About
Donald E Westlake
Donald Edwin Westlake (1933-2008), also known by pseudonyms Tucker Coe, Samuel Holt, and Richard Stark, was an American writer of crime fiction and other genres. Westlake's prolific career spanned over 100 novels and short stories. His best-known works include the "Parker" series featuring a professional thief, the "Dortmunder" series about a group of incompetent criminals, and the "Richard Stark" novels involving a sociopathic killer. Westlake received numerous awards for his writing, including four Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. His work has been praised for its wit, realism, and exploration of the psychological complexities of criminals. Despite his critical success, Westlake remained largely unknown to the general public.
Book Series by Donald E Westlake
Phil Crawford Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Backstage Love | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| What Girls Will Do | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
Parker Series as Richard Stark
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Outfit | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mourner | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Score / Killtown | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Jugger | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Seventh / The Split | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Handle / Run Lethal | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Rare Coin Score | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Green Eagle Score | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Black Ice Score | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sour Lemon Score | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Slayground | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deadly Edge | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Plunder Squad | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Butcher's Moon | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Comeback | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Backflash | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Flashfire / Parker | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Firebreak | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Breakout | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nobody Runs Forever | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ask The Parrot | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dirty Money | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Mitch Tobin Series as Tucker Coe
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder Among Children | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wax Apple | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Jade In Aries | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Don't Lie To Me | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
Alan Grofield Series as Richard Stark
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Damsel | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dame | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Blackbird | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lemons Never Lie | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
Dortmunder Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Hot Rock | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bank Shot | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jimmy The Kid | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nobody's Perfect | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Why Me? | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| Good Behavior | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Drowned Hopes | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Don't Ask | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| What's The Worst That Could Happen? | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bad News | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Road To Ruin | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Thieves' Dozen | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Watch Your Back! | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| What's So Funny? | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Get Real | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Sam Holt Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| One Of Us Is Wrong | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| What I Tell You Three Times Is False | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fourth Dimension Is Death | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
Sara & Jack Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Trust Me On This | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baby, Would I Lie? | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
Donald E Westlake Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Sally | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| Man Hungry | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| All My Lovers | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| SO WILLING. | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| All about Annette | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Virgin's Summer | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wife Next Door | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mercenaries/The Cutie | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Passion's Playthings | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Call Me Sinner | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Campus Doll | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brother and Sister | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killing Time | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Young and Innocent | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| 361 | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Strange affair. | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killy | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Campus Lovers | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pity Him Afterwards | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fugitive Pigeon | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Busy Body | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Spy in the Ointment | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| God Save the Mark | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Anarchaos | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philip | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Who stole Sassi Manoon? | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Up Your Banners | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Somebody Owes Me Money | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Adios Scheherazade | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Comfort Station | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ex Officio | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| I Gave at the Office | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cops and Robbers | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gangway! ( With: Brian Garfield) | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brothers Keepers | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Two Much | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dancing Aztecs | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Castle in the Air | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kahawa | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Likely Story | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| High Adventure | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Humans | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Smoke | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ax | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hook | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Scared Stiff | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Put a Lid on It | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Money for Nothing | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memory / The Actor | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Comedy is Finished | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Forever and a Death | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Call Me a Cab | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Donald E Westlake Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Too Many Crooks (Short Story) | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
Donald E Westlake Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Curious Facts Preceding My Execution | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Enough | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| Transylvania Station ( With: Abby Westlake) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tomorrow's Crimes | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Good Story and Other Stories | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Meteor Strike | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Double Feature | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Donald E Westlake Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Getaway Car | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Transgressions Series
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
Transgressions, Vol. 2 ( By: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, John Farris)
2006
Transgressions, Vol. 3 ( With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, John Farris)
2006
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| 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 on Amazon |
| Transgressions, Vol. 2 ( By: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, John Farris) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Transgressions, Vol. 3 ( With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, John Farris) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Transgressions, Vol. 4 ( By: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
Parker Graphic Novels Series with Darwyn Cooke, as Richard Stark
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Hunter | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Outfit | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Man with the Getaway Face (Short Story) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Score | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Slayground (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Donald E Westlake Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fifty Best Mysteries | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murderous Schemes | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Plot Thickens | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Transgressions | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Price of Desire | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Transgressions, Vol. 3 | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
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