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Ellery Queen Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 148 books / 9 series

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.

Books by Ellery Queen in Publication Order

1929 The Roman Hat Mystery POoEQDB / 1 Buy
1930 The French Powder Mystery POoEQDB / 2 Buy
1931 The Dutch Shoe Mystery POoEQDB / 3 Buy
1932 The Tragedy of X POoDLB / 1 Buy
1932 The Tragedy of Y POoDLB / 2 Buy
1932 The Greek Coffin Mystery POoEQDB / 4 Buy
1932 The Egyptian Cross Mystery POoEQDB / 5 Buy
1933 The Tragedy of Z POoDLB / 3 Buy
1933 Drury Lane's Last Case POoDLB / 4 Buy
1933 The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo POoEQDB / 6 Buy
1933 The Siamese Twin Mystery POoEQDB / 7 Buy
1934 The Chinese Orange Mystery POoEQDB / 8 Buy
1935 The Lamp of God POoEQDB / 9 Buy
1935 The Spanish Cape Mystery POoEQDB / 10 Buy
1936 Halfway House POoEQDB / 11 Buy
1936 The Door Between POoEQDB / 12 Buy
1938 The Four of Hearts POoEQDB / 13 Buy
1938 The Devil to Pay POoEQDB / 14 Buy
1939 The New Adventures of Ellery Queen POoSSC / 1 Buy
1939 The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses POoEQDB / 15 Buy
1941 The Black Dog Mystery POoEQJMB / 1 Buy
1941 The Adventures of Ellery Queen POoSSC / 2 Buy
1941 The Penthouse Mystery POoEQDB / 16 Buy
1942 Calamity Town POoEQDB / 17 Buy
1942 The Perfect Crime POoEQDB / 18 Buy
1943 There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead POoEQDB / 19 Buy
1944 The Green Turtle Mystery POoEQJMB / 2 Buy
1945 The Murderer is a Fox POoEQDB / 20 Buy
1946 The Red Chipmunk Mystery POoEQJMB / 3 Buy
1948 The Brown Fox Mystery POoEQJMB / 4 Buy
1948 The Golden Eagle Mystery POoEQJMB / 5 Buy
1948 Ten Days' Wonder POoEQDB / 21 Buy
1949 Cat of Many Tails POoEQDB / 22 Buy
1950 The White Elephant Mystery POoEQJMB / 6 Buy
1950 Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders POoEQDB / 23 Buy
1951 The Origin of Evil POoEQDB / 24 Buy
1952 Calendar of Crime POoSSC / 3 Buy
1952 The Yellow Cat Mystery POoEQJMB / 7 Buy
1952 The King is Dead POoEQDB / 25 Buy
1953 The Golden Summer POoEQDB / 26 Buy
1953 The Scarlet Letters POoEQDB / 27 Buy
1954 The Mystery of the Vanished Victim POoEQJMB / 8 Buy
1954 The Mystery of the Merry Magician POoEQJMB / 9 Buy
1954 The Blue Herring Mystery POoEQJMB / 10 Buy
1954 The Glass Village POoEQDB / 28 Buy
1957 Inspector Queen's Own Case POoEQDB / 29 Buy
1958 The Finishing Stroke POoEQDB / 30 Buy
1960 Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel POoEQMMAB / 1 Buy
1960 Queens Full POoEQDB / 31 Buy
1961 Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual(By: Henry Slesar) POoEQMMAB / 2 Buy
1961 Dead Man's Tale POoEQDB / 32 Buy
1962 To Be Read Before Midnight POoEQMMAB / 3 Buy
1962 Death Spins the Platter POoEQDB / 33 Buy
1963 Player on the Other Side POoSN / 1 Buy
1963 Wife or Death POoSN / 2 Buy
1963 The Player On Other Side POoEQDB / 34 Buy
1963 Kill as Directed POoEQDB / 35 Buy
1963 Murder with a Past POoEQDB / 36 Buy
1964 The Last Score(With: Charles W. Runyon) POoSN / 3 Buy
1964 And on the Eighth Day POoEQDB / 37 Buy
1964 Four Men Called John POoEQDB / 38 Buy
1965 QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation POoSSC / 4 Buy
1965 The Killer Touch(With: Charles W. Runyon) POoSN / 4 Buy
1965 Beware the Young Stranger POoSN / 5 Buy
1965 The Copper Frame POoSN / 6 Buy
1965 A Room To Die In POoSN / 7 Buy
1965 The Purple Bird Mystery POoEQJMB / 11 Buy
1965 Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book POoEQDB / 39 Buy
1965 The Fourth Side of the Triangle POoEQDB / 40 Buy
1966 Where Is Bianca? POoTCB / 1 Buy
1966 How Goes the Murder? POoTCB / 2 Buy
1966 Who Spies, Who Kills? POoTCB / 3 Buy
1966 Why So Dead? POoTCB / 4 Buy
1966 A Study in Terror POoEQDB / 41 Buy
1966 Losers, weepers POoEQDB / 42 Buy
1966 Shoot The Scene POoEQDB / 43 Buy
1966 The Madman Theory POoEQDB / 44 Buy
1967 Ellery Queen All Stars POoEQMMAB / 4 Buy
1967 Which Way to Die? POoTCB / 5 Buy
1967 Face to Face POoEQDB / 45 Buy
1968 Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade POoEQMMAB / 5 Buy
1968 QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection POoSSC / 5 Buy
1968 Guess Who's Coming to Kill You? POoTCB / 6 Buy
1968 Penthouse Mystery, The POoSN / 8 Buy
1968 The Most Wanted Man In The World POoSN / 9 Buy
1968 The House of Brass POoEQDB / 46 Buy
1968 Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection POoEQDB / 47 Buy
1968 House of Brass POoEQDB / 48 Buy
1968 The Devil's Cook POoEQDB / 49 Buy
1969 The Campus Murders POoMMB / 1 Buy
1969 Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries POoEQMMAB / 6 Buy
1969 What's in the Dark? POoTCB / 7 Buy
1969 Kiss and Kill(With: Charles W. Runyon) POoSN / 10 Buy
1969 Cop Out POoEQDB / 50 Buy
1970 The Black Hearts Murder POoMMB / 2 Buy
1970 When Fell The Night POoSN / 11 Buy
1970 The Last Woman in His Life POoEQDB / 51 Buy
1970 Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice POoEQDB / 52 Buy
1971 A Fine and Private Place POoEQDB / 53 Buy
1972 Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag POoEQMMAB / 7 Buy
1972 Ellery Queen's Best Bets POoEQMMAB / 8 Buy
1972 Door Between POoSN / 12 Buy
1973 The Blue Movie Murders POoMMB / 3 Buy
1974 Ellery Queen's Crookbook POoEQMMAB / 9 Buy
1974 Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories POoEQMMAB / 10 Buy
1974 Blow Hot Blow Cold POoEQDB / 54 Buy
1975 Ellery Queen's Murdercade POoEQMMAB / 11 Buy
1976 Masterpieces of Mystery POoMoMB / 1 Buy
1976 Ellery Queen's Crime Wave POoEQMMAB / 12 Buy
1976 Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 13 Buy
1976 Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 14 Buy
1977 Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories POoSSC / 6 Buy
1977 Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence POoEQMMAB / 15 Buy
1977 X Marks the Plot POoEQMMAB / 16 Buy
1977 Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences POoEQMMAB / 17 Buy
1977 Ellery Queen's International Case Book POoEQMMAB / 18 Buy
1977 Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers POoEQMMAB / 19 Buy
1978 Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen POoEQMMAB / 20 Buy
1978 Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins POoEQMMAB / 21 Buy
1980 Ellery Queen's The Golden 13 POoEQMMAB / 22 Buy
1981 Eyes of Mystery POoSN / 13 Buy
1981 Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World(By: T. M. Adams) POoEQMMAB / 23 Buy
1981 Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 24 Buy
1981 Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery POoEQMMAB / 25 Buy
1982 Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries POoEQMMAB / 26 Buy
1982 Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses POoEQMMAB / 27 Buy
1982 Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances POoEQMMAB / 28 Buy
1984 Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes POoEQMMAB / 29 Buy
1984 Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments POoEQMMAB / 30 Buy
1985 Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two POoEQMMAB / 31 Buy
1987 Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 32 Buy
1988 Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 33 Buy
1989 Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World POoEQMMAB / 34 Buy
1989 Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men POoEQMMAB / 35 Buy
1989 Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 36 Buy
1991 Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites POoEQMMAB / 37 Buy
1992 Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses POoEQMMAB / 38 Buy
1992 Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners POoEQMMAB / 39 Buy
1992 Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 40 Buy
1994 Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 41 Buy
1994 Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery POoEQMMAB / 42 Buy
1995 Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures POoEQMMAB / 43 Buy
1999 The Tragedy of Errors and Others POoSSC / 7 Buy
2004 The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries POoSSC / 8 Buy
2004 The Adventures of the Murdered Moths POoSSC / 9 Buy
2010 House of Darkness POoSN / 14 Buy
2020 Ellery Queen, Master Detective POoEQDB / 55 Buy
2022 The Adventures of the Puzzle Club(With: Josh Pachter) POoSSC / 10 Buy

Complete Ellery Queen Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 The Black Dog Mystery 1941 Buy
02 The Green Turtle Mystery 1944 Buy
03 The Red Chipmunk Mystery 1946 Buy
04 The Brown Fox Mystery 1948 Buy
05 The Golden Eagle Mystery 1948 Buy
06 The White Elephant Mystery 1950 Buy
07 The Yellow Cat Mystery 1952 Buy
08 The Mystery of the Vanished Victim 1954 Buy
09 The Mystery of the Merry Magician 1954 Buy
10 The Blue Herring Mystery 1954 Buy
11 The Purple Bird Mystery 1965 Buy
Mike McCall Reading Order 3 books / 1969-1973
01 The Campus Murders 1969 Buy
02 The Black Hearts Murder 1970 Buy
03 The Blue Movie Murders 1973 Buy
Drury Lane Reading Order 4 books / 1932-1933
01 The Tragedy of X 1932 Buy
02 The Tragedy of Y 1932 Buy
03 The Tragedy of Z 1933 Buy
04 Drury Lane's Last Case 1933 Buy
01 The Roman Hat Mystery 1929 Buy
02 The French Powder Mystery 1930 Buy
03 The Dutch Shoe Mystery 1931 Buy
04 The Greek Coffin Mystery 1932 Buy
05 The Egyptian Cross Mystery 1932 Buy
06 The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo 1933 Buy
07 The Siamese Twin Mystery 1933 Buy
08 The Chinese Orange Mystery 1934 Buy
09 The Lamp of God 1935 Buy
10 The Spanish Cape Mystery 1935 Buy
11 Halfway House 1936 Buy
12 The Door Between 1936 Buy
13 The Four of Hearts 1938 Buy
14 The Devil to Pay 1938 Buy
15 The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses 1939 Buy
16 The Penthouse Mystery 1941 Buy
17 Calamity Town 1942 Buy
18 The Perfect Crime 1942 Buy
19 There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead 1943 Buy
20 The Murderer is a Fox 1945 Buy
21 Ten Days' Wonder 1948 Buy
22 Cat of Many Tails 1949 Buy
23 Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders 1950 Buy
24 The Origin of Evil 1951 Buy
25 The King is Dead 1952 Buy
26 The Golden Summer 1953 Buy
27 The Scarlet Letters 1953 Buy
28 The Glass Village 1954 Buy
29 Inspector Queen's Own Case 1957 Buy
30 The Finishing Stroke 1958 Buy
31 Queens Full 1960 Buy
32 Dead Man's Tale 1961 Buy
33 Death Spins the Platter 1962 Buy
34 The Player On Other Side 1963 Buy
35 Kill as Directed 1963 Buy
36 Murder with a Past 1963 Buy
37 And on the Eighth Day 1964 Buy
38 Four Men Called John 1964 Buy
39 Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book 1965 Buy
40 The Fourth Side of the Triangle 1965 Buy
41 A Study in Terror 1966 Buy
42 Losers, weepers 1966 Buy
43 Shoot The Scene 1966 Buy
44 The Madman Theory 1966 Buy
45 Face to Face 1967 Buy
46 The House of Brass 1968 Buy
47 Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection 1968 Buy
48 House of Brass 1968 Buy
49 The Devil's Cook 1968 Buy
50 Cop Out 1969 Buy
51 The Last Woman in His Life 1970 Buy
52 Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice 1970 Buy
53 A Fine and Private Place 1971 Buy
54 Blow Hot Blow Cold 1974 Buy
55 Ellery Queen, Master Detective 2020 Buy
Tim Corrigan Reading Order 7 books / 1966-1969
01 Where Is Bianca? 1966 Buy
02 How Goes the Murder? 1966 Buy
03 Who Spies, Who Kills? 1966 Buy
04 Why So Dead? 1966 Buy
05 Which Way to Die? 1967 Buy
06 Guess Who's Coming to Kill You? 1968 Buy
07 What's in the Dark? 1969 Buy
01 Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel 1960 Buy
02 Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual(By: Henry Slesar) 1961 Buy
03 To Be Read Before Midnight 1962 Buy
04 Ellery Queen All Stars 1967 Buy
05 Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade 1968 Buy
06 Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries 1969 Buy
07 Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag 1972 Buy
08 Ellery Queen's Best Bets 1972 Buy
09 Ellery Queen's Crookbook 1974 Buy
10 Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories 1974 Buy
11 Ellery Queen's Murdercade 1975 Buy
12 Ellery Queen's Crime Wave 1976 Buy
13 Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery 1976 Buy
14 Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery 1976 Buy
15 Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence 1977 Buy
16 X Marks the Plot 1977 Buy
17 Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences 1977 Buy
18 Ellery Queen's International Case Book 1977 Buy
19 Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers 1977 Buy
20 Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen 1978 Buy
21 Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins 1978 Buy
22 Ellery Queen's The Golden 13 1980 Buy
23 Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World(By: T. M. Adams) 1981 Buy
24 Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery 1981 Buy
25 Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery 1981 Buy
26 Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries 1982 Buy
27 Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses 1982 Buy
28 Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances 1982 Buy
29 Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes 1984 Buy
30 Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments 1984 Buy
31 Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two 1985 Buy
32 Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery 1987 Buy
33 Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery 1988 Buy
34 Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World 1989 Buy
35 Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men 1989 Buy
36 Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery 1989 Buy
37 Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites 1991 Buy
38 Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses 1992 Buy
39 Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners 1992 Buy
40 Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery 1992 Buy
41 Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery 1994 Buy
42 Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery 1994 Buy
43 Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures 1995 Buy
01 Masterpieces of Mystery 1976 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 14 books / 1963-2010
01 Player on the Other Side 1963 Buy
02 Wife or Death 1963 Buy
03 The Last Score(With: Charles W. Runyon) 1964 Buy
04 The Killer Touch(With: Charles W. Runyon) 1965 Buy
05 Beware the Young Stranger 1965 Buy
06 The Copper Frame 1965 Buy
07 A Room To Die In 1965 Buy
08 Penthouse Mystery, The 1968 Buy
09 The Most Wanted Man In The World 1968 Buy
10 Kiss and Kill(With: Charles W. Runyon) 1969 Buy
11 When Fell The Night 1970 Buy
12 Door Between 1972 Buy
13 Eyes of Mystery 1981 Buy
14 House of Darkness 2010 Buy
01 The New Adventures of Ellery Queen 1939 Buy
02 The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1941 Buy
03 Calendar of Crime 1952 Buy
04 QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation 1965 Buy
05 QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection 1968 Buy
06 Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories 1977 Buy
07 The Tragedy of Errors and Others 1999 Buy
08 The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 2004 Buy
09 The Adventures of the Murdered Moths 2004 Buy
10 The Adventures of the Puzzle Club(With: Josh Pachter) 2022 Buy

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