy
1961 Killing Time POoSN / 13 Buy
1961 Young and Innocent POoSN / 14 Buy
1962 Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter POoPB / 1 Buy
1962 What Girls Will Do POoPCB / 2 Buy
1962 361 POoSN / 15 Buy
1962 Strange affair. POoSN / 16 Buy
1963 The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face POoPB / 2 Buy
1963 The Mourner POoPB / 4 Buy
1963 The Score / Killtown POoPB / 5 Buy
1963 Killy POoSN / 17 Buy
1963 Campus Lovers POoSN / 18 Buy
1964 Pity Him Afterwards POoSN / 19 Buy
1965 The Jugger POoPB / 6 Buy
1965 The Fugitive Pigeon POoSN / 20 Buy
1966 Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death POoMTB / 1 Buy
1966 The Seventh / The Split POoPB / 7 Buy
1966 The Handle / Run Lethal POoPB / 8 Buy
1966 The Busy Body POoSN / 21 Buy
1966 Spy in the Ointment POoSN / 22 Buy
1967 The Damsel POoAGB / 1 Buy
1967 Murder Among Children POoMTB / 2 Buy
1967 The Rare Coin Score POoPB / 9 Buy
1967 The Green Eagle Score POoPB / 10 Buy
1967 God Save the Mark POoSN / 23 Buy
1967 Anarchaos POoSN / 24 Buy
1967 Philip POoSN / 25 Buy
1968 Curious Facts Preceding My Execution POoSSC / 1 Buy
1968 The Black Ice Score POoPB / 11 Buy
1968 Who stole Sassi Manoon? POoSN / 26 Buy
1969 The Dame POoAGB / 2 Buy
1969 The Blackbird POoAGB / 3 Buy
1969 The Sour Lemon Score POoPB / 12 Buy
1969 Up Your Banners POoSN / 27 Buy
1969 Somebody Owes Me Money POoSN / 28 Buy
1970 The Hot Rock POoDB / 1 Buy
1970 Wax Apple POoMTB / 3 Buy
1970 A Jade In Aries POoMTB / 4 Buy
1970 Adios Scheherazade POoSN / 29 Buy
1970 Comfort Station POoSN / 30 Buy
1970 Ex Officio POoSN / 31 Buy
1971 Lemons Never Lie POoAGB / 4 Buy
1971 Deadly Edge POoPB / 14 Buy
1971 I Gave at the Office POoSN / 32 Buy
1972 Bank Shot POoDB / 2 Buy
1972 Don't Lie To Me POoMTB / 5 Buy
1972 Plunder Squad POoPB / 15 Buy
1972 Cops and Robbers POoSN / 33 Buy
1973 Gangway!(With: Brian Garfield) POoSN / 34 Buy
1974 Jimmy The Kid POoDB / 3 Buy
1974 Butcher's Moon POoPB / 16 Buy
1974 Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner POoSN / 35 Buy
1975 Brothers Keepers POoSN / 36 Buy
1975 Two Much POoSN / 37 Buy
1976 Dancing Aztecs POoSN / 38 Buy
1977 Nobody's Perfect POoDB / 4 Buy
1978 Enough POoSSC / 2 Buy
1980 Castle in the Air POoSN / 39 Buy
1981 Kahawa POoSN / 40 Buy
1983 Why Me? POoDB / 5 Buy
1984 A Likely Story POoSN / 41 Buy
1985 Good Behavior POoDB / 6 Buy
1985 High Adventure POoSN / 42 Buy
1986 One Of Us Is Wrong POoSHB / 1 Buy
1986 I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That POoSHB / 2 Buy
1987 Transylvania Station(With: Abby Westlake) POoSSC / 3 Buy
1987 What I Tell You Three Times Is False POoSHB / 3 Buy
1988 Trust Me On This POoS&JB / 1 Buy
1989 Too Many Crooks POoSS / 1 Buy
1989 Tomorrow's Crimes POoSSC / 4 Buy
1989 The Fourth Dimension Is Death POoSHB / 4 Buy
1990 Drowned Hopes POoDB / 7 Buy
1992 Humans POoSN / 43 Buy
1993 Don't Ask POoDB / 8 Buy
1994 Baby, Would I Lie? POoS&JB / 2 Buy
1995 Smoke POoSN / 44 Buy
1996 What's The Worst That Could Happen? POoDB / 9 Buy
1997 Comeback POoPB / 17 Buy
1997 The Ax POoSN / 45 Buy
1998 Backflash POoPB / 18 Buy
1999 A Good Story and Other Stories POoSSC / 5 Buy
2000 Flashfire / Parker POoPB / 19 Buy
2000 The Hook POoSN / 46 Buy
2001 Bad News POoDB / 10 Buy
2001 Firebreak POoPB / 20 Buy
2001 The Scared Stiff POoSN / 47 Buy
2002 San Francisco Noir POoANB / 1 Buy
2002 Breakout POoPB / 21 Buy
2002 Put a Lid on It POoSN / 48 Buy
2003 Seattle Noir POoANB / 2 Buy
2003 Bronx Noir POoANB / 3 Buy
2003 Money for Nothing POoSN / 49 Buy
2004 Brooklyn Noir POoANB / 4 Buy
2004 Hasidic Noir POoANB / 5 Buy
2004 The Road To Ruin POoDB / 11 Buy
2004 Thieves' Dozen POoDB / 12 Buy
2004 Nobody Runs Forever POoPB / 22 Buy
2005 Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) POoTB / 1 Buy
2005 Brooklyn Noir 2 POoANB / 6 Buy
2005 Chicago Noir POoANB / 7 Buy
2005 Dublin Noir POoANB / 8 Buy
2005 Watch Your Back! POoDB / 13 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 2(By: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris) POoTB / 2 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 3(With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,John Farris) POoTB / 3 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 4(By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain) POoTB / 4 Buy
2006 Manhattan Noir POoANB / 9 Buy
2006 Miami Noir POoANB / 10 Buy
2006 D.C. Noir POoANB / 11 Buy
2006 Baltimore Noir POoANB / 12 Buy
2006 Twin Cities Noir POoANB / 13 Buy
2006 London Noir POoANB / 14 Buy
2006 Ask The Parrot POoPB / 23 Buy
2007 What's So Funny? POoDB / 14 Buy
2007 New Orleans Noir POoANB / 15 Buy
2007 Los Angeles Noir POoANB / 16 Buy
2007 Wall Street Noir POoANB / 17 Buy
2007 Havana Noir POoANB / 18 Buy
2007 Detroit Noir POoANB / 19 Buy
2008 Queens Noir POoANB / 20 Buy
2008 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth POoANB / 21 Buy
2008 Toronto Noir POoANB / 22 Buy
2008 Las Vegas Noir POoANB / 23 Buy
2008 Trinidad Noir POoANB / 24 Buy
2008 Dirty Money POoPB / 24 Buy
2008 D.C. Noir 2 POoANB / 25 Buy
2008 Manhattan Noir 2 POoANB / 26 Buy
2008 Paris Noir POoANB / 27 Buy
2008 Istanbul Noir POoANB / 28 Buy
2009 The Hunter POoPGNB / 1 Buy
2009 Get Real POoDB / 15 Buy
2009 Boston Noir POoANB / 29 Buy
2009 Rome Noir POoANB / 30 Buy
2009 San Francisco Noir 2 POoANB / 31 Buy
2009 Portland Noir POoANB / 32 Buy
2009 Delhi Noir POoANB / 33 Buy
2009 Phoenix Noir POoANB / 34 Buy
2010 The Outfit POoPGNB / 2 Buy
2010 The Man with the Getaway Face POoPGNB / 3 Buy
2010 Los Angeles Noir 2 POoANB / 35 Buy
2010 Mexico City Noir POoANB / 36 Buy
2010 Richmond Noir POoANB / 37 Buy
2010 Orange County Noir POoANB / 38 Buy
2010 Indian Country Noir POoANB / 39 Buy
2010 Moscow Noir POoANB / 40 Buy
2010 Lone Star Noir POoANB / 41 Buy
2010 Philadelphia Noir POoANB / 42 Buy
2010 Haiti Noir POoANB / 43 Buy
2010 Copenhagen Noir POoANB / 44 Buy
2010 Memory / The Actor POoSN / 50 Buy
2011 Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition POoPGNB / 4 Buy
2011 Pittsburgh Noir POoANB / 45 Buy
2011 San Diego Noir POoANB / 46 Buy
2011 Barcelona Noir POoANB / 47 Buy
2011 Cape Cod Noir POoANB / 48 Buy
2011 New Jersey Noir POoANB / 49 Buy
2012 The Score POoPGNB / 5 Buy
2012 Meteor Strike POoSSC / 6 Buy
2012 Staten Island Noir POoANB / 50 Buy
2012 Mumbai Noir POoANB / 51 Buy
2012 The Comedy is Finished POoSN / 51 Buy
2012 Long Island Noir POoANB / 52 Buy
2012 Venice Noir POoANB / 53 Buy
2012 Kingston Noir POoANB / 54 Buy
2012 St. Petersburg Noir POoANB / 55 Buy
2012 Kansas City Noir POoANB / 56 Buy
2012 Boston Noir 2 POoANB / 57 Buy
2013 Slayground POoPGNB / 6 Buy
2013 USA Noir POoANB / 58 Buy
2013 Manila Noir POoANB / 59 Buy
2013 Buffalo Noir POoANB / 60 Buy
2013 Dallas Noir POoANB / 61 Buy
2013 Haiti Noir 2 POoANB / 62 Buy
2014 The Getaway Car POoNB / 1 Buy
2014 Singapore Noir POoANB / 63 Buy
2014 Prison Noir POoANB / 64 Buy
2014 Tel Aviv Noir POoANB / 65 Buy
2014 Tehran Noir POoANB / 66 Buy
2014 Belfast Noir POoANB / 67 Buy
2014 Helsinki Noir POoANB / 68 Buy
2014 Rio Noir POoANB / 69 Buy
2015 Providence Noir POoANB / 70 Buy
2015 Chicago Noir: The Classics POoANB / 71 Buy
2015 Memphis Noir POoANB / 72 Buy
2015 Zagreb Noir POoANB / 73 Buy
2015 Marseille Noir POoANB / 74 Buy
2015 Beirut Noir POoANB / 75 Buy
2016 New Orleans Noir: The Classics POoANB / 76 Buy
2016 Stockholm Noir POoANB / 77 Buy
2016 Brussels Noir POoANB / 78 Buy
2016 Mississippi Noir POoANB / 79 Buy
2016 St. Louis Noir POoANB / 80 Buy
2016 Prague Noir POoANB / 81 Buy
2016 San Juan Noir POoANB / 82 Buy
2017 Forever and a Death POoSN / 52 Buy
2017 Oakland Noir POoANB / 83 Buy
2017 Trinidad Noir: The Classics POoANB / 84 Buy
2017 Atlanta Noir POoANB / 85 Buy
2017 New Haven Noir POoANB / 86 Buy
2017 Montana Noir POoANB / 87 Buy
2017 Buenos Aires Noir POoANB / 88 Buy
2017 Montreal Noir POoANB / 89 Buy
2018 Berlin Noir POoANB / 90 Buy
2018 S’o Paulo Noir POoANB / 91 Buy
2018 Santa Cruz Noir POoANB / 92 Buy
2018 Lagos Noir POoANB / 93 Buy
2018 Marrakech Noir POoANB / 94 Buy
2018 Baghdad Noir POoANB / 95 Buy
2018 Vancouver Noir POoANB / 96 Buy
2018 Sydney Noir POoANB / 97 Buy
2018 Hong Kong Noir POoANB / 98 Buy
2019 Amsterdam Noir POoANB / 99 Buy
2019 Milwaukee Noir POoANB / 100 Buy
2019 Houston Noir POoANB / 101 Buy
2020 Double Feature POoSSC / 7 Buy
2020 Nairobi Noir POoANB / 102 Buy
2020 Columbus Noir POoANB / 103 Buy
2020 Santa Fe Noir POoANB / 104 Buy
2020 Alabama Noir POoANB / 105 Buy
2020 Berkeley Noir POoANB / 106 Buy
2020 Addis Ababa Noir POoANB / 107 Buy
2020 Tampa Bay Noir POoANB / 108 Buy
2020 Miami Noir: The Classics POoANB / 109 Buy
2020 Accra Noir POoANB / 110 Buy
2020 Belgrade Noir POoANB / 111 Buy
2021 Palm Springs Noir POoANB / 112 Buy
2022 Call Me a Cab POoSN / 53 Buy
2022 Paris Noir: The Suburbs POoANB / 113 Buy
2022 Denver Noir POoANB / 114 Buy
2022 South Central Noir POoANB / 115 Buy
2023 Cleveland Noir POoANB / 116 Buy
2023 East Jerusalem Noir POoANB / 117 Buy
2023 West Jerusalem Noir POoANB / 118 Buy
2024 Honolulu Noir POoANB / 119 Buy
2025 Sacramento Noir POoANB / 120 Buy
2025 Hamburg Noir POoANB / 121 Buy

Donald E. Westlake Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Damsel 1967 Buy
02 The Dame 1969 Buy
03 The Blackbird 1969 Buy
04 Lemons Never Lie 1971 Buy
Sam Holt Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1986-1989
01 One Of Us Is Wrong 1986 Buy
02 I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That 1986 Buy
03 What I Tell You Three Times Is False 1987 Buy
04 The Fourth Dimension Is Death 1989 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 53 books / 1959-2022
01 Sally 1959 Buy
02 Man Hungry 1959 Buy
03 All My Lovers 1959 Buy
04 SO WILLING. 1960 Buy
05 All about Annette 1960 Buy
06 Virgin's Summer 1960 Buy
07 The Wife Next Door 1960 Buy
08 The Mercenaries / The Cutie 1960 Buy
09 Passion's Playthings 1961 Buy
10 Call Me Sinner 1961 Buy
11 Campus Doll 1961 Buy
12 Brother and Sister 1961 Buy
13 Killing Time 1961 Buy
14 Young and Innocent 1961 Buy
15 361 1962 Buy
16 Strange affair. 1962 Buy
17 Killy 1963 Buy
18 Campus Lovers 1963 Buy
19 Pity Him Afterwards 1964 Buy
20 The Fugitive Pigeon 1965 Buy
21 The Busy Body 1966 Buy
22 Spy in the Ointment 1966 Buy
23 God Save the Mark 1967 Buy
24 Anarchaos 1967 Buy
25 Philip 1967 Buy
26 Who stole Sassi Manoon? 1968 Buy
27 Up Your Banners 1969 Buy
28 Somebody Owes Me Money 1969 Buy
29 Adios Scheherazade 1970 Buy
30 Comfort Station 1970 Buy
31 Ex Officio 1970 Buy
32 I Gave at the Office 1971 Buy
33 Cops and Robbers 1972 Buy
34 Gangway!(With: Brian Garfield) 1973 Buy
35 Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner 1974 Buy
36 Brothers Keepers 1975 Buy
37 Two Much 1975 Buy
38 Dancing Aztecs 1976 Buy
39 Castle in the Air 1980 Buy
40 Kahawa 1981 Buy
41 A Likely Story 1984 Buy
42 High Adventure 1985 Buy
43 Humans 1992 Buy
44 Smoke 1995 Buy
45 The Ax 1997 Buy
46 The Hook 2000 Buy
47 The Scared Stiff 2001 Buy
48 Put a Lid on It 2002 Buy
49 Money for Nothing 2003 Buy
50 Memory / The Actor 2010 Buy
51 The Comedy is Finished 2012 Buy
52 Forever and a Death 2017 Buy
53 Call Me a Cab 2022 Buy
01 The Getaway Car 2014 Buy
Akashic Noir Books in Reading Order 121 books / 2002-2025
01 San Francisco Noir 2002 Buy
02 Seattle Noir 2003 Buy
03 Bronx Noir 2003 Buy
04 Brooklyn Noir 2004 Buy
05 Hasidic Noir 2004 Buy
06 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005 Buy
07 Chicago Noir 2005 Buy
08 Dublin Noir 2005 Buy
09 Manhattan Noir 2006 Buy
10 Miami Noir 2006 Buy
11 D.C. Noir 2006 Buy
12 Baltimore Noir 2006 Buy
13 Twin Cities Noir 2006 Buy
14 London Noir 2006 Buy
15 New Orleans Noir 2007 Buy
16 Los Angeles Noir 2007 Buy
17 Wall Street Noir 2007 Buy
18 Havana Noir 2007 Buy
19 Detroit Noir 2007 Buy
20 Queens Noir 2008 Buy
21 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008 Buy
22 Toronto Noir 2008 Buy
23 Las Vegas Noir 2008 Buy
24 Trinidad Noir 2008 Buy
25 D.C. Noir 2 2008 Buy
26 Manhattan Noir 2 2008 Buy
27 Paris Noir 2008 Buy
28 Istanbul Noir 2008 Buy
29 Boston Noir 2009 Buy
30 Rome Noir 2009 Buy
31 San Francisco Noir 2 2009 Buy
32 Portland Noir 2009 Buy
33 Delhi Noir 2009 Buy
34 Phoenix Noir 2009 Buy
35 Los Angeles Noir 2 2010 Buy
36 Mexico City Noir 2010 Buy
37 Richmond Noir 2010 Buy
38 Orange County Noir 2010 Buy
39 Indian Country Noir 2010 Buy
40 Moscow Noir 2010 Buy
41 Lone Star Noir 2010 Buy
42 Philadelphia Noir 2010 Buy
43 Haiti Noir 2010 Buy
44 Copenhagen Noir 2010 Buy
45 Pittsburgh Noir 2011 Buy
46 San Diego Noir 2011 Buy
47 Barcelona Noir 2011 Buy
48 Cape Cod Noir 2011 Buy
49 New Jersey Noir 2011 Buy
50 Staten Island Noir 2012 Buy
51 Mumbai Noir 2012 Buy
52 Long Island Noir 2012 Buy
53 Venice Noir 2012 Buy
54 Kingston Noir 2012 Buy
55 St. Petersburg Noir 2012 Buy
56 Kansas City Noir 2012 Buy
57 Boston Noir 2 2012 Buy
58 USA Noir 2013 Buy
59 Manila Noir 2013 Buy
60 Buffalo Noir 2013 Buy
61 Dallas Noir 2013 Buy
62 Haiti Noir 2 2013 Buy
63 Singapore Noir 2014 Buy
64 Prison Noir 2014 Buy
65 Tel Aviv Noir 2014 Buy
66 Tehran Noir 2014 Buy
67 Belfast Noir 2014 Buy
68 Helsinki Noir 2014 Buy
69 Rio Noir 2014 Buy
70 Providence Noir 2015 Buy
71 Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015 Buy
72 Memphis Noir 2015 Buy
73 Zagreb Noir 2015 Buy
74 Marseille Noir 2015 Buy
75 Beirut Noir 2015 Buy
76 New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016 Buy
77 Stockholm Noir 2016 Buy
78 Brussels Noir 2016 Buy
79 Mississippi Noir 2016 Buy
80 St. Louis Noir 2016 Buy
81 Prague Noir 2016 Buy
82 San Juan Noir 2016 Buy
83 Oakland Noir 2017 Buy
84 Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017 Buy
85 Atlanta Noir 2017 Buy
86 New Haven Noir 2017 Buy
87 Montana Noir 2017 Buy
88 Buenos Aires Noir 2017 Buy
89 Montreal Noir 2017 Buy
90 Berlin Noir 2018 Buy
91 S’o Paulo Noir 2018 Buy
92 Santa Cruz Noir 2018 Buy
93 Lagos Noir 2018 Buy
94 Marrakech Noir 2018 Buy
95 Baghdad Noir 2018 Buy
96 Vancouver Noir 2018 Buy
97 Sydney Noir 2018 Buy
98 Hong Kong Noir 2018 Buy
99 Amsterdam Noir 2019 Buy
100 Milwaukee Noir 2019 Buy
101 Houston Noir 2019 Buy
102 Nairobi Noir 2020 Buy
103 Columbus Noir 2020 Buy
104 Santa Fe Noir 2020 Buy
105 Alabama Noir 2020 Buy
106 Berkeley Noir 2020 Buy
107 Addis Ababa Noir 2020 Buy
108 Tampa Bay Noir 2020 Buy
109 Miami Noir: The Classics 2020 Buy
110 Accra Noir 2020 Buy
111 Belgrade Noir 2020 Buy
112 Palm Springs Noir 2021 Buy
113 Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022 Buy
114 Denver Noir 2022 Buy
115 South Central Noir 2022 Buy
116 Cleveland Noir 2023 Buy
117 East Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
118 West Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
119 Honolulu Noir 2024 Buy
120 Sacramento Noir 2025 Buy
121 Hamburg Noir 2025 Buy
Parker Books in Reading Order 22 books / 1962-2008
01 Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter 1962 Buy
02 The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face 1963 Buy
04 The Mourner 1963 Buy
05 The Score / Killtown 1963 Buy
06 The Jugger 1965 Buy
07 The Seventh / The Split 1966 Buy
08 The Handle / Run Lethal 1966 Buy
09 The Rare Coin Score 1967 Buy
10 The Green Eagle Score 1967 Buy
11 The Black Ice Score 1968 Buy
12 The Sour Lemon Score 1969 Buy
14 Deadly Edge 1971 Buy
15 Plunder Squad 1972 Buy
16 Butcher's Moon 1974 Buy
17 Comeback 1997 Buy
18 Backflash 1998 Buy
19 Flashfire / Parker 2000 Buy
20 Firebreak 2001 Buy
21 Breakout 2002 Buy
22 Nobody Runs Forever 2004 Buy
23 Ask The Parrot 2006 Buy
24 Dirty Money 2008 Buy
01 The Hunter 2009 Buy
02 The Outfit 2010 Buy
03 The Man with the Getaway Face 2010 Buy
04 Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition 2011 Buy
05 The Score 2012 Buy
06 Slayground 2013 Buy
01 Backstage Love 1959 Buy
02 What Girls Will Do 1962 Buy
01 Trust Me On This 1988 Buy
02 Baby, Would I Lie? 1994 Buy
01 Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death 1966 Buy
02 Murder Among Children 1967 Buy
03 Wax Apple 1970 Buy
04 A Jade In Aries 1970 Buy
05 Don't Lie To Me 1972 Buy
Dortmunder Books in Reading Order 15 books / 1970-2009
01 The Hot Rock 1970 Buy
02 Bank Shot 1972 Buy
03 Jimmy The Kid 1974 Buy
04 Nobody's Perfect 1977 Buy
05 Why Me? 1983 Buy
06 Good Behavior 1985 Buy
07 Drowned Hopes 1990 Buy
08 Don't Ask 1993 Buy
09 What's The Worst That Could Happen? 1996 Buy
10 Bad News 2001 Buy
11 The Road To Ruin 2004 Buy
12 Thieves' Dozen 2004 Buy
13 Watch Your Back! 2005 Buy
14 What's So Funny? 2007 Buy
15 Get Real 2009 Buy
01 Too Many Crooks 1989 Buy
01 Curious Facts Preceding My Execution 1968 Buy
02 Enough 1978 Buy
03 Transylvania Station(With: Abby Westlake) 1987 Buy
04 Tomorrow's Crimes 1989 Buy
05 A Good Story and Other Stories 1999 Buy
06 Meteor Strike 2012 Buy
07 Double Feature 2020 Buy
01 Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) 2005 Buy
02 Transgressions, Vol. 2(By: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris) 2006 Buy
03 Transgressions, Vol. 3(With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,John Farris) 2006 Buy
04 Transgressions, Vol. 4(By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain) 2006 Buy

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