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Ed McBain Books in Order

9 series including 87th Precinct Series, Matthew Hope Series and more

★ 1 NYT bestseller 9 series 146 books Latest: Books to Die For (2012)

The earliest Ed McBain book we track dates to 1942, and the catalogue now runs to 146 books. The work is organised into 9 series; the longest is 87th Precinct at 56 books. Their latest title in our catalogue is Books to Die For, from 2012.

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1 87th Precinct 2 87th Precinct Collections 3 Matthew Hope 4 Ed McBain Other Novels 5 Ed McBain Children's Books 6 Ed McBain Short Story Collections 7 Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak 8 Transgressions 9 Ed McBain Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

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Ed McBain has placed one book on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 2 weeks on the charts.

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87th Precinct Series

2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #9 · debuted Mar 1992

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Reading Order

9 series · 146 books

87th Precinct Series

0 of 56 read
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1 Cop Hater 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Mugger 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Pusher 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Con Man 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Killer's Choice 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Lady Killer 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Killer's Wedge 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Killer's Payoff 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 King's Ransom 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 'Til Death 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Give the Boys a Great Big Hand 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 The Heckler 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 See Them Die 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Lady, Lady, I Did It! 1961 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The Empty Hours 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Like Love 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Ten Plus One 1963 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Ax / Axe 1963 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 He Who Hesitates 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Doll 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Eighty Million Eyes 1966 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Fuzz 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 Shotgun 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Jigsaw 1970 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 Sadie When She Died 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 Hail to the Chief 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 Bread 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 Blood Relatives 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 So Long as You Both Shall Live 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
32 Long Time No See 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
33 Ghosts 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
34 Calypso 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
35 Heat 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
36 McBain Brief 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
37 Ice 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
38 Lightning 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
39 And All Through The House 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
40 Eight Black Horses 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
41 Poison 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
42 Lullaby 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
43 Vespers 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
44 Tricks 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
45 Widows 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
46 Kiss 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
47 Mischief 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
48 Romance 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
49 Nocturne 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
50 The Big Bad City 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
51 The Last Dance 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
52 Money, Money, Money 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
53 Fat Ollie's Book 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
54 The Frumious Bandersnatch 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
55 Hark! 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
56 Fiddlers 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

87th Precinct Collections Series

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 McBain's Ladies (As: Evan Hunter) 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 McBain's Ladies Too (As: Evan Hunter) 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Ed McBain Other Novels

0 of 33 read
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1 Don\'t Crowd Me / Paradise Party (As: Evan Hunter) 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Big Fix 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Rocket to Luna by Richard Marsten 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Cut Me In 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Runaway Black / Runaway by Richard Marsten 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Death of a Nurse 1955 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Murder in the Navy by Richard Marsten 1955 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Tomorrow's World / Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Hunt Collins 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 So Nude, So Dead by Richard Marsten 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Vanishing Ladies by Richard Marsten 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Spiked Heel by Richard Marsten 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Strangers When We Meet (As: Evan Hunter) 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Even the Wicked by Richard Marsten 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 The Gutter and the Grave 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Big Man by Richard Marsten 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 A Matter of Conviction (As: Evan Hunter) 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Buddwing (As: Evan Hunter) 1961 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 The Sentries 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Nobody Knew They Were There (As: Evan Hunter) 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Seven 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Doors by Ezra Hannon 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Where There's Smoke 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 Guns 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Gangs! / Walk Proud 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Love, Dad (As: Evan Hunter) 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 Far from the Sea (As: Evan Hunter) 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Lizzie (As: Evan Hunter) 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 Another Part of the City 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 Downtown 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 Criminal Conversation (As: Evan Hunter) 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 Privileged Conversation (As: Evan Hunter) 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
32 Driving Lessons 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
33 Alice In Jeopardy 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Ed McBain Children's Books

0 of 4 read
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1 Find the Feathered Serpent 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Remarkable Harry (As: Evan Hunter) 1961 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Wonderful Button (As: Evan Hunter) 1961 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Me and Mr. Stenner (As: Evan Hunter) 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Ed McBain Short Story Collections

0 of 4 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The McBain Brief 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Running from Legs and Other Stories 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Learning to Kill 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Keller's Adjustment; Forever 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Series

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Sunday Pigeon Murders by Craig Rice 1942 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Thursday Turkey Murders by Craig Rice 1943 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The April Robin Murders with Craig Rice 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Transgressions Series

0 of 4 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Transgressions with Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E Westlake, Bonnie Jeanne Perry, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, John Farris 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Transgressions, Vol. 2 with Stephen King, Lawrence Block, John Farris 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Transgressions, Vol. 3 with Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E Westlake, John Farris 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Transgressions, Vol. 4 with Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Ed McBain Anthologies

0 of 27 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 City Sleuths and Tough Guys 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Crimes of Passion 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Murder For Love 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Crime After Crime 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Writers on Writing 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Dangerous Women 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Transgressions 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Price of Desire 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Transgressions, Vol. 2 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 Transgressions, Vol. 3 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Transgressions, Vol. 4 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Masters of Noir, Volume One 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 Masters of Noir, Volume Three 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Books to Die For 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
About the Author

Evan Hunter (born Salvatore Albert Lombino; October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author of crime and mystery fiction.

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