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Ed McBain Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Ed McBain in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 135 books / 9 series

American author Ed McBain, best known for his groundbreaking 87th Precinct police procedural series, revolutionized the crime genre. His books have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. This page provides the Ed McBain books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Ed McBain in Publication Order

1942 The Sunday Pigeon Murders(By: Craig Rice) POoBRaHKB / 1 Buy
1943 The Thursday Turkey Murders(By: Craig Rice) POoBRaHKB / 2 Buy
1952 Find the Feathered Serpent POoCB / 1 Buy
1952 Don\'t Crowd Me / Paradise Party(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 1 Buy
1952 The Big Fix POoSN / 2 Buy
1952 Rocket to Luna(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 3 Buy
1954 Cut Me In POoSN / 4 Buy
1954 Runaway Black / Runaway(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 5 Buy
1955 Death of a Nurse POoSN / 6 Buy
1955 Murder in the Navy(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 7 Buy
1956 Cop Hater POo8PB / 1 Buy
1956 The Mugger POo8PB / 2 Buy
1956 The Pusher POo8PB / 3 Buy
1956 Tomorrow's World / Tomorrow & Tomorrow(By: Hunt Collins) POoSN / 8 Buy
1956 So Nude, So Dead(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 9 Buy
1957 The Con Man POo8PB / 4 Buy
1957 Killer's Choice POo8PB / 5 Buy
1957 Vanishing Ladies(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 10 Buy
1957 The Spiked Heel(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 11 Buy
1958 The April Robin Murders(With: Craig Rice) POoBRaHKB / 3 Buy
1958 Lady Killer POo8PB / 6 Buy
1958 Killer's Wedge POo8PB / 7 Buy
1958 Killer's Payoff POo8PB / 8 Buy
1958 Strangers When We Meet(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 12 Buy
1958 Even the Wicked(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 13 Buy
1958 The Gutter and the Grave POoSN / 14 Buy
1959 King's Ransom POo8PB / 9 Buy
1959 'Til Death POo8PB / 10 Buy
1959 Big Man(By: Richard Marsten) POoSN / 15 Buy
1959 A Matter of Conviction(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 16 Buy
1960 Give the Boys a Great Big Hand POo8PB / 11 Buy
1960 The Heckler POo8PB / 12 Buy
1960 See Them Die POo8PB / 13 Buy
1961 The Remarkable Harry(As: Evan Hunter) POoCB / 2 Buy
1961 The Wonderful Button(As: Evan Hunter) POoCB / 3 Buy
1961 Lady, Lady, I Did It! POo8PB / 14 Buy
1961 Buddwing(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 17 Buy
1962 The Empty Hours POo8PB / 15 Buy
1962 Like Love POo8PB / 16 Buy
1963 Ten Plus One POo8PB / 17 Buy
1963 Ax / Axe POo8PB / 18 Buy
1965 The Sentries POoSN / 18 Buy
1965 He Who Hesitates POo8PB / 19 Buy
1965 Doll POo8PB / 20 Buy
1966 Eighty Million Eyes POo8PB / 21 Buy
1968 Fuzz POo8PB / 22 Buy
1968 Shotgun POo8PB / 23 Buy
1970 Jigsaw POo8PB / 24 Buy
1971 Nobody Knew They Were There(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 19 Buy
1971 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! POo8PB / 25 Buy
1972 Seven POoSN / 20 Buy
1972 Sadie When She Died POo8PB / 26 Buy
1973 Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man POo8PB / 27 Buy
1973 Hail to the Chief POo8PB / 28 Buy
1974 Bread POo8PB / 29 Buy
1975 Doors(By: Ezra Hannon) POoSN / 21 Buy
1975 Where There's Smoke POoSN / 22 Buy
1975 Blood Relatives POo8PB / 30 Buy
1976 Goldilocks POoMHB / 1 Buy
1976 Me and Mr. Stenner(As: Evan Hunter) POoCB / 4 Buy
1976 Guns POoSN / 23 Buy
1976 So Long as You Both Shall Live POo8PB / 31 Buy
1977 Long Time No See POo8PB / 32 Buy
1979 Gangs! / Walk Proud POoSN / 24 Buy
1980 Ghosts POo8PB / 33 Buy
1980 Calypso POo8PB / 34 Buy
1981 Rumpelstiltskin POoMHB / 2 Buy
1981 Love, Dad(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 25 Buy
1981 Heat POo8PB / 35 Buy
1982 The McBain Brief POoSSC / 1 Buy
1982 Beauty and the Beast POoMHB / 3 Buy
1982 Far from the Sea(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 26 Buy
1983 Ice POo8PB / 36 Buy
1984 Jack and the Beanstalk POoMHB / 4 Buy
1984 Lizzie(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 27 Buy
1984 Lightning POo8PB / 37 Buy
1984 And All Through The House POo8PB / 38 Buy
1985 Snow White and Rose Red POoMHB / 5 Buy
1985 Eight Black Horses POo8PB / 39 Buy
1986 Cinderella POoMHB / 6 Buy
1986 Another Part of the City POoSN / 28 Buy
1987 Puss in Boots POoMHB / 7 Buy
1987 Poison POo8PB / 40 Buy
1988 McBain's Ladies(As: Evan Hunter) POo8PCB / 1 Buy
1988 The House That Jack Built POoMHB / 8 Buy
1989 McBain's Ladies Too(As: Evan Hunter) POo8PCB / 2 Buy
1989 Downtown POoSN / 29 Buy
1989 Lullaby POo8PB / 41 Buy
1989 Vespers POo8PB / 42 Buy
1989 Tricks POo8PB / 43 Buy
1990 Three Blind Mice POoMHB / 9 Buy
1991 Mary, Mary POoMHB / 10 Buy
1991 Widows POo8PB / 44 Buy
1992 Kiss POo8PB / 45 Buy
1993 For Better and for Worse POoSSB / 1 Buy
1993 Mischief POo8PB / 46 Buy
1994 There Was A Little Girl POoMHB / 11 Buy
1994 Criminal Conversation(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 30 Buy
1995 Privileged Conversation(As: Evan Hunter) POoSN / 31 Buy
1995 Romance POo8PB / 47 Buy
1996 Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear POoMHB / 12 Buy
1997 Nocturne POo8PB / 48 Buy
1998 Even More Laughs POoSSB / 2 Buy
1998 The Last Best Hope POoMHB / 13 Buy
1998 Driving Lessons POoSN / 32 Buy
1998 The Big Bad City POo8PB / 49 Buy
1999 The Last Dance POo8PB / 50 Buy
2001 Money, Money, Money POo8PB / 51 Buy
2002 Running from Legs and Other Stories POoSSC / 2 Buy
2002 Fat Ollie's Book POo8PB / 52 Buy
2003 The Frumious Bandersnatch POo8PB / 53 Buy
2004 Alice In Jeopardy POoSN / 33 Buy
2004 Hark! POo8PB / 54 Buy
2005 Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Sharyn McCrumb,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) POoTB / 1 Buy
2005 Fiddlers POo8PB / 55 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 2(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,John Farris) POoTB / 2 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 3(With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Donald E Westlake,John Farris) POoTB / 3 Buy
2006 Timeless Classics POoSSB / 3 Buy
2006 Learning to Kill POoSSC / 3 Buy
2006 Keller's Adjustment; Forever POoSSC / 4 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 4(With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb) POoTB / 4 Buy
2007 Falling in Love POoSSB / 4 Buy
2007 Food Fictions POoSSB / 5 Buy
2007 Travel Tales POoSSB / 6 Buy
2007 Edith Wharton POoSSB / 7 Buy
2007 Pets! POoSSB / 8 Buy
2007 Tales of Betrayal POoSSB / 9 Buy
2007 Family Matters POoSSB / 10 Buy
2008 Are We There Yet? POoSSB / 11 Buy
2009 A Touch of Magic POoSSB / 12 Buy
2009 The William Hurt Collection POoSSB / 13 Buy
2009 Whodunit? POoSSB / 14 Buy
2010 American Classics POoSSB / 15 Buy
2011 New American Stories POoSSB / 16 Buy
2012 Poe! POoSSB / 17 Buy

Complete Ed McBain Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Selected Shorts Reading Order 17 books / 1993-2012
01 For Better and for Worse 1993 Buy
02 Even More Laughs 1998 Buy
03 Timeless Classics 2006 Buy
04 Falling in Love 2007 Buy
05 Food Fictions 2007 Buy
06 Travel Tales 2007 Buy
07 Edith Wharton 2007 Buy
08 Pets! 2007 Buy
09 Tales of Betrayal 2007 Buy
10 Family Matters 2007 Buy
11 Are We There Yet? 2008 Buy
12 A Touch of Magic 2009 Buy
13 The William Hurt Collection 2009 Buy
14 Whodunit? 2009 Buy
15 American Classics 2010 Buy
16 New American Stories 2011 Buy
17 Poe! 2012 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 33 books / 1952-2004
01 Don\'t Crowd Me / Paradise Party(As: Evan Hunter) 1952 Buy
02 The Big Fix 1952 Buy
03 Rocket to Luna(By: Richard Marsten) 1952 Buy
04 Cut Me In 1954 Buy
05 Runaway Black / Runaway(By: Richard Marsten) 1954 Buy
06 Death of a Nurse 1955 Buy
07 Murder in the Navy(By: Richard Marsten) 1955 Buy
08 Tomorrow's World / Tomorrow & Tomorrow(By: Hunt Collins) 1956 Buy
09 So Nude, So Dead(By: Richard Marsten) 1956 Buy
10 Vanishing Ladies(By: Richard Marsten) 1957 Buy
11 The Spiked Heel(By: Richard Marsten) 1957 Buy
12 Strangers When We Meet(As: Evan Hunter) 1958 Buy
13 Even the Wicked(By: Richard Marsten) 1958 Buy
14 The Gutter and the Grave 1958 Buy
15 Big Man(By: Richard Marsten) 1959 Buy
16 A Matter of Conviction(As: Evan Hunter) 1959 Buy
17 Buddwing(As: Evan Hunter) 1961 Buy
18 The Sentries 1965 Buy
19 Nobody Knew They Were There(As: Evan Hunter) 1971 Buy
20 Seven 1972 Buy
21 Doors(By: Ezra Hannon) 1975 Buy
22 Where There's Smoke 1975 Buy
23 Guns 1976 Buy
24 Gangs! / Walk Proud 1979 Buy
25 Love, Dad(As: Evan Hunter) 1981 Buy
26 Far from the Sea(As: Evan Hunter) 1982 Buy
27 Lizzie(As: Evan Hunter) 1984 Buy
28 Another Part of the City 1986 Buy
29 Downtown 1989 Buy
30 Criminal Conversation(As: Evan Hunter) 1994 Buy
31 Privileged Conversation(As: Evan Hunter) 1995 Buy
32 Driving Lessons 1998 Buy
33 Alice In Jeopardy 2004 Buy
01 The McBain Brief 1982 Buy
02 Running from Legs and Other Stories 2002 Buy
03 Learning to Kill 2006 Buy
04 Keller's Adjustment; Forever 2006 Buy
Transgressions Reading Order 4 books / 2005-2006
01 Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Sharyn McCrumb,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) 2005 Buy
02 Transgressions, Vol. 2(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,John Farris) 2006 Buy
03 Transgressions, Vol. 3(With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Donald E Westlake,John Farris) 2006 Buy
04 Transgressions, Vol. 4(With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb) 2006 Buy
01 The Sunday Pigeon Murders(By: Craig Rice) 1942 Buy
02 The Thursday Turkey Murders(By: Craig Rice) 1943 Buy
03 The April Robin Murders(With: Craig Rice) 1958 Buy
87th Precinct Reading Order 55 books / 1956-2005
01 Cop Hater 1956 Buy
02 The Mugger 1956 Buy
03 The Pusher 1956 Buy
04 The Con Man 1957 Buy
05 Killer's Choice 1957 Buy
06 Lady Killer 1958 Buy
07 Killer's Wedge 1958 Buy
08 Killer's Payoff 1958 Buy
09 King's Ransom 1959 Buy
10 'Til Death 1959 Buy
11 Give the Boys a Great Big Hand 1960 Buy
12 The Heckler 1960 Buy
13 See Them Die 1960 Buy
14 Lady, Lady, I Did It! 1961 Buy
15 The Empty Hours 1962 Buy
16 Like Love 1962 Buy
17 Ten Plus One 1963 Buy
18 Ax / Axe 1963 Buy
19 He Who Hesitates 1965 Buy
20 Doll 1965 Buy
21 Eighty Million Eyes 1966 Buy
22 Fuzz 1968 Buy
23 Shotgun 1968 Buy
24 Jigsaw 1970 Buy
25 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! 1971 Buy
26 Sadie When She Died 1972 Buy
27 Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man 1973 Buy
28 Hail to the Chief 1973 Buy
29 Bread 1974 Buy
30 Blood Relatives 1975 Buy
31 So Long as You Both Shall Live 1976 Buy
32 Long Time No See 1977 Buy
33 Ghosts 1980 Buy
34 Calypso 1980 Buy
35 Heat 1981 Buy
36 Ice 1983 Buy
37 Lightning 1984 Buy
38 And All Through The House 1984 Buy
39 Eight Black Horses 1985 Buy
40 Poison 1987 Buy
41 Lullaby 1989 Buy
42 Vespers 1989 Buy
43 Tricks 1989 Buy
44 Widows 1991 Buy
45 Kiss 1992 Buy
46 Mischief 1993 Buy
47 Romance 1995 Buy
48 Nocturne 1997 Buy
49 The Big Bad City 1998 Buy
50 The Last Dance 1999 Buy
51 Money, Money, Money 2001 Buy
52 Fat Ollie's Book 2002 Buy
53 The Frumious Bandersnatch 2003 Buy
54 Hark! 2004 Buy
55 Fiddlers 2005 Buy
Matthew Hope Reading Order 13 books / 1976-1998
01 Goldilocks 1976 Buy
02 Rumpelstiltskin 1981 Buy
03 Beauty and the Beast 1982 Buy
04 Jack and the Beanstalk 1984 Buy
05 Snow White and Rose Red 1985 Buy
06 Cinderella 1986 Buy
07 Puss in Boots 1987 Buy
08 The House That Jack Built 1988 Buy
09 Three Blind Mice 1990 Buy
10 Mary, Mary 1991 Buy
11 There Was A Little Girl 1994 Buy
12 Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear 1996 Buy
13 The Last Best Hope 1998 Buy
Children's Reading Order 4 books / 1952-1976
01 Find the Feathered Serpent 1952 Buy
02 The Remarkable Harry(As: Evan Hunter) 1961 Buy
03 The Wonderful Button(As: Evan Hunter) 1961 Buy
04 Me and Mr. Stenner(As: Evan Hunter) 1976 Buy
01 McBain's Ladies(As: Evan Hunter) 1988 Buy
02 McBain's Ladies Too(As: Evan Hunter) 1989 Buy

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What is the best order to read Ed McBain 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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