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Ross Macdonald Books in Order
Every Ross Macdonald book in publication order — 32 in total, spanning 1944–2012.
Publication Order of Lew Archer Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Moving Target / Harper | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Drowning Pool | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Way Some People Die | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Ivory Grin / Marked for Murder | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Find a Victim | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Barbarous Coast | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Doomsters | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Galton Case | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Wycherly Woman | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Zebra-Striped Hearse | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Chill | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Far Side of the Dollar | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Black Money | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Instant Enemy | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Goodbye Look | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Underground Man | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Sleeping Beauty | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Blue Hammer | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Lew Archer Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Archer Files | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Chet Gordon Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Tunnel / I Die Slowly | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Trouble Follows Me | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue City (As: Kenneth Millar) | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Three Roads (As: Kenneth Millar) | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Meet Me at the Morgue / Experience with Evil | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Ferguson Affair | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Guilty Ones | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Imaginary Blonde | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Midnight Blue | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strangers in Town | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 32, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Tunnel / I Die Slowly | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Trouble Follows Me | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Blue City (As: Kenneth Millar) | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Three Roads (As: Kenneth Millar) | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Moving Target / Harper | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Drowning Pool | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Way Some People Die | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Ivory Grin / Marked for Murder | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Guilty Ones | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Imaginary Blonde | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Find a Victim | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Meet Me at the Morgue / Experience with Evil | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Barbarous Coast | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Doomsters | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Galton Case | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Wycherly Woman | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Zebra-Striped Hearse | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Chill | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Far Side of the Dollar | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Black Money | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Ferguson Affair | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Instant Enemy | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Goodbye Look | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Underground Man | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Sleeping Beauty | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Blue Hammer | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Strangers in Town | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Archer Files | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Midnight Blue | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
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