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James Hadley Chase Books in Order

Find every James Hadley Chase book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 96 books / 9 series

British author best known for the hardboiled crime novels featuring private eye Vic Malloy and the ruthless gangster Frank Terrell. His books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, cementing his legacy as a master of pulp noir. This page lists James Hadley Chase books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

All James Hadley Chase Books in Chronological Order

1939 No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin POoDFB / 1 Buy
1940 The Flesh of the Orchid POoSN / 1 Buy
1940 Lady -- Here's Your Wreath(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 2 Buy
1941 The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman POoDFB / 2 Buy
1941 The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist! POoSN / 3 Buy
1941 Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief POoSN / 4 Buy
1942 Get a Load of This POoSN / 5 Buy
1942 You Never Know with Women POoSN / 6 Buy
1942 Eve POoSN / 7 Buy
1944 Just the Way It Is(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 8 Buy
1944 Miss Shumway Waves a Wand POoSN / 9 Buy
1946 Make the Corpse Walk(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 10 Buy
1946 I'll Get You for This POoSN / 11 Buy
1946 Blonde's Requiem(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 12 Buy
1946 More Deadly Than the Male POoSN / 13 Buy
1947 No Business of Mine(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSHB / 1 Buy
1948 Trusted Like the Fox(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 14 Buy
1949 You're Lonely When You're Dead POoVMB / 1 Buy
1949 The Paw in the Bottle(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 15 Buy
1950 Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob POoVMB / 2 Buy
1950 Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free POoVMB / 3 Buy
1950 Why Pick On Me?(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 16 Buy
1951 In a Vain Shadow(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 17 Buy
1951 But a Short Time to Live(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 18 Buy
1951 Strictly for Cash POoSN / 19 Buy
1952 The Fast Buck POoSN / 20 Buy
1952 The Wary Transgressor(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 21 Buy
1953 I'll Bury My Dead POoSN / 22 Buy
1953 The Things Men Do(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 23 Buy
1954 Double Shuffle POoSHB / 2 Buy
1954 Safer Dead / Dead Ringer POoSN / 24 Buy
1954 Mission to Venice(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 25 Buy
1954 Tiger by the Tail POoSN / 26 Buy
1954 The Sucker Punch(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 27 Buy
1954 This Way for a Shroud POoSN / 28 Buy
1955 Mission to Siena(As: Raymond Marshall) POoDMB / 1 Buy
1955 You've Got It Coming POoSN / 29 Buy
1955 The Pickup(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 30 Buy
1955 Ruthless(As:Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 31 Buy
1956 There's Always a Price Tag POoSHB / 3 Buy
1956 You Find Him, I'll Fix Him POoSN / 32 Buy
1957 The Guilty Are Afraid POoSN / 33 Buy
1957 Never Trust a Woman(As:Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 34 Buy
1958 The Whiff of Money POoMGB / 1 Buy
1958 Hit and Run POoSN / 35 Buy
1958 The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free POoSN / 36 Buy
1959 Shock Treatment POoSHB / 4 Buy
1959 The World in My Pocket POoSN / 37 Buy
1960 Just Another Sucker POoSN / 38 Buy
1960 Come Easy, Go Easy POoSN / 39 Buy
1960 What's Better Than Money? POoSN / 40 Buy
1961 A Lotus for Miss Quon POoSN / 41 Buy
1962 I Would Rather Stay Poor POoSN / 42 Buy
1962 A Coffin from Hong Kong POoSN / 43 Buy
1963 Tell It to the Birds POoSHB / 5 Buy
1963 One Bright Summer Morning POoSN / 44 Buy
1964 The Soft Centre POoFTB / 1 Buy
1965 The Way the Cookie Crumbles POoFTB / 2 Buy
1965 This Is for Real POoMGB / 2 Buy
1966 Cade POoSN / 45 Buy
1967 Have This One on Me POoMGB / 3 Buy
1967 Well Now, My Pretty .. POoFTB / 3 Buy
1968 Believed Violent POoFTB / 4 Buy
1968 An Ear to the Ground POoSHB / 6 Buy
1969 The Vulture is a Patient Bird POoSN / 46 Buy
1969 Mallory(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN / 47 Buy
1970 There's a Hippie on the Highway POoFTB / 5 Buy
1971 Like a Hole in the Head POoTLB / 1 Buy
1972 Ace Up My Sleeve POoHRB / 1 Buy
1972 He Won't Need It Now POoSN / 48 Buy
1972 Just a Matter of Time POoSN / 49 Buy
1972 Want to Stay Alive? POoSN / 50 Buy
1972 You're Dead Without Money POoSN / 51 Buy
1973 Have a Change of Scene POoTLB / 2 Buy
1973 Knock, Knock! Who's There? POoSN / 52 Buy
1973 So What Happens to Me? POoSN / 53 Buy
1974 Three of Spades POoSN / 54 Buy
1975 The Joker in the Pack POoHRB / 2 Buy
1975 Believe This... You'll Believe Anything POoSN / 55 Buy
1975 Goldfish Have No Hiding Place POoSN / 56 Buy
1975 So Soon to Die POoSN / 57 Buy
1976 Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead POoSN / 58 Buy
1976 My Laugh Comes Last POoSN / 59 Buy
1977 Consider Yourself Dead POoTLB / 3 Buy
1977 I Hold the Four Aces POoHRB / 3 Buy
1977 Meet Mark Girland POoSN / 60 Buy
1978 You Must Be Kidding POoSN / 61 Buy
1979 A Can of Worms POoSN / 62 Buy
1979 You Can Say That Again POoSN / 63 Buy
1980 You Have Yourself a Deal POoMGB / 4 Buy
1980 Try This One for Size POoTLB / 4 Buy
1981 Have a Nice Night POoSN / 64 Buy
1981 Hand Me a Fig Leaf POoSN / 65 Buy
1982 We'll Share a Double Funeral POoSN / 66 Buy
1983 Not My Thing POoSN / 67 Buy
1984 Hit Them Where It Hurts POoTLB / 5 Buy

James Hadley Chase Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Tom Lepski Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1971-1984
01 Like a Hole in the Head 1971 Buy
02 Have a Change of Scene 1973 Buy
03 Consider Yourself Dead 1977 Buy
04 Try This One for Size 1980 Buy
05 Hit Them Where It Hurts 1984 Buy
01 No Business of Mine(As: Raymond Marshall) 1947 Buy
02 Double Shuffle 1954 Buy
03 There's Always a Price Tag 1956 Buy
04 Shock Treatment 1959 Buy
05 Tell It to the Birds 1963 Buy
06 An Ear to the Ground 1968 Buy
01 Ace Up My Sleeve 1972 Buy
02 The Joker in the Pack 1975 Buy
03 I Hold the Four Aces 1977 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 67 books / 1940-1983
01 The Flesh of the Orchid 1940 Buy
02 Lady -- Here's Your Wreath(As: Raymond Marshall) 1940 Buy
03 The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist! 1941 Buy
04 Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief 1941 Buy
05 Get a Load of This 1942 Buy
06 You Never Know with Women 1942 Buy
07 Eve 1942 Buy
08 Just the Way It Is(As: Raymond Marshall) 1944 Buy
09 Miss Shumway Waves a Wand 1944 Buy
10 Make the Corpse Walk(As: Raymond Marshall) 1946 Buy
11 I'll Get You for This 1946 Buy
12 Blonde's Requiem(As: Raymond Marshall) 1946 Buy
13 More Deadly Than the Male 1946 Buy
14 Trusted Like the Fox(As: Raymond Marshall) 1948 Buy
15 The Paw in the Bottle(As: Raymond Marshall) 1949 Buy
16 Why Pick On Me?(As: Raymond Marshall) 1950 Buy
17 In a Vain Shadow(As: Raymond Marshall) 1951 Buy
18 But a Short Time to Live(As: Raymond Marshall) 1951 Buy
19 Strictly for Cash 1951 Buy
20 The Fast Buck 1952 Buy
21 The Wary Transgressor(As: Raymond Marshall) 1952 Buy
22 I'll Bury My Dead 1953 Buy
23 The Things Men Do(As: Raymond Marshall) 1953 Buy
24 Safer Dead / Dead Ringer 1954 Buy
25 Mission to Venice(As: Raymond Marshall) 1954 Buy
26 Tiger by the Tail 1954 Buy
27 The Sucker Punch(As: Raymond Marshall) 1954 Buy
28 This Way for a Shroud 1954 Buy
29 You've Got It Coming 1955 Buy
30 The Pickup(As: Raymond Marshall) 1955 Buy
31 Ruthless(As:Raymond Marshall) 1955 Buy
32 You Find Him, I'll Fix Him 1956 Buy
33 The Guilty Are Afraid 1957 Buy
34 Never Trust a Woman(As:Raymond Marshall) 1957 Buy
35 Hit and Run 1958 Buy
36 The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free 1958 Buy
37 The World in My Pocket 1959 Buy
38 Just Another Sucker 1960 Buy
39 Come Easy, Go Easy 1960 Buy
40 What's Better Than Money? 1960 Buy
41 A Lotus for Miss Quon 1961 Buy
42 I Would Rather Stay Poor 1962 Buy
43 A Coffin from Hong Kong 1962 Buy
44 One Bright Summer Morning 1963 Buy
45 Cade 1966 Buy
46 The Vulture is a Patient Bird 1969 Buy
47 Mallory(As: Raymond Marshall) 1969 Buy
48 He Won't Need It Now 1972 Buy
49 Just a Matter of Time 1972 Buy
50 Want to Stay Alive? 1972 Buy
51 You're Dead Without Money 1972 Buy
52 Knock, Knock! Who's There? 1973 Buy
53 So What Happens to Me? 1973 Buy
54 Three of Spades 1974 Buy
55 Believe This... You'll Believe Anything 1975 Buy
56 Goldfish Have No Hiding Place 1975 Buy
57 So Soon to Die 1975 Buy
58 Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead 1976 Buy
59 My Laugh Comes Last 1976 Buy
60 Meet Mark Girland 1977 Buy
61 You Must Be Kidding 1978 Buy
62 A Can of Worms 1979 Buy
63 You Can Say That Again 1979 Buy
64 Have a Nice Night 1981 Buy
65 Hand Me a Fig Leaf 1981 Buy
66 We'll Share a Double Funeral 1982 Buy
67 Not My Thing 1983 Buy
01 Mission to Siena(As: Raymond Marshall) 1955 Buy
01 The Whiff of Money 1958 Buy
02 This Is for Real 1965 Buy
03 Have This One on Me 1967 Buy
04 You Have Yourself a Deal 1980 Buy
01 The Soft Centre 1964 Buy
02 The Way the Cookie Crumbles 1965 Buy
03 Well Now, My Pretty .. 1967 Buy
04 Believed Violent 1968 Buy
05 There's a Hippie on the Highway 1970 Buy
01 No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin 1939 Buy
02 The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman 1941 Buy
Vic Malloy Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1949-1950
01 You're Lonely When You're Dead 1949 Buy
02 Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob 1950 Buy
03 Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free 1950 Buy

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What is the best order to read James Hadley Chase 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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