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Lew Archer

★ 3 NYT bestsellers 1 series 18 books Latest: Sleeping Beauty (2004)

Ross Macdonald has been writing since 1998, producing 18 books in that time. That work forms a single series, Lew Archer, at 18 books. The newest book on our shelves is Sleeping Beauty (2004).

New York Times Bestsellers

3 books

Ross Macdonald has placed 3 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 37 weeks on the charts.

Cover of The Underground Man
The Underground Man
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17 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted Mar 1971

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Cover of The Goodbye Look
The Goodbye Look
Lew Archer

14 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #7 · debuted Jul 1969

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Reading Order

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1 The Moving Target — 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Drowning Pool — 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Way Some People Die — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Ivory Grin — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Find a Victim — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Barbarous Coast — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Doomsters — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Galton Case — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Wycherly Woman — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Zebra-Striped Hearse — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Chill 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Far Side of the Dollar — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Black Money — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Instant Enemy — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Goodbye Look — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 The Underground Man — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Sleeping Beauty 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 The Blue Hammer — Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Kenneth Millar (; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983), known mainly by the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an American-Canadian writer of crime fiction.

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