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Rex Stout Books in Order

7 series including Nero Wolfe Series by Rex Stout, Tecumseh Fox Series and more

7 series 82 books Latest: The Last Drive: And Other Stories (Short Story) (2015)

Rex Stout's writing career reaches back to 1913 and spans 82 books. Rex Stout's books make up 7 series, the largest of which — Nero Wolfe Series by Rex Stout — reaches 47 books. The most recent release we track is The Last Drive: And Other Stories (2015).

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1 Nero Wolfe Series by Rex Stout 2 Nero Wolfe Short Stories/Novellas 3 Tecumseh Fox 4 Rex Stout Other Novels 5 Rex Stout Short Story Collections 6 Rex Stout Non-Fiction Books 7 Rex Stout Anthologies

Reading Order

7 series · 82 books

Nero Wolfe Series by Rex Stout

0 of 47 read
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1 Fer-de-Lance / Meet Nero Wolfe 1934 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The League of Frightened Men 1935 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Rubber Band / To Kill Again 1936 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Red Box / Case of the Red Box 1937 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Too Many Cooks 1938 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Some Buried Caesar / The Red Bull 1939 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Over My Dead Body 1940 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Where There's a Will 1940 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Black Orchids 1942 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Not Quite Dead Enough 1944 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Silent Speaker 1946 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Too Many Women 1947 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 And Be a Villain / More Deaths Than One 1948 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Trouble in Triplicate 1949 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The Second Confession 1949 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Even in the Best Families / In the Best Families 1950 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Three Doors to Death / Door to Death 1950 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Curtains for Three 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Murder by the Book 1951 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Prisoner's Base / Out She Goes 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Triple Jeopardy 1952 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 The Golden Spiders 1953 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 The Black Mountain 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Three Men Out 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Before Midnight 1955 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 Might as Well Be Dead 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Three Witnesses 1956 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 If Death Ever Slept 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 Three for the Chair 1957 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 And Four to Go / Crime and Again 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 Champagne for One 1958 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
32 Plot it Yourself / Murder in Style 1959 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
33 Three at Wolfe's Door 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
34 Too Many Clients 1960 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
35 The Final Deduction (Short Story) 1961 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
36 Homicide Trinity 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
37 Gambit 1962 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
38 The Mother Hunt 1963 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
39 Trio for Blunt Instruments 1964 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
40 A Right to Die 1964 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
41 The Doorbell Rang 1965 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
42 Death of a Doxy 1966 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
43 The Father Hunt 1968 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
44 Death of a Dude 1969 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
45 Please Pass The Guilt 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
46 A Family Affair 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
47 Death Times Three 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Disguise for Murder / The Twisted Scarf by Rex Stout

Nero Wolfe Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 6 read
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1 Disguise for Murder / The Twisted Scarf 1950 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Bitter End (Short Story) 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Booby Trap (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Cordially Invited to Meet Death (Short Story) 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Last Drive: And Other Stories (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and FLO! / Eeny Meeny Murder Mo (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Double for Death by Rex Stout

Tecumseh Fox Series

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Double for Death 1939 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Bad for Business 1940 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Broken Vase (Short Story) 1941 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Her Forbidden Knight by Rex Stout

Rex Stout Other Novels

0 of 15 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Her Forbidden Knight 1913 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Under the Andes 1914 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 A Prize for Princes 1914 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Great Legend 1916 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 How Like a God 1929 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Seed on the Wind 1930 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Golden Remedy 1931 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Forest Fire 1933 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The President Vanishes 1934 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 O Careless Love! 1935 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Hand in the Glove / Crime on Her Hands 1937 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Mr. Cinderella 1939 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 The Mountain Cat Murders / The Mountain Cat 1939 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Red Threads 1939 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The Sound of Murder / Alphabet Hicks 1941 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Rex Stout Short Story Collections

0 of 4 read
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1 Corsage 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Justice Ends At Home and Other Stories 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Target Practice 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout

Rex Stout Non-Fiction Books

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Nero Wolfe Cookbook 1969 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Rex Stout Anthologies

0 of 6 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954 1954 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Murder for Christmas 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Hound Dunnit 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 A Century of Great Suspense Stories 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Murder Most Merry 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
About the Author

Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction.

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