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1 series · 47 books listed so far · Adult

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About: American writer (1886-1975) (Source: Wikidata)

Start here: Fer-de-Lance. Book 1 of Nero Wolfe, the earliest series listed here (1934).

Nero Wolfe

47 books listed so far

Order: from the publisher's numbered list (penguinrandomhouse.com)

  1. 1

    Fer-de-Lance

    1934 · Book

    Start hereFirst book in the main order, first published in 1934.
  2. 2 The League of Frightened Men book cover by Rex Stout
  3. 3 The Rubber Band book cover by Rex Stout
  4. 4

    The Red Box

    1937 · Book

  5. 5 Too Many Cooks book cover by Rex Stout
  6. 6 Some Buried Caesar book cover by Rex Stout
  7. 7 Over My Dead Body book cover by Rex Stout
  8. 8 Where There's a Will book cover by Rex Stout
  9. 9 Black Orchids book cover by Rex Stout

    Black Orchids

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  10. 10 Not Quite Dead Enough book cover by Rex Stout

    Not Quite Dead Enough

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  11. 11 The Silent Speaker book cover by Rex Stout
  12. 12

    Too Many Women

    1947 · Book

  13. 13 And Be a Villain book cover by Rex Stout
  14. 14 Trouble in Triplicate book cover by Rex Stout

    Trouble in Triplicate

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  15. 15 The Second Confession book cover by Rex Stout
  16. 16 Three Doors to Death book cover by Rex Stout

    Three Doors to Death

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  17. 17 In the Best Families book cover by Rex Stout
  18. 18 Curtains for Three book cover by Rex Stout

    Curtains for Three

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  19. 19 Murder by the Book book cover by Rex Stout
  20. 20 Triple Jeopardy book cover by Rex Stout
  21. 21 Prisoner's Base book cover by Rex Stout
  22. 22 The Golden Spiders book cover by Rex Stout
  23. 23 Three Men Out book cover by Rex Stout
  24. 24 The Black Mountain book cover by Rex Stout
  25. 25 Before Midnight book cover by Rex Stout
  26. 26 Three Witnesses book cover by Rex Stout

    Three Witnesses

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  27. 27 Might as Well Be Dead book cover by Rex Stout
  28. 28 Three for the Chair book cover by Rex Stout
  29. 29 If Death Ever Slept book cover by Rex Stout

    If Death Ever Slept

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  30. 30 And Four to Go book cover by Rex Stout
  31. 31 Champagne for One book cover by Rex Stout
  32. 32 Plot It Yourself book cover by Rex Stout
  33. 33 Three at Wolfe's Door book cover by Rex Stout

    Three at Wolfe's Door

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  34. 34

    Too Many Clients

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  35. 35 The Final Deduction book cover by Rex Stout

    The Final Deduction

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  36. 36 Homicide Trinity book cover by Rex Stout
  37. 37

    Gambit

    1962 · Book

  38. 38 The Mother Hunt book cover by Rex Stout
  39. 39 Trio for Blunt Instruments book cover by Rex Stout
  40. 40 A Right to Die book cover by Rex Stout
  41. 41 The Doorbell Rang book cover by Rex Stout
  42. 42 Death of a Doxy book cover by Rex Stout
  43. 43 The Father Hunt book cover by Rex Stout
  44. 44 Death of a Dude book cover by Rex Stout
  45. 45 Please Pass the Guilt book cover by Rex Stout
  46. 46

    Family Affair

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  47. 47 Death Times Three book cover by Rex Stout
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Topics in Rex Stout's books

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Topics

  • Abandoned children
  • American Detective and mystery stories
  • American fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories, American
  • Nero Wolfe
  • Private investigators

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