Order of Erle Stanley Gardner Books

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American writer renowned for his detective fiction. He is most famous for creating the character Perry Mason and also authored the Cool and Lam series under the pseudonym A.A. Fair, as well as the Doug Selby series. Prior to his writing career, Gardner practiced law, during which he began crafting stories for pulp magazines in his free time. Eventually, he left the legal profession to pursue writing full-time. Gardner was honored as a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and received an Edgar Award. His writing journey commenced in 1923 with pulp magazines, but his first novel, The Case of the Velvet Claws (the debut of Perry Mason), was published in 1933. Below is a list of Erle Stanley Gardner’s books in the order of their initial publication.

Erle Stanley Gardner became a published novelist in 1933 with the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws. Below is a list of Erle Stanley Gardner's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Perry Mason Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Case of the Velvet Claws	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Sulky Girl	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Lucky Legs	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Howling Dog	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Curious Bride	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Lame Canary	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Substitute Face	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Perjured Parrot	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Rolling Bones	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Baited Hook	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Silent Partner	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Haunted Husband	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Empty Tin	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Drowning Duck	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Careless Kitten	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Buried Clock	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Crooked Candle	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Golddigger's Purse	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Lazy Lover	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Lonely Heiress	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Cautious Coquette	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Negligent Nymph	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Fiery Fingers	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Angry Mourner	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Runaway Corpse	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Restless Redhead	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Terrified Typist	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Gilded Lily	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Demure Defendant	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of The Screaming Woman	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Lucky Loser	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Daring Decoy	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Long-Legged Models	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Calendar Girl	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Singing Skirt	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Deadly Toy	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Shapely Shadow	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Spurious Spinster	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Reluctant Model	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Mischievous Doll	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Amorous Aunt	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Daring Divorcee	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Phantom Fortune	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Horrified Heirs	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Troubled Trustee	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Worried Waitress	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Queenly Contestant	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Careless Cupid	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Fabulous Fake	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Fenced-in Woman	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Postponed Murder	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of Too Many Murders (By: Thomas Chastain)	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Burning Bequest (By: Thomas Chastain)	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Perry Mason Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Case of the Murderer's Bride and Other Stories	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Crimson Kiss	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case Of The Crying Swallow	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Irate Witness and Other Stories	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Four Cases of Murder	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Doug Selby Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The D.A. Calls It Murder	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Holds a Candle	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Draws a Circle	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Goes to Trial	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D. A. Cooks a Goose	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Calls a Turn	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Breaks a Seal	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Takes a Chance	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The D.A. Breaks An Egg	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Terry Clane Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Murder Up My Sleeve	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Backward Mule	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Donald Lam & Bertha Cool Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Bigger They Come	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Knife Slipped	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Turn on the Heat	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gold Comes in Bricks	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Spill the Jackpot	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Double or Quits	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Owls Don't Blink	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bats Fly at Dusk	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cats Prowl at Night	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Give 'em the Ax	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crows Can't Count	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fools Die on Friday	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bedrooms Have Windows	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Top of the Heap	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Some Women Won't Wait	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beware the Curves	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Can Die Laughing	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Some Slips Don't Show	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Count of 9	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pass the Gravy	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kept Women Can't Quit	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bachelors Get Lonely	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shills Can't Cash Chips	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Try Anything Once	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fish or Cut Bait	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Up for Grabs	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cut Thin to Win	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Widows Wear Weeds	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Traps Need Fresh Bait	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
All Grass Isn't Green	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hidden Heart of Baja	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Desert is Yours	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hunting the Desert Whale	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Drifting Down Delta	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Gramp Wiggens Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Case of the Turning Tide	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Smoking Chimney	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case Of The Musical Cow	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Clue of the Forgotten Murder / The Clew of the Forgotten Murder	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Is Murder	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dead Men's Letters	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Two Clues: The Clue of the Runaway Blonde / Clue's Don't Count & The Clue of the Hungry Horse	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Human Zero	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Whispering Sands	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pay Dirt and Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventures Of Paul Pry, Volume 2	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Blonde in Lower Six Plus 3 Short Novels	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventures Of Paul Pry	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Honest Money and Other Short Novels	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Danger Zone and Other Stories	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Casebook of Sidney Zoom	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Hard-Boiled Detectives	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Daring Detectives	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Plus	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels	(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
Law and Order	(1997)	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
Pulp Adventures #37: Nymph in the Keyhole	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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