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Nero Wolfe Books Chronologically (by year of publication) Click any book title to view cover art, synopsis, quotations, reviews, etc. |
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| Year | Book Title* | Novella Title | Abbr** | 1st Magazine Pub.*** |
Alternate Titles |
| 1934 | Fer-de-Lance | FERD | AM 1934: Nov. | Mag. Pub.: Point of Death Some Printings: Meet Nero Wolfe Movie: Meet Nero Wolfe |
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| 1935 | League of Frightened Men, The | LEAG | Sep 1935: June 15, 22, 29; Jul 6, 13, 20 | Mag. Pub.: Frightened Men, The | |
| 1936 | Rubber Band, The | BAND | SEP 1936: Feb 29, Mar 6, 14, 21,29; Apr 4 | Hillman Printing: To Kill Again | |
| 1937 | Red Box, The | REDB | AM 1936: Dec | Mag. Pub.: Case of the Red Box, The | |
| 1938 | Too Many Cooks | COOK | AM 1938: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug | ||
| 1939 | Some Buried Caesar | CAES | AM 1938: Dec | Dell MapBack Printing: The Red Bull | |
| 1940 | Over My Dead Body | OVER | AM 1939: Sep | ||
| 1940 | Where There's a Will | WILL | AM 1940: May | Mag. Pub. (abridged): Sister in Trouble | |
| 1942 | Black Orchids (BORC) | Black Orchids | orch | AM 1941: Aug | Mag. Pub.: Case of the Black Orchids, The Mag. Pub.: Death Wears an Orchid |
| 1942 | Black Orchids (BORC) | Cordially Invited to Meet Death | cord | AM 1942: Apr | Mag. Pub.: Invitation to Murder -- Do not confuse this with the novella entitled "Invitation To Murder" in Three Men Out -- the name was reused. |
| 1944 | Not Quite Dead Enough (NQDE) | Booby Trap | trap | AM 1944: Aug | |
| 1944 | Not Quite Dead Enough (NQDE) | Not Quite Dead Enough | notq | AM 1942: Dec | |
| 1946 | Silent Speaker, The | SLNT | |||
| 1947 | Too Many Women | WOMN | |||
| 1948 | And Be A Villain | ANDB | British Title: More Deaths Than One | ||
| 1949 | Second Confession, The | SCND | |||
| 1949 | Trouble in Triplicate (TRUB) | Before I Die | befo | AM 1947: Apr | |
| 1949 | Trouble in Triplicate (TRUB) | Help Wanted, Male | help | AM 1945: Jun | |
| 1949 | Trouble in Triplicate (TRUB) | Instead of Evidence | inst | AM 1946: May | Mag. Pub.: Murder on Tuesday |
| 1950 | In the Best Families | BEST | British Title: Even in the Best Families | ||
| 1950 | Three Doors to Death (DETH) | Door to Death | door | AM 1949: Jun | |
| 1950 | Three Doors to Death (DETH) | Man Alive | mana | AM 1947: Dec | |
| 1950 | Three Doors to Death (DETH) | Omit Flowers | omit | AM 1948: Nov | |
| 1951 | Curtains for Three (CURT) | Bullet for One | bult | AM 1948: Jul | |
| 1951 | Curtains for Three (CURT) | Disguise for Murder | disg | AM 1950: Sep | Mag. Pub.: Twisted Scarf, The Mag. Pub.: Affair of the Twisted Scarf, The |
| 1951 | Curtains for Three (CURT) | Gun with Wings, The | gunw | AM 1949: Dec | |
| 1951 | Murder by the Book | BOOK | |||
| 1952 | Prisoner's Base | BASE | British Title: Out She Goes | ||
| 1952 | Triple Jeopardy (JEPD) | Cop Killer, The | copk | AM 1951: Feb | |
| 1952 | Triple Jeopardy (JEPD) | Home to Roost | home | AM 1952: Jan | Mag. Pub.: Nero Wolfe and the Communist Killer Mag. Pub.: Nero Wolfe Devises a Stratagem |
| 1952 | Triple Jeopardy (JEPD) | Squirt and the Monkey, The | sqrt | AM 1951: Aug | Mag. Pub.: Dazzle Dan Murder, The Mag. Pub.: See No Evil |
| 1953 | Golden Spiders, The | GOLD | |||
| 1954 | Black Mountain, The | BLCK | |||
| 1954 | Three Men Out (TOUT) | Invitation to Murder | invi | AM 1953: Aug | Mag. Pub.: Will to Murder |
| 1954 | Three Men Out (TOUT) | This Won't Kill You | this | AM 1952: Sep | Mag. Pub.: This Will Kill You Mag. Pub.: World Series Murder |
| 1954 | Three Men Out (TOUT) | Zero Clue, The | zero | AM 1953: Dec | Mag. Pub.: Scared to Death |
| 1955 | Before Midnight | MIDN | |||
| 1956 | Might As Well Be Dead | MIGHT | |||
| 1956 | Three Witnesses (WITN) | Die Like a Dog | diel | AM 1954: Dec | Mag. Pub.: Dog in the Daytime, A Mag. Pub.: Body in the Hall, The |
| 1956 | Three Witnesses (WITN) | Next Witness, The | next | AM 1955: May | Mag. Pub.: Last Witness, The |
| 1956 | Three Witnesses (WITN) | When A Man Murders | when | AM 1954: May | |
| 1957 | If Death Ever Slept | SLPT | |||
| 1957 | Three for the Chair (CHAI) | Immune to Murder | immu | AM 1955: Nov | Mag. Pub.: Will to Murder |
| 1957 | Three for the Chair (CHAI) | Too Many Detectives | dets | COLL 1956: Sep. 14 | |
| 1957 | Three for the Chair (CHAI) | Window for Death, A | wind | AM 1956: May | Mag. Pub.: Nero Wolfe and the Vanishing Clue |
| 1958 | And Four to Go (FOUR) | British Title: Crime and Again | |||
| 1958 | And Four to Go (FOUR) | Christmas Party | xmas | COLL 1956: Jan. 4 | Mag. Pub.: Christmas Party Murder, The Mag. Pub.: Christmas Party-Murder, The |
| 1958 | And Four to Go (FOUR) | Easter Parade | east | LOOK 1957: Jul 9 | Mag. Pub.: Easter Parade Murder, The |
| 1958 | And Four to Go (FOUR) | Fourth of July Picnic | july | LOOK 1957: Jul 9 | Mag. Pub.: The Fourth of July Picnic Mag. Pub.: The Labor Union Murder |
| 1958 | And Four to Go (FOUR) | Murder is No Joke | joke | SEP 1958: Jun 21, 28; Jul 5 | Mag. Pub.: Frame Up for Murder (expanded version) |
| 1958 | Champagne for One | CHAM | |||
| 1959 | Plot It Yourself | PLOT | British Title: Murder in Style | ||
| 1960 | Three at Wolfe's Door (TAWD) | Method Three for Murder | meth | SEP 1960: Jan 30; Feb 6, 13 | |
| 1960 | Three at Wolfe's Door (TAWD) | Poison a la Carte | pois | EQMM 1968: April | |
| 1960 | Three at Wolfe's Door (TAWD) | Rodeo Murder, The | rode | ARG 1961: Jan | Mag. Pub.: Penthouse Murder |
| 1960 | Too Many Clients | CLIE | |||
| 1961 | Final Deduction, The | FINL | |||
| 1961 | Homicide Trinity (HOMI) | Counterfeit for Murder | coun | SEP 1961: Jan 14, 21, 28 | Mag. Pub.: The Counterfeiter's Knife (similar plot to Assault on a Brownstone in Death Time Three) |
| 1961 | Homicide Trinity (HOMI) | Death of a Demon | demn | SEP 1961: June 10, 17, 24 | Mag. Pub.: Gun Puzzle, The |
| 1961 | Homicide Trinity (HOMI) | Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Mo | eeny | EQMM 1962: Mar | |
| 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 | EQMM 1963: Dec | |
| 1965 | Trio for Blunt Instruments (TRIO) | Kill Now, Pay Later | kill | SEP 1961: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30 | |
| 1965 | Trio for Blunt Instruments (TRIO) | Murder is Corny | corn | EQMM 1978: Sep | |
| 1966 | Death of a Doxy | DOXY | ARG 1967: Jan | ||
| 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 | AM 1940: Nov | |
| 1985 | Death Times Three (TIME) | Assault on a Brownstone | brwn | similar plot to Counterfeit for Murder | |
| 1985 | Death Times Three (TIME) | Bitter End | bitt | re-working of Stout's Tecumseh Fox book, Bad for Business | |
| 1985 | Death Times Three (TIME) | Frame Up for Murder | fram | SEP 1958: June 21, 28; Jul 5 | Murder is No Joke |
See Wikipedia.org for additional details of publication history. See the Anthologies Page for information on which of the above books are included in which anthology. * (Abbreviations for book collections of novellas is in parenthesis) ** (Abbreviations in ALL CAPS = books; lower case = novella title *** Magazine Key: AM = AMERICAN MAGAZINE ARG = ARGOSY MAGAZINE LOOK = LOOK MAGAZINE COLL = COLLIERS MAGAZINE NW = NERO WOLFE MAGAZINE EQMM = ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE RS = REX STOUT MAGAZINE SEP = SATURDAY EVENING POST |
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To enhance income generation, Mr. Stout, as Archie's agent, arranged for the publication in Magazines of many of the novellas, prior to their release in book format.
In addition, the Nero Wolfe saga was reprinted throughout the world and some foreign printings were "re-titled". We have listed above those British titles that confound the collector! Acknowledgments:
Peter Darrel compiled the magazine publication listing of the Nero Wolfe saga. Jesse Strater assembled the Alternate Titles. Dan Augustine compiled a similar listing that we used to update these listings. Thanks Dan, Peter, and Jesse! |
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