Order of John Dickson Carr Books

John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was an American writer known for his detective fiction and mystery novels, also publishing under the name Carter Dickson. He created the Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale series and is regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of the Golden Age, known for his detectives who unravel seemingly impossible cases. Carr lived in England for several years and is frequently compared to British mystery authors. Many of his novels are set in English locales, such as country villages and estates, featuring English characters. He received two Edgar Awards and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Carr made his debut as a published novelist in 1930 with the book It Walks by Night. Below is a list of John Dickson Carr’s works in the order of their original publication.

John Dickson Carr became a published novelist in 1930 with the novel It Walks by Night. Below is a list of John Dickson Carr's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Department D-3 Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Department of Queer Complaints	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Dr. Gideon Fell Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Hag's Nook	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mad Hatter Mystery	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eight of Swords	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Blind Barber	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death-Watch	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Three Coffins / The Hollow Man	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arabian Nights Murder	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Crooked Hinge	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To Wake the Dead	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Problem of the Green Capsule / The Black Spectacles	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Problem of the Wire Cage	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Could Not Shudder	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Seat of the Scornful	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Constant Suicides	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Turns the Tables / The Seat of the Scornful	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Till Death Do Us Part	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
He Who Whispers	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sleeping Sphinx	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Below Suspicion	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dead Man's Knock	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Spite of Thunder	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House at Satan's Elbow	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Panic in Box C	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dark of the Moon	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Henri Bencolin Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
It Walks by Night	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Castle Skull	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lost Gallows	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Four False Weapons	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Sir Henry Merrivale Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Plague Court Murders	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The White Priory Murders	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Red Widow Murders	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Unicorn Murders	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Punch and Judy Murders /The Magic Lantern Murders	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Peacock Feather Murders / The Ten Teacups	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Judas Window / The Crossbow Murder	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in Five Boxes	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Reader Is Warned	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And So to Murder	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nine and Death Makes Ten / Murder in the Submarine Zone	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seeing Is Believing / Cross of Murder	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gilded Man / Death and the Gilded Man	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
She Died A Lady	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
He Wouldn't Kill Patience	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp / Lord of the Sorcerers	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Late Wives	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Skeleton in the Clock	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Graveyard to Let	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Night at the Mocking Widow	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Behind the Crimson Blind	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cavalier's Cup	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Merrivale, March and Murder	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Poison in Jest	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bowstrings Murders (As:Carter Dickson)	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Burning Court	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fatal Descent / Drop to His Death (As: Carter Dickson, With: John Rhode)	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Emperor's Snuff-Box	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bride of Newgate	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil in Velvet	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nine Wrong Answers	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Captain Cut-Throat	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fear is the same (As: Carter Dickson)	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Patrick Butler for the Defense	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fire, Burn!	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Scandal at High Chimneys	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Demoniacs	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Witch of the Low Tide	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Most Secret	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Papa La-Bas	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ghosts' High Noon	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deadly Hall	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hungry Goblin	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (With: Adrian Conan Doyle)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The New Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (With: Adrian Conan Doyle)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Door To Doom, And Other Detections	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dead Sleep Lightly and Other Mysteries from Radio's Golden Age	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fell and Foul Play	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
13 to the Gallows (With: Val Gielgud)	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Third Bullet and Other Stories	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Island of Coffins and Other Mysteries from the Casebook of Cabin B-13	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Kindling Spark	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
It Walks by Night	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Castle Skull	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lost Gallows	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Adrian Conan Doyle Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (With: Adrian Conan Doyle)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The New Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (With: Adrian Conan Doyle)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Love and Hate (By: Adrian Conan Doyle)	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (By: Adrian Conan Doyle)	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Stumpy's Pumpkin Roundup and Other Crazy Poems	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
20 Great Tales of Murder	(1952)	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
All but Impossible!	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deadly Arts	(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
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes	(1989)	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 Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Takes a Holiday	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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