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Donald E Westlake Books in Order

14 series including Parker, Dortmunder and more

14 series 139 books Latest: Call Me a Cab (2022)

Donald E Westlake has written 139 books since 1959. Across 14 series, Parker stands out as the longest at 24 books. The newest book on our shelves is Call Me a Cab (2022).

📚 Jump to Series 14
1 Phil Crawford 2 Parker Series as Richard Stark 3 Mitch Tobin Series as Tucker Coe 4 Alan Grofield Series as Richard Stark 5 Dortmunder 6 Sam Holt 7 Sara & Jack 8 Donald E Westlake Other Novels 9 Donald E Westlake Short Stories/Novellas 10 Donald E Westlake Short Story Collections 11 Donald E Westlake Non-Fiction Books 12 Transgressions 13 Parker Graphic Novels Series with Darwyn Cooke, as Richard Stark 14 Donald E Westlake Anthologies

Reading Order

14 series · 139 books

Phil Crawford Series

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1 Backstage Love 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 What Girls Will Do 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Parker Series as Richard Stark

0 of 24 read
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1 Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Outfit 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Mourner 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Score / Killtown 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Jugger 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Seventh / The Split 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Handle / Run Lethal 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Rare Coin Score 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Green Eagle Score 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Black Ice Score 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Sour Lemon Score 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Slayground 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Deadly Edge 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Plunder Squad 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Butcher's Moon 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Comeback 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Backflash 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Flashfire / Parker 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Firebreak 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Breakout 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Nobody Runs Forever 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Ask The Parrot 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Dirty Money 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Alan Grofield Series as Richard Stark

0 of 4 read
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1 The Damsel 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Dame 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Blackbird 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Lemons Never Lie 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Sam Holt Series

0 of 4 read
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1 One Of Us Is Wrong 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 What I Tell You Three Times Is False 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Fourth Dimension Is Death 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Sara & Jack Series

0 of 2 read
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1 Trust Me On This 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Baby, Would I Lie? 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donald E Westlake Other Novels

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1 Sally 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Man Hungry 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 All My Lovers 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 SO WILLING. 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 All about Annette 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Virgin's Summer 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Wife Next Door 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Mercenaries/The Cutie 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Passion's Playthings 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Call Me Sinner 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Campus Doll 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Brother and Sister 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Killing Time 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Young and Innocent 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 361 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Strange affair. 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Killy 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Campus Lovers 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Pity Him Afterwards 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 The Fugitive Pigeon 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 The Busy Body 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Spy in the Ointment 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 God Save the Mark 1967 🏆 Edgar Awards 1968Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Anarchaos 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 Philip 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Who stole Sassi Manoon? 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Up Your Banners 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Somebody Owes Me Money 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 Adios Scheherazade 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 Comfort Station 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
31 Ex Officio 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
32 I Gave at the Office 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
33 Cops and Robbers 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
34 Gangway! ( With: Brian Garfield) 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
35 Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
36 Brothers Keepers 1975 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
37 Two Much 1975 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
38 Dancing Aztecs 1976 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
39 Castle in the Air 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
40 Kahawa 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
41 A Likely Story 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
42 High Adventure 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
43 Humans 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
44 Smoke 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
45 The Ax 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
46 The Hook 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
47 The Scared Stiff 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
48 Put a Lid on It 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
49 Money for Nothing 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
50 Memory / The Actor 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
51 The Comedy is Finished 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
52 Forever and a Death 2017 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
53 Call Me a Cab 2022 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donald E Westlake Short Stories/Novellas

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1 Too Many Crooks (Short Story) 1989 🏆 Edgar Awards 1990Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donald E Westlake Short Story Collections

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1 Curious Facts Preceding My Execution 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Enough 1978 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Transylvania Station ( With: Abby Westlake) 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Tomorrow's Crimes 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 A Good Story and Other Stories 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Meteor Strike 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Double Feature 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donald E Westlake Non-Fiction Books

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1 The Getaway Car 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Transgressions Series

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1 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Transgressions, Vol. 2 ( By: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, John Farris) 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Transgressions, Vol. 3 ( With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, John Farris) 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Transgressions, Vol. 4 ( By: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain) 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Parker Graphic Novels Series with Darwyn Cooke, as Richard Stark

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1 The Hunter 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Outfit 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Man with the Getaway Face (Short Story) 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Score 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Slayground (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donald E Westlake Anthologies

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1 Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine 1979 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Fifty Best Mysteries 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Murderous Schemes 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Plot Thickens 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Transgressions 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Price of Desire 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Transgressions, Vol. 3 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit, writing under at least 20 pseudonyms. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner and in 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Source:

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