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Erle Stanley Gardner Books in Order

9 series including Perry Mason, Donald Lam & Bertha Cool and more

9 series 159 books Latest: Pulp Adventures # 37: Nymph in the Keyhole (2020)

Erle Stanley Gardner has written 159 books since 1933. Across 9 series, Perry Mason stands out as the longest at 84 books. Pulp Adventures # 37: Nymph in the Keyhole (2020) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 Perry Mason 2 Doug Selby 3 Terry Clane 4 Donald Lam & Bertha Cool Series as A.A. Fair 5 Gramp Wiggens 6 Erle Stanley Gardner Other Novels 7 Erle Stanley Gardner Short Story Collections 8 Erle Stanley Gardner Non-Fiction Books 9 Erle Stanley Gardner Anthologies

Reading Order

9 series · 159 books

Perry Mason Series

0 of 84 read
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1 The Case of the Velvet Claws 1933 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Case of the Sulky Girl 1933 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Case of the Lucky Legs 1934 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Case of the Howling Dog 1934 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Case of the Curious Bride 1934 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (Short Story) 1935 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Case of the Caretaker's Cat 1935 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece 1936 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop 1936 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Case of the Dangerous Dowager 1937 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Case of the Lame Canary 1937 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Case of the Substitute Face 1938 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe 1938 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Case of the Perjured Parrot 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Case of the Rolling Bones 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 The Case of the Baited Hook 1940 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 The Case of the Silent Partner 1940 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 The Case of the Haunted Husband 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 The Case of the Empty Tin 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 The Case of the Drowning Duck 1942 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 The Case of the Careless Kitten 1942 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 The Case of the Buried Clock 1943 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito 1943 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 The Case of the Crooked Candle 1944 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde 1944 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 The Case of the Golddigger's Purse 1945 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife (Short Story) 1945 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (Short Story) 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 The Case of the Lazy Lover 1947 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
31 The Case of the Lonely Heiress 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
32 The Case of the Vagabond Virgin 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
33 The Case of the Cautious Coquette 1949 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
34 The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom 1949 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
35 The Case of the Negligent Nymph 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
36 The Case of the One-Eyed Witness 1950 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
37 The Case of the Fiery Fingers 1951 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
38 The Case of the Angry Mourner 1951 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
39 The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
40 The Case of the Grinning Gorilla 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
41 The Case of the Hesitant Hostess 1953 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
42 The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (Short Story) 1953 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
43 The Case of the Fugitive Nurse (Short Story) 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
44 The Case of the Runaway Corpse 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
45 The Case of the Restless Redhead 1954 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
46 The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
47 The Case of the Glamorous Ghost 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
48 The Case of the Nervous Accomplice 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
49 The Case of the Terrified Typist 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
50 The Case of the Gilded Lily 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
51 The Case of the Demure Defendant 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
52 The Case of The Screaming Woman 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
53 The Case of the Lucky Loser (Short Story) 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
54 The Case of the Daring Decoy 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
55 The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
56 The Case of the Long-Legged Models 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
57 The Case of the Calendar Girl 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
58 The Case of the Singing Skirt (Short Story) 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
59 The Case of the Mythical Monkeys 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
60 The Case of the Deadly Toy 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
61 The Case of the Waylaid Wolf 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
62 The Case of the Duplicate Daughter 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
63 The Case of the Shapely Shadow 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
64 The Case of the Spurious Spinster 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
65 The Case of the Bigamous Spouse 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
66 The Case of the Reluctant Model 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
67 The Case of the Blonde Bonanza 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
68 The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
69 The Case of the Mischievous Doll 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
70 The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
71 The Case of the Amorous Aunt (Short Story) 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
72 The Case of the Daring Divorcee 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
73 The Case of the Phantom Fortune 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
74 The Case of the Horrified Heirs 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
75 The Case of the Troubled Trustee 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
76 The Case of the Beautiful Beggar 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
77 The Case of the Worried Waitress 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
78 The Case of the Queenly Contestant 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
79 The Case of the Careless Cupid 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
80 The Case of the Fabulous Fake 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
81 The Case of the Fenced-in Woman 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
82 The Case of the Postponed Murder 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
83 The Case of Too Many Murders ( By: Thomas Chastain) 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
84 The Case of the Burning Bequest ( By: Thomas Chastain) 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Doug Selby Series

0 of 9 read
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1 The D.A. Calls It Murder 1937 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The D.A. Holds a Candle 1938 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The D.A. Draws a Circle 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The D.A. Goes to Trial 1940 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The D. A. Cooks a Goose 1942 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The D.A. Calls a Turn 1944 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The D.A. Breaks a Seal 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The D.A. Takes a Chance 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The D.A. Breaks An Egg 1949 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Terry Clane Series

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Murder Up My Sleeve 1937 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Case of the Backward Mule 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donald Lam & Bertha Cool Series as A.A. Fair

0 of 30 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Bigger They Come 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Knife Slipped 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Turn on the Heat 1940 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Gold Comes in Bricks 1940 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Spill the Jackpot 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Double or Quits 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Owls Don't Blink 1942 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Bats Fly at Dusk 1942 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Cats Prowl at Night 1943 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Give 'em the Ax 1944 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Crows Can't Count 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Fools Die on Friday 1947 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Bedrooms Have Windows 1949 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Top of the Heap 1952 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Some Women Won't Wait 1953 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Beware the Curves 1956 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 You Can Die Laughing 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Some Slips Don't Show 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 The Count of 9 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Pass the Gravy 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Kept Women Can't Quit 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Bachelors Get Lonely 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Shills Can't Cash Chips 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Try Anything Once 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 Fish or Cut Bait 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Up for Grabs 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Cut Thin to Win 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Widows Wear Weeds 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 Traps Need Fresh Bait 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 All Grass Isn't Green 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Gramp Wiggens Series

0 of 3 read
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1 The Case of the Turning Tide 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Case of the Smoking Chimney 1943 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Case Of The Musical Cow 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Erle Stanley Gardner Other Novels

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1 The Clue of the Forgotten Murder / The Clew of the Forgotten Murder 1942 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 This Is Murder 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Dead Men's Letters 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Erle Stanley Gardner Short Story Collections

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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Two Clues: The Clue of the Runaway Blonde / Clue's Don't Count & The Clue of the Hungry Horse 1947 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Human Zero 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Whispering Sands 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Pay Dirt and Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Adventures Of Paul Pry, Volume 2 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Blonde in Lower Six Plus 3 Short Novels 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Adventures Of Paul Pry 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Honest Money and Other Short Novels 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Danger Zone and Other Stories 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Casebook of Sidney Zoom 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Erle Stanley Gardner Non-Fiction Books

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1 The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted 1952 🏆 Edgar Awards 1953Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Hidden Heart of Baja 1962 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Desert is Yours 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Hunting the Desert Whale 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Drifting Down Delta 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Erle Stanley Gardner Anthologies

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1 Hard-Boiled Detectives 1953 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Daring Detectives 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Murder Plus 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Law and Order 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Oxford Book of Detective Stories 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 A Century of Great Suspense Stories 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Murder On The Railways 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Pulp Adventures # 37: Nymph in the Keyhole 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was a prolific American author. A former lawyer, he is best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico.

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