Author · updated 2026
Ellery Queen Books in Order
Every Ellery Queen book in publication order — 150 in total, spanning 1929–2020.
Publication Order of Drury Lane Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tragedy of X | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Tragedy of Y | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Tragedy of Z | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Drury Lane's Last Case | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ellery Queen Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Roman Hat Mystery | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Greek Coffin Mystery | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The French Powder Mystery | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Dutch Shoe Mystery | 1931 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Egyptian Cross Mystery | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Siamese Twin Mystery | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The American Gun Mystery | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Chinese Orange Mystery | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Door Between | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Halfway House | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Devil to Pay | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Four of Hearts | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Dragon's Teeth | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Calamity Town | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | There Was an Old Woman | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Ten Days' Wonder | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Cat of Many Tails | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Double, Double | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Origin of Evil | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The King is Dead | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Player On Other Side | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Scarlet Letters | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Glass Village | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Inspector Queen's Own Case | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Finishing Stroke | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Queens Full | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Dead Man's Tale | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Death Spins the Platter | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Kill as Directed | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Murder with a Past | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | And on the Eighth Day | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Four Men Called John | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | A Study in Terror | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Losers, weepers | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Shoot The Scene | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Madman Theory | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Face to Face | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | House of Brass | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Devil's Cook | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Cop Out | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Last Woman in His Life | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | A Fine and Private Place | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Blow Hot Blow Cold | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The House of Brass | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The Penthouse Mystery | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Perfect Crime | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Spanish Cape Mystery | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The lamp of god | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Dog Mystery | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Green Turtle Mystery | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Red Chipmunk Mystery | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Golden Eagle Mystery | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Brown Fox Mystery | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The White Elephant Mystery | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Yellow Cat Mystery | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Blue Herring Mystery | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Mystery of the Merry Magician | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Mystery of the Vanished Victim | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Purple Bird Mystery | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Tim Corrigan Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where Is Bianca? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | How Goes the Murder? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Who Spies, Who Kills? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Why So Dead? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Which Way to Die? | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Guess Who's Coming to Kill You? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | What's in the Dark? | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mike McCall Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Campus Murders | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Black Hearts Murder | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Blue Movie Murders | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Masterpieces of Mystery Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masterpieces of Mystery | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wife or Death | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Killer Touch | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Beware the Young Stranger | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Room To Die In | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Player on the Other Side | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Penthouse Mystery, The | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Most Wanted Man In The World | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | When Fell The Night | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Door Between | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Origin of Evil | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Eyes of Mystery | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Spanish Cape Mystery and the Golden Goose | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | House of Darkness | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Murderer Is a Fox | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The New Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Calendar of Crime | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Tragedy of Errors and Others | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Adventures of the Murdered Moths | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Annual Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | To Be Read Before Midnight | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Ellery Queen All Stars | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Ellery Queen's mystery parade | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Ellery Queen's Best Bets | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Ellery Queen's Crookbook | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Ellery Queen's Murdercade | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Ellery Queen's Crime Wave | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | X Marks the Plot | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Ellery Queen's International Case Book | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Ellery Queen's The Golden 13 | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Ellery Queen's Secrets of Mystery | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American City | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Chapter and Hearse | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Deadly Arts | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Wickedest Show on Earth | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 150, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Roman Hat Mystery | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Greek Coffin Mystery | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The French Powder Mystery | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Dutch Shoe Mystery | 1931 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Tragedy of X | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Tragedy of Y | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Egyptian Cross Mystery | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Tragedy of Z | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Drury Lane's Last Case | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Siamese Twin Mystery | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The American Gun Mystery | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Chinese Orange Mystery | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Door Between | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Halfway House | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Devil to Pay | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Four of Hearts | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Dragon's Teeth | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The New Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Black Dog Mystery | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Calamity Town | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | There Was an Old Woman | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Green Turtle Mystery | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Red Chipmunk Mystery | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Ten Days' Wonder | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Golden Eagle Mystery | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Brown Fox Mystery | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Cat of Many Tails | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Double, Double | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The White Elephant Mystery | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Origin of Evil | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The King is Dead | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Yellow Cat Mystery | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Calendar of Crime | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Player On Other Side | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The Scarlet Letters | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Glass Village | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Blue Herring Mystery | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Inspector Queen's Own Case | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Finishing Stroke | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Queens Full | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Dead Man's Tale | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Mystery of the Merry Magician | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Death Spins the Platter | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Mystery of the Vanished Victim | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | To Be Read Before Midnight | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Kill as Directed | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Murder with a Past | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Wife or Death | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | And on the Eighth Day | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Four Men Called John | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Purple Bird Mystery | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The Killer Touch | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Beware the Young Stranger | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | A Room To Die In | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | A Study in Terror | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Losers, weepers | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Shoot The Scene | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | The Madman Theory | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Where Is Bianca? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | How Goes the Murder? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Who Spies, Who Kills? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Why So Dead? | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Face to Face | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Which Way to Die? | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Player on the Other Side | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Ellery Queen All Stars | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | House of Brass | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | The Devil's Cook | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Guess Who's Coming to Kill You? | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | Penthouse Mystery, The | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | The Most Wanted Man In The World | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | Ellery Queen's mystery parade | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | Cop Out | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | What's in the Dark? | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | The Campus Murders | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | The Last Woman in His Life | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | The Black Hearts Murder | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | When Fell The Night | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | A Fine and Private Place | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Door Between | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Ellery Queen's Best Bets | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | American City | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | The Blue Movie Murders | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | Blow Hot Blow Cold | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | Ellery Queen's Crookbook | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | Origin of Evil | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | Ellery Queen's Murdercade | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | Masterpieces of Mystery | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | Ellery Queen's Crime Wave | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 102 | Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 103 | X Marks the Plot | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 104 | Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 105 | Ellery Queen's International Case Book | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 106 | Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 107 | The House of Brass | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 108 | Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 109 | Ellery Queen's The Golden 13 | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 110 | Eyes of Mystery | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 111 | Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 112 | Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 113 | Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 114 | Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 115 | The Spanish Cape Mystery and the Golden Goose | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 116 | Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 117 | Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 118 | Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 119 | Chapter and Hearse | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 120 | Deadly Arts | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 121 | Wickedest Show on Earth | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 122 | Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 123 | Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 124 | Ellery Queen's Secrets of Mystery | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 125 | Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 126 | Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 127 | Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 128 | Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 129 | Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 130 | Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 131 | Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 132 | Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 133 | Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 134 | Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 135 | Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 136 | Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 137 | Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 138 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 139 | The Tragedy of Errors and Others | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 140 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 141 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 142 | The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 143 | The Adventures of the Murdered Moths | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 144 | House of Darkness | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 145 | The Penthouse Mystery | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 146 | The Perfect Crime | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 147 | The Spanish Cape Mystery | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 148 | The Murderer Is a Fox | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 149 | The lamp of god | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 150 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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