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Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is the pseudonym of American cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, best known for the classic mystery series featuring detective Ellery Queen. Their novels have sold over 100 million copies and earned multiple Edgar Awards. This page lists the Ellery Queen books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1929The Roman Hat MysteryPOoEQDB · 1Buy ↗

1930The French Powder MysteryPOoEQDB · 2Buy ↗

1931The Dutch Shoe MysteryPOoEQDB · 3Buy ↗

1932The Tragedy of XPOoDLB · 1Buy ↗

1932The Tragedy of YPOoDLB · 2Buy ↗

1932The Greek Coffin MysteryPOoEQDB · 4Buy ↗

1932The Egyptian Cross MysteryPOoEQDB · 5Buy ↗

1933The Tragedy of ZPOoDLB · 3Buy ↗

1933Drury Lane's Last CasePOoDLB · 4Buy ↗

1933The American Gun Mystery / Death at the RodeoPOoEQDB · 6Buy ↗

1933The Siamese Twin MysteryPOoEQDB · 7Buy ↗

1934The Chinese Orange MysteryPOoEQDB · 8Buy ↗

1935The Lamp of GodPOoEQDB · 9Buy ↗

1935The Spanish Cape MysteryPOoEQDB · 10Buy ↗

1936Halfway HousePOoEQDB · 11Buy ↗

1936The Door BetweenPOoEQDB · 12Buy ↗

1938The Four of HeartsPOoEQDB · 13Buy ↗

1938The Devil to PayPOoEQDB · 14Buy ↗

1939The New Adventures of Ellery QueenPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

1939The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin HeiressesPOoEQDB · 15Buy ↗

1941The Black Dog MysteryPOoEQJMB · 1Buy ↗

1941The Adventures of Ellery QueenPOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

1941The Penthouse MysteryPOoEQDB · 16Buy ↗

1942Calamity TownPOoEQDB · 17Buy ↗

1942The Perfect CrimePOoEQDB · 18Buy ↗

1943There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the DeadPOoEQDB · 19Buy ↗

1944The Green Turtle MysteryPOoEQJMB · 2Buy ↗

1945The Murderer is a FoxPOoEQDB · 20Buy ↗

1946The Red Chipmunk MysteryPOoEQJMB · 3Buy ↗

1948The Brown Fox MysteryPOoEQJMB · 4Buy ↗

1948The Golden Eagle MysteryPOoEQJMB · 5Buy ↗

1948Ten Days' WonderPOoEQDB · 21Buy ↗

1949Cat of Many TailsPOoEQDB · 22Buy ↗

1950The White Elephant MysteryPOoEQJMB · 6Buy ↗

1950Double, Double / The Case of the Seven MurdersPOoEQDB · 23Buy ↗

1951The Origin of EvilPOoEQDB · 24Buy ↗

1952Calendar of CrimePOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

1952The Yellow Cat MysteryPOoEQJMB · 7Buy ↗

1952The King is DeadPOoEQDB · 25Buy ↗

1953The Golden SummerPOoEQDB · 26Buy ↗

1953The Scarlet LettersPOoEQDB · 27Buy ↗

1954The Mystery of the Vanished VictimPOoEQJMB · 8Buy ↗

1954The Mystery of the Merry MagicianPOoEQJMB · 9Buy ↗

1954The Blue Herring MysteryPOoEQJMB · 10Buy ↗

1954The Glass VillagePOoEQDB · 28Buy ↗

1957Inspector Queen's Own CasePOoEQDB · 29Buy ↗

1958The Finishing StrokePOoEQDB · 30Buy ↗

1960Ellery Queen's Crime CarouselPOoEQMMAB · 1Buy ↗

1960Queens FullPOoEQDB · 31Buy ↗

1961Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual(By: Henry Slesar)POoEQMMAB · 2Buy ↗

1961Dead Man's TalePOoEQDB · 32Buy ↗

1962To Be Read Before MidnightPOoEQMMAB · 3Buy ↗

1962Death Spins the PlatterPOoEQDB · 33Buy ↗

1963Player on the Other SidePOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1963Wife or DeathPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

1963The Player On Other SidePOoEQDB · 34Buy ↗

1963Kill as DirectedPOoEQDB · 35Buy ↗

1963Murder with a PastPOoEQDB · 36Buy ↗

1964The Last Score(With: Charles W. Runyon)POoSN · 3Buy ↗

1964And on the Eighth DayPOoEQDB · 37Buy ↗

1964Four Men Called JohnPOoEQDB · 38Buy ↗

1965QBI: Queen's Bureau of InvestigationPOoSSC · 4Buy ↗

1965The Killer Touch(With: Charles W. Runyon)POoSN · 4Buy ↗

1965Beware the Young StrangerPOoSN · 5Buy ↗

1965The Copper FramePOoSN · 6Buy ↗

1965A Room To Die InPOoSN · 7Buy ↗

1965The Purple Bird MysteryPOoEQJMB · 11Buy ↗

1965Ellery Queen's Lethal Black BookPOoEQDB · 39Buy ↗

1965The Fourth Side of the TrianglePOoEQDB · 40Buy ↗

1966Where Is Bianca?POoTCB · 1Buy ↗

1966How Goes the Murder?POoTCB · 2Buy ↗

1966Who Spies, Who Kills?POoTCB · 3Buy ↗

1966Why So Dead?POoTCB · 4Buy ↗

1966A Study in TerrorPOoEQDB · 41Buy ↗

1966Losers, weepersPOoEQDB · 42Buy ↗

1966Shoot The ScenePOoEQDB · 43Buy ↗

1966The Madman TheoryPOoEQDB · 44Buy ↗

1967Ellery Queen All StarsPOoEQMMAB · 4Buy ↗

1967Which Way to Die?POoTCB · 5Buy ↗

1967Face to FacePOoEQDB · 45Buy ↗

1968Ellery Queen's Mystery ParadePOoEQMMAB · 5Buy ↗

1968QED: Queen's Experiments in DetectionPOoSSC · 5Buy ↗

1968Guess Who's Coming to Kill You?POoTCB · 6Buy ↗

1968Penthouse Mystery, ThePOoSN · 8Buy ↗

1968The Most Wanted Man In The WorldPOoSN · 9Buy ↗

1968The House of BrassPOoEQDB · 46Buy ↗

1968Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in DetectionPOoEQDB · 47Buy ↗

1968House of BrassPOoEQDB · 48Buy ↗

1968The Devil's CookPOoEQDB · 49Buy ↗

1969The Campus MurdersPOoMMB · 1Buy ↗

1969Ellery Queen's Mini MysteriesPOoEQMMAB · 6Buy ↗

1969What's in the Dark?POoTCB · 7Buy ↗

1969Kiss and Kill(With: Charles W. Runyon)POoSN · 10Buy ↗

1969Cop OutPOoEQDB · 50Buy ↗

1970The Black Hearts MurderPOoMMB · 2Buy ↗

1970When Fell The NightPOoSN · 11Buy ↗

1970The Last Woman in His LifePOoEQDB · 51Buy ↗

1970Ellery Queen's Poetic JusticePOoEQDB · 52Buy ↗

1971A Fine and Private PlacePOoEQDB · 53Buy ↗

1972Ellery Queen's Mystery BagPOoEQMMAB · 7Buy ↗

1972Ellery Queen's Best BetsPOoEQMMAB · 8Buy ↗

1972Door BetweenPOoSN · 12Buy ↗

1973The Blue Movie MurdersPOoMMB · 3Buy ↗

1974Ellery Queen's CrookbookPOoEQMMAB · 9Buy ↗

1974Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery StoriesPOoEQMMAB · 10Buy ↗

1974Blow Hot Blow ColdPOoEQDB · 54Buy ↗

1975Ellery Queen's MurdercadePOoEQMMAB · 11Buy ↗

1976Masterpieces of MysteryPOoMoMB · 1Buy ↗

1976Ellery Queen's Crime WavePOoEQMMAB · 12Buy ↗

1976Ellery Queen's Giants of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 13Buy ↗

1976Ellery Queen's Magicians Of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 14Buy ↗

1977Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked StoriesPOoSSC · 6Buy ↗

1977Ellery Queen's Circumstantial EvidencePOoEQMMAB · 15Buy ↗

1977X Marks the PlotPOoEQMMAB · 16Buy ↗

1977Ellery Queen's Crimes and ConsequencesPOoEQMMAB · 17Buy ↗

1977Ellery Queen's International Case BookPOoEQMMAB · 18Buy ↗

1977Ellery Queen's Cops And CapersPOoEQMMAB · 19Buy ↗

1978Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden DozenPOoEQMMAB · 20Buy ↗

1978Ellery Queen's a Multitude of SinsPOoEQMMAB · 21Buy ↗

1980Ellery Queen's The Golden 13POoEQMMAB · 22Buy ↗

1981Eyes of MysteryPOoSN · 13Buy ↗

1981Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World(By: T. M. Adams)POoEQMMAB · 23Buy ↗

1981Ellery Queen's Veils of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 24Buy ↗

1981Ellery Queen's Doors to MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 25Buy ↗

1982Ellery Queen's Maze Of MysteriesPOoEQMMAB · 26Buy ↗

1982Ellery Queen's EyewitnessesPOoEQMMAB · 27Buy ↗

1982Ellery Queen's Book of First AppearancesPOoEQMMAB · 28Buy ↗

1984Ellery Queen's Prime CrimesPOoEQMMAB · 29Buy ↗

1984Ellery Queen's Crimes and PunishmentsPOoEQMMAB · 30Buy ↗

1985Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes TwoPOoEQMMAB · 31Buy ↗

1987Ellery Queen's Champions Of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 32Buy ↗

1988Ellery Queen's Masks of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 33Buy ↗

1989Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the WorldPOoEQMMAB · 34Buy ↗

1989Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost MenPOoEQMMAB · 35Buy ↗

1989Ellerys Queen's Masters of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 36Buy ↗

1991Ellery Queen's Screen FavouritesPOoEQMMAB · 37Buy ↗

1992Ellery Queen's More EyewitnessesPOoEQMMAB · 38Buy ↗

1992Ellery Queen's Edgar Award WinnersPOoEQMMAB · 39Buy ↗

1992Ellery Queen's Faces of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 40Buy ↗

1994Ellery Queen's Other Faces of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 41Buy ↗

1994Ellery Queen's Windows Of MysteryPOoEQMMAB · 42Buy ↗

1995Ellery Queen's Searches and SeizuresPOoEQMMAB · 43Buy ↗

1999The Tragedy of Errors and OthersPOoSSC · 7Buy ↗

2004The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio MysteriesPOoSSC · 8Buy ↗

2004The Adventures of the Murdered MothsPOoSSC · 9Buy ↗

2010House of DarknessPOoSN · 14Buy ↗

2020Ellery Queen, Master DetectivePOoEQDB · 55Buy ↗

2022The Adventures of the Puzzle Club(With: Josh Pachter)POoSSC · 10Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Books11 books · 1941–1965

01The Black Dog Mystery1941Buy ↗

02The Green Turtle Mystery1944Buy ↗

03The Red Chipmunk Mystery1946Buy ↗

04The Brown Fox Mystery1948Buy ↗

05The Golden Eagle Mystery1948Buy ↗

06The White Elephant Mystery1950Buy ↗

07The Yellow Cat Mystery1952Buy ↗

08The Mystery of the Vanished Victim1954Buy ↗

09The Mystery of the Merry Magician1954Buy ↗

10The Blue Herring Mystery1954Buy ↗

11The Purple Bird Mystery1965Buy ↗

Publication Order of Mike McCall Books3 books · 1969–1973

01The Campus Murders1969Buy ↗

02The Black Hearts Murder1970Buy ↗

03The Blue Movie Murders1973Buy ↗

Publication Order of Drury Lane Books4 books · 1932–1933

01The Tragedy of X1932Buy ↗

02The Tragedy of Y1932Buy ↗

03The Tragedy of Z1933Buy ↗

04Drury Lane's Last Case1933Buy ↗

Publication Order of Ellery Queen Detective Books55 books · 1929–2020

01The Roman Hat Mystery1929Buy ↗

02The French Powder Mystery1930Buy ↗

03The Dutch Shoe Mystery1931Buy ↗

04The Greek Coffin Mystery1932Buy ↗

05The Egyptian Cross Mystery1932Buy ↗

06The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo1933Buy ↗

07The Siamese Twin Mystery1933Buy ↗

08The Chinese Orange Mystery1934Buy ↗

09The Lamp of God1935Buy ↗

10The Spanish Cape Mystery1935Buy ↗

11Halfway House1936Buy ↗

12The Door Between1936Buy ↗

13The Four of Hearts1938Buy ↗

14The Devil to Pay1938Buy ↗

15The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses1939Buy ↗

16The Penthouse Mystery1941Buy ↗

17Calamity Town1942Buy ↗

18The Perfect Crime1942Buy ↗

19There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead1943Buy ↗

20The Murderer is a Fox1945Buy ↗

21Ten Days' Wonder1948Buy ↗

22Cat of Many Tails1949Buy ↗

23Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders1950Buy ↗

24The Origin of Evil1951Buy ↗

25The King is Dead1952Buy ↗

26The Golden Summer1953Buy ↗

27The Scarlet Letters1953Buy ↗

28The Glass Village1954Buy ↗

29Inspector Queen's Own Case1957Buy ↗

30The Finishing Stroke1958Buy ↗

31Queens Full1960Buy ↗

32Dead Man's Tale1961Buy ↗

33Death Spins the Platter1962Buy ↗

34The Player On Other Side1963Buy ↗

35Kill as Directed1963Buy ↗

36Murder with a Past1963Buy ↗

37And on the Eighth Day1964Buy ↗

38Four Men Called John1964Buy ↗

39Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book1965Buy ↗

40The Fourth Side of the Triangle1965Buy ↗

41A Study in Terror1966Buy ↗

42Losers, weepers1966Buy ↗

43Shoot The Scene1966Buy ↗

44The Madman Theory1966Buy ↗

45Face to Face1967Buy ↗

46The House of Brass1968Buy ↗

47Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection1968Buy ↗

48House of Brass1968Buy ↗

49The Devil's Cook1968Buy ↗

50Cop Out1969Buy ↗

51The Last Woman in His Life1970Buy ↗

52Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice1970Buy ↗

53A Fine and Private Place1971Buy ↗

54Blow Hot Blow Cold1974Buy ↗

55Ellery Queen, Master Detective2020Buy ↗

Publication Order of Tim Corrigan Books7 books · 1966–1969

01Where Is Bianca?1966Buy ↗

02How Goes the Murder?1966Buy ↗

03Who Spies, Who Kills?1966Buy ↗

04Why So Dead?1966Buy ↗

05Which Way to Die?1967Buy ↗

06Guess Who's Coming to Kill You?1968Buy ↗

07What's in the Dark?1969Buy ↗

Publication Order of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Annual Books43 books · 1960–1995

01Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel1960Buy ↗

02Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual(By: Henry Slesar)1961Buy ↗

03To Be Read Before Midnight1962Buy ↗

04Ellery Queen All Stars1967Buy ↗

05Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade1968Buy ↗

06Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries1969Buy ↗

07Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag1972Buy ↗

08Ellery Queen's Best Bets1972Buy ↗

09Ellery Queen's Crookbook1974Buy ↗

10Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories1974Buy ↗

11Ellery Queen's Murdercade1975Buy ↗

12Ellery Queen's Crime Wave1976Buy ↗

13Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery1976Buy ↗

14Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery1976Buy ↗

15Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence1977Buy ↗

16X Marks the Plot1977Buy ↗

17Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences1977Buy ↗

18Ellery Queen's International Case Book1977Buy ↗

19Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers1977Buy ↗

20Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen1978Buy ↗

21Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins1978Buy ↗

22Ellery Queen's The Golden 131980Buy ↗

23Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World(By: T. M. Adams)1981Buy ↗

24Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery1981Buy ↗

25Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery1981Buy ↗

26Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries1982Buy ↗

27Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses1982Buy ↗

28Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances1982Buy ↗

29Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes1984Buy ↗

30Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments1984Buy ↗

31Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two1985Buy ↗

32Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery1987Buy ↗

33Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery1988Buy ↗

34Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World1989Buy ↗

35Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men1989Buy ↗

36Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery1989Buy ↗

37Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites1991Buy ↗

38Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses1992Buy ↗

39Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners1992Buy ↗

40Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery1992Buy ↗

41Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery1994Buy ↗

42Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery1994Buy ↗

43Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures1995Buy ↗

Publication Order of Masterpieces of Mystery Books1 book · 1976

01Masterpieces of Mystery1976Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels14 books · 1963–2010

01Player on the Other Side1963Buy ↗

02Wife or Death1963Buy ↗

03The Last Score(With: Charles W. Runyon)1964Buy ↗

04The Killer Touch(With: Charles W. Runyon)1965Buy ↗

05Beware the Young Stranger1965Buy ↗

06The Copper Frame1965Buy ↗

07A Room To Die In1965Buy ↗

08Penthouse Mystery, The1968Buy ↗

09The Most Wanted Man In The World1968Buy ↗

10Kiss and Kill(With: Charles W. Runyon)1969Buy ↗

11When Fell The Night1970Buy ↗

12Door Between1972Buy ↗

13Eyes of Mystery1981Buy ↗

14House of Darkness2010Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Story Collections10 books · 1939–2022

01The New Adventures of Ellery Queen1939Buy ↗

02The Adventures of Ellery Queen1941Buy ↗

03Calendar of Crime1952Buy ↗

04QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation1965Buy ↗

05QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection1968Buy ↗

06Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories1977Buy ↗

07The Tragedy of Errors and Others1999Buy ↗

08The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries2004Buy ↗

09The Adventures of the Murdered Moths2004Buy ↗

10The Adventures of the Puzzle Club(With: Josh Pachter)2022Buy ↗

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