Order of Rex Stout Books

Rex Stout (1886-1975) was an American writer known for his detective fiction, particularly his series featuring the detective Nero Wolfe. In addition to the Nero Wolfe series, which constitutes the majority of his extensive bibliography, he created another series called Tecumseh Fox, wrote numerous standalone novels, several collections of short stories, and even a cookbook featuring Nero Wolfe's recipes. Stout's narrative style and dialogue were exceptional, lending a re-readable quality to his works. His debut novel was a standalone titled Her Forbidden Knight, released in 1913. He continued to produce standalone novels until he published the first Nero Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance, in 1934. Below is a chronological list of Rex Stout’s books based on their original publication dates.

Rex Stout became a published novelist in 1913 with the novel Her Forbidden Knight. Below is a list of Rex Stout's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Fer-de-Lance / Meet Nero Wolfe	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The League of Frightened Men	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rubber Band / To Kill Again	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Red Box / Case of the Red Box	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Too Many Cooks	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Some Buried Caesar / The Red Bull	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Over My Dead Body	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Where There's a Will	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Orchids	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Not Quite Dead Enough	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Silent Speaker	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Too Many Women	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And Be a Villain / More Deaths Than One	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trouble in Triplicate	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Second Confession	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Even in the Best Families / In the Best Families	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Doors to Death / Door to Death	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Curtains for Three	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder by the Book	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Prisoner's Base / Out She Goes	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Triple Jeopardy	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Spiders	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Black Mountain	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Men Out	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Before Midnight	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Might as Well Be Dead	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Witnesses	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
If Death Ever Slept	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three for the Chair	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And Four to Go / Crime and Again	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Champagne for One	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Plot it Yourself / Murder in Style	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three at Wolfe's Door	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Too Many Clients	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Final Deduction	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Homicide Trinity	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gambit	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mother Hunt	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trio for Blunt Instruments	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Right to Die	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Doorbell Rang	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Doxy	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Father Hunt	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Dude	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Please Pass The Guilt	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Family Affair	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Times Three	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Nero Wolfe Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Disguise for Murder / The Twisted Scarf	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bitter End	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Booby Trap	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cordially Invited to Meet Death	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Drive: And Other Stories	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and FLO! / Eeny Meeny Murder Mo	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Tecumseh Fox Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Double for Death	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bad for Business	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Broken Vase	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Her Forbidden Knight	(1913)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Under the Andes	(1914)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Prize for Princes	(1914)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Great Legend	(1916)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How Like a God	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seed on the Wind	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Golden Remedy	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Forest Fire	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The President Vanishes	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
O Careless Love!	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hand in the Glove / Crime on Her Hands	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Cinderella	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mountain Cat Murders / The Mountain Cat	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Threads	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sound of Murder / Alphabet Hicks	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Corsage	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Justice Ends At Home and Other Stories	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Target Practice	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Nero Wolfe Cookbook	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder for Christmas	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hound Dunnit	(1989)	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
A Century of Great Suspense Stories	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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