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Steve Allen

Steve Allen (1921-2000) was an American author, as well as a late-night talk show host, comedian, TV personality, musician, and composer, among other roles. He began his career in radio and became the first host of The Tonight Show. Allen authored a series of mystery novels featuring himself and his wife, Jayne Meadows, as amateur detectives, although these were actually ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon and later Robert Westbrook. Despite having written several books before publishing any novels, Steve Allen's debut novel was The Talk Show Murders, released in 1982. Below is a list of Steve Allen's books in the order of their original release.

Steve Allen became a published novelist in 1955 with the novel The Public Hating. Below is a list of Steve Allen's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Steve Allen Mystery Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Talk Show Murders (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder In Hollywood (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder On The Glitter Box (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Manhattan (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Vegas (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Murder Game (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder On The Atlantic (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wake Up To Murder (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Die Laughing (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder In Hawaii (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Wake (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 Public Hating (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fourteen for Tonight (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wry on the Rocks, A Collection of Poems (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Girls On The 10th Floor And Other Stories (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Turned Back the Clock (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tasting The Fruit (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Funny Men (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mark it and Strike it: An Autobiography (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Curses (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Schmock-Schmock! (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Funny People (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beloved Son (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Funny People (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How to Make a Speech (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How to Be Funny (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dumbth (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Meeting Of The Minds 4 Volume Boxed Set (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hi Ho Steverino (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Make 'Em Laugh (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Steve Allen Songbook (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Reflections (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
But Seriously... (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Steve Allen's Private Joke File (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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