Order of Ellery Queen Books

Ellery Queen is the joint pen name of cousins Frederic Dannay (Daniel Nathan) and Manfred Bennington Lee (Manford Lepofsky), who collaborated on detective fiction. Many of their novels feature a fictional character named Ellery Queen, who has been adapted for television, film, and radio. In addition to the Ellery Queen series, the cousins created a series featuring a Shakespearean actor named Drury Lane, writing under the pseudonym Barnaby Ross. Ellery Queen made its debut with the novel The Roman Hat Mystery, published in 1929, and their last novel, A Fine and Private Place, was released in 1971. Below is a list of Ellery Queen’s books in the order of their initial publication:

Ellery Queen became a published novelist in 1929 with the novel The Roman Hat Mystery. Below is a list of Ellery Queen's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Drury Lane Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Tragedy of X	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tragedy of Y	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tragedy of Z	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Drury Lane's Last Case	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Ellery Queen Detective Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Roman Hat Mystery	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The French Powder Mystery	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dutch Shoe Mystery	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Greek Coffin Mystery	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Egyptian Cross Mystery	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Siamese Twin Mystery	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Chinese Orange Mystery	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lamp of God	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Spanish Cape Mystery	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Halfway House	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Door Between	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Four of Hearts	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil to Pay	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Penthouse Mystery	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calamity Town	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Perfect Crime	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Murderer is a Fox	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ten Days' Wonder	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cat of Many Tails	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Origin of Evil	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The King is Dead	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Summer	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Scarlet Letters	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Glass Village	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inspector Queen's Own Case	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Finishing Stroke	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Queens Full	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dead Man's Tale	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Spins the Platter	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Player On Other Side	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kill as Directed	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder with a Past	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And on the Eighth Day	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Four Men Called John	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fourth Side of the Triangle	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Study in Terror	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Losers, weepers	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shoot The Scene	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Madman Theory	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Face to Face	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House of Brass	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
House of Brass	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil's Cook	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cop Out	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Woman in His Life	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fine and Private Place	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blow Hot Blow Cold	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen, Master Detective	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Black Dog Mystery	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Green Turtle Mystery	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Red Chipmunk Mystery	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Brown Fox Mystery	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Eagle Mystery	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The White Elephant Mystery	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Yellow Cat Mystery	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mystery of the Vanished Victim	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mystery of the Merry Magician	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Blue Herring Mystery	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Purple Bird Mystery	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Tim Corrigan Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Where Is Bianca?	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How Goes the Murder?	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Who Spies, Who Kills?	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Why So Dead?	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Which Way to Die?	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Guess Who's Coming to Kill You?	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What's in the Dark?	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Mike McCall Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Campus Murders	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Black Hearts Murder	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Blue Movie Murders	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Masterpieces of Mystery Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Masterpieces of Mystery	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Player on the Other Side	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wife or Death	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Score (With: Charles W. Runyon)	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Killer Touch (With: Charles W. Runyon)	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beware the Young Stranger	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Copper Frame	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Room To Die In	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Penthouse Mystery, The	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Most Wanted Man In The World	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kiss and Kill (With: Charles W. Runyon)	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When Fell The Night	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Door Between	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eyes of Mystery	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
House of Darkness	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The New Adventures of Ellery Queen	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventures of Ellery Queen	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calendar of Crime	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tragedy of Errors and Others	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventures of the Murdered Moths	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (With: Josh Pachter)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Annual Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual (By: Henry Slesar)	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To Be Read Before Midnight	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen All Stars	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Best Bets	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Crookbook	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Murdercade	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Crime Wave	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
X Marks the Plot	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's International Case Book	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's The Golden 13	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World (By: T. M. Adams)	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
20 Great Tales of Murder	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July 1958	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Locked Room Reader: Stories of Impossible Crimes and Escapes	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Daring Detectives	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
American City	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Suits & Gumshoes	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chapter and Hearse	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deadly Arts	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wickedest Show on Earth	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Handle with Care: Frightening Stories	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder for Christmas	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Baseball Stories	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Tales of Crime and Detection	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fifty Best Mysteries	(1993)	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
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Century of Great Suspense Stories	(2001)	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
The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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