The Nero Wolfe Corpus List, Book Synopses, and Cover Art

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The Corpus

Nero Wolfe Books -- Chronologically
(by year of publication)
see chart below

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Chronological by Publication Date
Year	Book Title (book abbr for collections)	Novella Title	Abbr*
1934	Fer-de-Lance		FERD
1935	League of Frightened Men, The		LEAG
1936	Rubber Band, The		BAND
1937	Red Box, The		REDB
1938	Too Many Cooks		COOK
1939	Some Buried Caesar		CAES
1940	Over My Dead Body		OVER
1940	Where There's a Will		WILL
1942	Black Orchids (BORC)	Black Orchids	orch
1942	Black Orchids (BORC)	Cordially Invited to Meet Death	cord
1944	Not Quite Dead Enough (NQDE)	Booby Trap	trap
1944	Not Quite Dead Enough (NQDE)	Not Quite Dead Enough	notq
1946	Silent Speaker, The		SLNT
1947	Too Many Women		WOMN
1948	And Be A Villain		ANDB
1949	Second Confession, The		SCND
1949	Trouble in Triplicate (TRUB)	Before I Die	befo
1949	Trouble in Triplicate (TRUB)	Help Wanted, Male	help
1949	Trouble in Triplicate (TRUB)	Instead of Evidence	inst
1950	In the Best Families		BEST
1950	Three Doors to Death (DETH)	Door to Death	door
1950	Three Doors to Death (DETH)	Man Alive	mana
1950	Three Doors to Death (DETH)	Omit Flowers	omit
1951	Curtains for Three (CURT)	Bullet for One	bult
1951	Curtains for Three (CURT)	Disguise for Murder	disg
1951	Curtains for Three (CURT)	Gun with Wings, The	gunw
1951	Murder by the Book		BOOK
1952	Prisoner's Base		BASE
1952	Triple Jeopardy (JEPD)	Cop Killer, The	copk
1952	Triple Jeopardy (JEPD)	Home to Roost	home
1952	Triple Jeopardy (JEPD)	Squirt and the Monkey, The	sqrt
1953	Golden Spiders, The		GOLD
1954	Black Mountain, The		BLCK
1954	Three Men Out (TOUT)	Invitation to Murder	invi
1954	Three Men Out (TOUT)	This Won't Kill You	this
1954	Three Men Out (TOUT)	Zero Clue, The	zero
1955	Before Midnight		MIDN
1956	Might As Well Be Dead		MIGHT
1956	Three Witnesses (WITN)	Die Like a Dog	diel
1956	Three Witnesses (WITN)	Next Witness, The	next
1956	Three Witnesses (WITN)	When A Man Murders	when
1957	If Death Ever Slept		SLPT
1957	Three for the Chair (CHAI)	Immune to Murder	immu
1957	Three for the Chair (CHAI)	Too Many Detectives	dets
1957	Three for the Chair (CHAI)	Window for Death, A	wind
1958	And Four to Go (FOUR)	Christmas Party	xmas
1958	And Four to Go (FOUR)	Easter Parade	east
1958	And Four to Go (FOUR)	Fourth of July Picnic	july
1958	And Four to Go (FOUR)	Murder is No Joke	joke
1958	Champagne for One		CHAM
1959	Plot It Yourself		PLOT
1960	Three at Wolfe's Door (TAWD)	Method Three for Murder	meth
1960	Three at Wolfe's Door (TAWD)	Poison a la Carte	pois
1960	Three at Wolfe's Door (TAWD)	Rodeo Murder, The	rode
1960	Too Many Clients		CLIE
1961	Final Deduction, The		FINL
1961	Homicide Trinity (HOMI)	Counterfeit for Murder	coun
1961	Homicide Trinity (HOMI)	Death of a Demon	demn
1961	Homicide Trinity (HOMI)	Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Mo	eeny
1962	Gambit		GAMB
1963	Mother Hunt, The		MAMA
1964	Right To Die, A		RGHT
1965	Doorbell Rang, The		RANG
1965	Trio for Blunt Instruments (TRIO)	Blood Will Tell	bloo
1965	Trio for Blunt Instruments (TRIO)	Kill Now, Pay Later	kill
1965	Trio for Blunt Instruments (TRIO)	Murder is Corny	corn
1966	Death of a Doxy		DOXY
1968	Father Hunt, The		FATH
1969	Death of a Dude		DUDE
1973	Please Pass the Guilt		PASS
1975	Family Affair, A		AFAM
1977	Corsage (CORS)	Bitter End	bitt
1985	Death Times Three (TIME)	Assault on a Brownstone	brwn
1985	Death Times Three (TIME)	Bitter End	bitt
1985	Death Times Three (TIME)	Frame Up for Murder	fram

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