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Donald E. Westlake Books in Order
Every Donald E. Westlake book in publication order — 115 in total, spanning 1959–2020.
Publication Order of Phil Crawford Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backstage Love | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | What Girls Will Do | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Parker Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Outfit | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Mourner | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Score / Killtown | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Jugger | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Seventh / The Split | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Handle / Run Lethal | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Rare Coin Score | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Green Eagle Score | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Black Ice Score | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Sour Lemon Score | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Deadly Edge | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Slayground | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Plunder Squad | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Butcher's Moon | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Comeback | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Backflash | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Flashfire / Parker | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Firebreak | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Breakout | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Nobody Runs Forever | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Ask The Parrot | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Dirty Money | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mitch Tobin Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinds Of Love, Kinds Of Death | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Murder Among Children | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Wax Apple | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Jade In Aries | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Don't Lie To Me | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Alan Grofield Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Damsel | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Dame | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Blackbird | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Lemons Never Lie | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Dortmunder Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hot Rock | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Bank Shot | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Jimmy The Kid | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Nobody's Perfect | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Why Me? | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Good Behavior | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Drowned Hopes | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Don't Ask | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | What's The Worst That Could Happen? | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Bad News | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Road To Ruin | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Watch Your Back! | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | What's So Funny? | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Get Real | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Sam Holt Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Of Us Is Wrong | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | What I Tell You Three Times Is False | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Fourth Dimension Is Death | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Sara & Jack Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust Me On This | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Baby, Would I Lie? | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Man Hungry | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | All My Lovers | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Wife Next Door | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Mercenaries/The Cutie | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | SO WILLING. | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | All about Annette | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Virgin's Summer | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Passion's Playthings | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Call Me Sinner | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Campus Doll | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Brother and Sister | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Killing Time | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Young and Innocent | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | 361 | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Strange affair. | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Killy | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Campus Lovers | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Pity Him Afterwards | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Fugitive Pigeon | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Busy Body | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Spy in the Ointment | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | God Save the Mark | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Anarchaos | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Philip | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Who stole Sassi Manoon? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Somebody Owes Me Money | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Up Your Banners | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Ex Officio | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Adios Scheherazade | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Comfort Station | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | I Gave at the Office | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Cops and Robbers | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Gangway! | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Brothers Keepers | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Two Much | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Dancing Aztecs | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Castle in the Air | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Kahawa | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | A Likely Story | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | High Adventure | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Humans | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Smoke | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Ax | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Hook | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Scared Stiff | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Put a Lid on It | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Money for Nothing | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Memory | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Comedy is Finished | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Forever and a Death | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curious Facts Preceding My Execution | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Enough | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Tomorrow's Crimes | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Good Story and Other Stories | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Meteor Strike | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Double Feature | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Hellcats and Honeygirls | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Getaway Car | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 115, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backstage Love | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Sally | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Man Hungry | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | All My Lovers | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Wife Next Door | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Mercenaries/The Cutie | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | SO WILLING. | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | All about Annette | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Virgin's Summer | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Passion's Playthings | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Call Me Sinner | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Campus Doll | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Brother and Sister | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Killing Time | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Young and Innocent | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | What Girls Will Do | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | 361 | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Strange affair. | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Outfit | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Mourner | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Score / Killtown | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Killy | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Campus Lovers | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Pity Him Afterwards | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Jugger | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Fugitive Pigeon | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Seventh / The Split | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Handle / Run Lethal | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Kinds Of Love, Kinds Of Death | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Busy Body | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Spy in the Ointment | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Rare Coin Score | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Green Eagle Score | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Murder Among Children | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Damsel | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | God Save the Mark | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Anarchaos | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Philip | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Black Ice Score | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Who stole Sassi Manoon? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Curious Facts Preceding My Execution | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Sour Lemon Score | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Dame | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Blackbird | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Somebody Owes Me Money | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Up Your Banners | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Wax Apple | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | A Jade In Aries | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Hot Rock | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Ex Officio | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Adios Scheherazade | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Comfort Station | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Deadly Edge | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Slayground | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Lemons Never Lie | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | I Gave at the Office | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Plunder Squad | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Don't Lie To Me | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Bank Shot | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Cops and Robbers | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Gangway! | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Butcher's Moon | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Jimmy The Kid | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Brothers Keepers | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Two Much | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Dancing Aztecs | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Nobody's Perfect | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Enough | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Castle in the Air | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | Kahawa | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Why Me? | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | A Likely Story | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | Good Behavior | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | High Adventure | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | One Of Us Is Wrong | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | What I Tell You Three Times Is False | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Trust Me On This | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | The Fourth Dimension Is Death | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | Tomorrow's Crimes | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | Drowned Hopes | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | Humans | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | Don't Ask | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | Baby, Would I Lie? | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Smoke | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | What's The Worst That Could Happen? | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Comeback | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | The Ax | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | Backflash | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | A Good Story and Other Stories | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | Flashfire / Parker | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | The Hook | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | Firebreak | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | Bad News | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | The Scared Stiff | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | Breakout | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | Put a Lid on It | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | Money for Nothing | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 102 | Nobody Runs Forever | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 103 | The Road To Ruin | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 104 | Watch Your Back! | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 105 | Ask The Parrot | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 106 | What's So Funny? | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 107 | Dirty Money | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 108 | Get Real | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 109 | Memory | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 110 | The Comedy is Finished | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 111 | Meteor Strike | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 112 | The Getaway Car | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 113 | Forever and a Death | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 114 | Double Feature | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 115 | Hellcats and Honeygirls | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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