Order of Ed McBain Books

Ed McBain is the pseudonym of the prolific American novelist Evan Hunter (1926-2005), who is perhaps best known by this name. Born Salvatore Lombino in New York City, he legally changed his name to Evan Hunter in 1952. In addition to Hunter and McBain, he wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Richard Marsten, Hunt Collins, Curt Cannon, Ezra Hannon, and John Abbott. McBain began his writing career in 1952 and had books published continuously until his death in 2005. His bibliography spans a wide range of genres. In addition to novels, he wrote several short story collections, two autobiographies, and numerous plays, screenplays, and teleplays. Below is a list of all of Evan Hunter’s published novels in the order of their original release.

Ed McBain became a published novelist in 1942 with the novel The Sunday Pigeon Murders (By: Craig Rice). Below is a list of Ed McBain's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of 87th Precinct Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Cop Hater	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mugger	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pusher	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Con Man	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Killer's Choice	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lady Killer	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Killer's Wedge	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Killer's Payoff	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
King's Ransom	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Til Death	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Heckler	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
See Them Die	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lady, Lady, I Did It!	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Empty Hours	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Like Love	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ten Plus One	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ax / Axe	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
He Who Hesitates	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Doll	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eighty Million Eyes	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fuzz	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shotgun	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jigsaw	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sadie When She Died	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hail to the Chief	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bread	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blood Relatives	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
So Long as You Both Shall Live	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Long Time No See	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ghosts	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calypso	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Heat	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McBain Brief	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ice	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lightning	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And All Through The House	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eight Black Horses	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Poison	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lullaby	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vespers	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tricks	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Widows	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kiss	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mischief	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Romance	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nocturne	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Big Bad City	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Dance	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Money, Money, Money	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fat Ollie's Book	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Frumious Bandersnatch	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hark!	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fiddlers	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of 87th Precinct Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
McBain's Ladies (As: Evan Hunter)	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
McBain's Ladies Too (As: Evan Hunter)	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Matthew Hope Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Goldilocks	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpelstiltskin	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beauty and the Beast	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jack and the Beanstalk	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Snow White and Rose Red	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cinderella	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Puss in Boots	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House That Jack Built	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Blind Mice	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mary, Mary	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
There Was A Little Girl	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Best Hope	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Don\'t Crowd Me / Paradise Party (As: Evan Hunter)	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Big Fix	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rocket to Luna (By: Richard Marsten)	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cut Me In	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Runaway Black / Runaway (By: Richard Marsten)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Nurse	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in the Navy (By: Richard Marsten)	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tomorrow's World / Tomorrow & Tomorrow (By: Hunt Collins)	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
So Nude, So Dead (By: Richard Marsten)	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vanishing Ladies (By: Richard Marsten)	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Spiked Heel (By: Richard Marsten)	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strangers When We Meet (As: Evan Hunter)	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Even the Wicked (By: Richard Marsten)	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gutter and the Grave	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Big Man (By: Richard Marsten)	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Matter of Conviction (As: Evan Hunter)	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Buddwing (As: Evan Hunter)	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sentries	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nobody Knew They Were There (As: Evan Hunter)	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Doors (By: Ezra Hannon)	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Where There's Smoke	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Guns	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gangs! / Walk Proud	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Love, Dad (As: Evan Hunter)	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Far from the Sea (As: Evan Hunter)	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lizzie (As: Evan Hunter)	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Another Part of the City	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Downtown	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Criminal Conversation (As: Evan Hunter)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Privileged Conversation (As: Evan Hunter)	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Driving Lessons	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alice In Jeopardy	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Children's Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Find the Feathered Serpent	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Remarkable Harry (As: Evan Hunter)	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wonderful Button (As: Evan Hunter)	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Me and Mr. Stenner (As: Evan Hunter)	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The McBain Brief	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Running from Legs and Other Stories	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Learning to Kill	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Keller's Adjustment; Forever	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Sunday Pigeon Murders (By: Craig Rice)	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Thursday Turkey Murders (By: Craig Rice)	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The April Robin Murders (With: Craig Rice)	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Transgressions Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Transgressions (With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Sharyn McCrumb,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris)	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions, Vol. 2 (With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,John Farris)	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions, Vol. 3 (With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Donald E Westlake,John Farris)	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions, Vol. 4 (With: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb)	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Selected Shorts Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Whodunit? (With: Dashiell Hammett,Shirley Jackson,John Shea,Louise Erdrich,Nadine Gordimer,Ren�� Auberjonois,Fionnula Flanagan,Robert Sean Leonard,C.S. Montanye,Symphony Space,Isaiah Sheffer,Hattie Winston)	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
City Sleuths and Tough Guys	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crimes of Passion	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder For Love	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime After Crime	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Writers on Writing	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dangerous Women	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Price of Desire	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions, Vol. 2	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions, Vol. 3	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Transgressions, Vol. 4	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Masters of Noir, Volume One	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Masters of Noir, Volume Three	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Books to Die For	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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