Bill Pronzini Books in Order
Bill Pronzini is a celebrated author of mystery and suspense novels. He has been recognized as a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2008, a prestigious honor bestowed upon individuals who have made significant contributions to the crime fiction genre. Pronzini's writing career has been marked by numerous awards and nominations, including Shamus Awards for Best Novel for "Boobytrap" (1999) and "Hoodwink" (1982). He has also been nominated for Edgar Awards for Best Novel for "A Wasteland of Strangers" (1998) and Shamus Awards for Best Novel for "Sentinels" (1997). Additionally, Pronzini received the Shamus Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987. He is married to fellow author Marcia Muller and has written under various pseudonyms, including Robert Hart Davis and Jack Foxx.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Bill Pronzini
- #1AmazonThe Bughouse Affair(2013)
- #2AmazonThe Spook Lights Affair(2013)
- #3AmazonThe Body Snatchers Affair(2015)
- #4AmazonThe Plague of Thieves Affair(2016)
- #5AmazonThe Dangerous Ladies Affair(2017)
- #6AmazonThe Bags of Tricks Affair(2018)
- #7AmazonThe Flimflam Affair(2019)
- #8AmazonThe Stolen Gold Affair(2020)
- #9AmazonThe Paradise Affair(2021)
- #10AmazonCarpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services(1998)
- #11AmazonQuincannon's Game(2005)
- #1AmazonCharlie Chan in The Pawns of Death(1974)
- #1AmazonThe Snatch(1971)
- #2AmazonThe Vanished(1973)
- #3AmazonUndercurrent(1973)
- #4AmazonBlowback(1977)
- #5AmazonTwospot(1978)
- #6AmazonLabyrinth(1980)
- #7AmazonHoodwink(1981)
- #8AmazonScattershot(1982)
- #9AmazonDragonfire(1982)
- #10AmazonBindlestiff(1983)
- #11AmazonQuicksilver(1984)
- #12AmazonNightshades(1984)
- #13AmazonDouble (With: Marcia Muller)(1984)
- #14AmazonBones(1985)
- #15AmazonDeadfall(1986)
- #16AmazonShackles(1989)
- #17AmazonJackpot(1990)
- #18AmazonBreakdown(1991)
- #19AmazonQuarry(1991)
- #20AmazonEpitaphs(1992)
- #21AmazonDemons(1993)
- #22AmazonHardcase(1995)
- #23AmazonSentinels(1996)
- #24AmazonIllusions(1997)
- #25AmazonBoobytrap(1998)
- #26AmazonCrazybone(2000)
- #27AmazonBleeders(2001)
- #28AmazonSpook(2002)
- #29AmazonNightcrawlers(2005)
- #30AmazonMourners(2006)
- #31AmazonSavages(2007)
- #32AmazonFever(2008)
- #33AmazonSchemers(2009)
- #34AmazonBetrayers(2010)
- #35AmazonCamouflage(2011)
- #36AmazonHellbox(2012)
- #37AmazonNemesis(2013)
- #38AmazonStrangers(2014)
- #39AmazonVixen(2015)
- #40AmazonZigzag(2016)
- #41AmazonEndgame(2017)
- #42AmazonBooktaker(2011)
- #43AmazonKinsmen(2012)
- #44AmazonFemme(2012)
- #45AmazonCasefile(1983)
- #46AmazonSpadework(1994)
- #47AmazonScenarios(2003)
- #1AmazonGun in Cheek(1982)
- #2AmazonSan Francisco(1985)
- #3Amazon1001 Midnights(1986)
- #4AmazonSon of Gun in Cheek(1987)
- #5AmazonSix Gun In Cheek(1997)
- #6AmazonWondermakers 2(1974)
- #7AmazonFuture Corruption(1975)
- #8AmazonArena: Sports Science Fiction(1976)
- #9AmazonMystery Writers' Choice 1977(1976)
- #10AmazonMidnight Specials(1977)
- #11AmazonDark Sins, Dark Dreams(1979)
- #12AmazonWerewolf!(1979)
- #13AmazonThe End of Summer(1979)
- #14AmazonNight Screams(1979)
- #15AmazonShared Tomorrows(1979)
- #16AmazonChrysalis 5(1979)
- #17AmazonChrysalis 6(1980)
- #18AmazonVoodoo(1980)
- #19AmazonMummy!(1980)
- #20AmazonThe Edgar Winners(1980)
- #21AmazonOther Worlds Volume 2(1980)
- #22AmazonThe Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural(1981)
- #23Amazon100 Malicious Little Mysteries(1981)
- #24AmazonGreat Tales of Mystery and Suspense(1981)
- #25AmazonClassic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural(1981)
- #26AmazonThe Arbor House Necropolis(1981)
- #27AmazonThe Giant Book Of Horror Stories(1981)
- #28AmazonThe Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense(1982)
- #29AmazonAlfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night(1983)
- #30AmazonThe Web She Weaves(1983)
- #31AmazonThe Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps(1983)
- #32AmazonBaker's Dozen(1984)
- #33AmazonThe Western Hall of Fame(1984)
- #34AmazonChild's Ploy(1984)
- #35AmazonThe Outlaws(1984)
- #36AmazonThe Reel West(1984)
- #37AmazonWitches' Brew(1984)
- #38Amazon13 Short Mystery Novels(1984)
- #39AmazonThe Eyes Have It(1984)
- #40AmazonThe Mystery Hall of Fame(1984)
- #41AmazonChapter and Hearse(1985)
- #42AmazonThe Cowboys(1985)
- #43AmazonThe Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories(1985)
- #44AmazonDark Lessons(1985)
- #45AmazonShe Won the West(1985)
- #46AmazonThe Warriors(1985)
- #47AmazonDeadly Arts(1985)
- #48AmazonThe Second Reel West(1985)
- #49AmazonMurder in the First Reel(1985)
- #50AmazonWickedest Show on Earth(1985)
- #51AmazonShadows 8(1985)
- #52AmazonPolice Procedurals(1985)
- #53AmazonThe Ethnic Detectives(1985)
- #54AmazonHalloween Horrors(1986)
- #55AmazonTales of Mystery(1986)
- #56AmazonMammoth Book of Short Crime Novels(1986)
- #57AmazonTales of the Dead(1986)
- #58AmazonThe Cattlemen(1986)
- #59AmazonThe Railroaders(1986)
- #60AmazonMean Streets(1986)
- #61AmazonThe Steamboaters(1986)
- #62AmazonGreat Modern Police Stories(1986)
- #63AmazonThe Third Reel West(1986)
- #64AmazonMystery in the Mainstream(1986)
- #65Amazon101 Mystery Stories(1986)
- #66AmazonWild Westerns(1986)
- #67AmazonPrime Suspects(1987)
- #68AmazonThe Horse Soldiers(1987)
- #69AmazonUncollected Crimes(1987)
- #70AmazonSuspicious Characters(1987)
- #71AmazonManhattan Mysteries(1987)
- #72Amazon13 Short Detective Novels(1987)
- #73AmazonThe Gunfighters(1987)
- #74AmazonLady on the Case(1988)
- #75AmazonCloak and Dagger(1988)
- #76AmazonThe Texans(1988)
- #77AmazonBest of the West(1988)
- #78AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories(1988)
- #79AmazonHomicidal Acts(1988)
- #80AmazonCriminal Elements(1988)
- #81AmazonThe Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction(1988)
- #82AmazonMammoth Book of World War II Stories(1989)
- #83AmazonKill or Cure(1989)
- #84AmazonThe Californians(1989)
- #85AmazonFelonious Assaults(1989)
- #86AmazonThe Arizonans(1989)
- #87AmazonMore Wild Westerns(1989)
- #88AmazonDeadly Doings(1989)
- #89AmazonMistletoe Mysteries(1989)
- #90AmazonThe Northwesterners(1990)
- #91AmazonCrime and Crime Again(1990)
- #92AmazonThe Northerners(1990)
- #93AmazonBest of the West 2(1990)
- #94AmazonBest of the West III(1990)
- #95AmazonChristmas Out West(1990)
- #96Amazon100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory(1991)
- #97AmazonA Treasury of World War II Stories(1991)
- #98AmazonA Treasury of Civil War Stories(1991)
- #99AmazonThe Montanans(1991)
- #100AmazonCombat!(1992)
- #101AmazonThe Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman(1992)
- #102AmazonThe Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992(1993)
- #103Amazon100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories(1993)
- #104Amazon100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories(1993)
- #105AmazonDark Crimes 2(1993)
- #106AmazonCriminal Intent(1993)
- #107AmazonThe Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion(1993)
- #108AmazonGreat Tales of the West(1994)
- #109AmazonThe Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993(1994)
- #110AmazonGreat Tales of Horror and the Supernatural(1994)
- #111AmazonHardboiled(1995)
- #112AmazonTorture Trek and Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West(1995)
- #113Amazon100 Astounding Little Alien Stories(1996)
- #114AmazonFirst Cases, Volume 1(1996)
- #115AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels(1996)
- #116AmazonGunfight!(1996)
- #117AmazonThe Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995(1996)
- #118AmazonA Century of Mystery(1997)
- #119AmazonThe Giant Book of War Stories(1997)
- #120AmazonGiant Book of Short Crime Stories(1997)
- #121AmazonDetective Duos(1997)
- #122AmazonThe Giant Book of Private Eye Stories(1997)
- #123AmazonThe Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997(1998)
- #124AmazonPure Pulp(1999)
- #125AmazonThe Best of the American West II(1999)
- #126AmazonIrreconcilable Differences(1999)
- #127AmazonCrafty Cat Crimes(2000)
- #128AmazonThe World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1(2000)
- #129AmazonOddments(2000)
- #130AmazonThe World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2(2000)
- #131AmazonA Century of Great Suspense Stories(2001)
- #132AmazonMore Oddments(2001)
- #133AmazonMost Wanted(2002)
- #134AmazonThe World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3(2002)
- #135AmazonThe World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4(2003)
- #136AmazonSan Francisco Noir 2(2009)
- #137AmazonMasters of Horror and the Supernatural(2010)
- #138AmazonBeat to a Pulp: Round 2(2012)
- #139AmazonThe Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction(2012)
- #140AmazonShivers VII(2013)
- #141AmazonCoast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea(2015)
- #142AmazonDeadly Anniversaries(2020)
- #143AmazonBullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider(2021)
- #144AmazonShamus and Anthony Commit Capers(2024)
- #1AmazonThe Stalker(1971)
- #2AmazonPanic!(1972)
- #3AmazonThe Jade Figurine(1972)
- #4AmazonSnowbound / Games(1974)
- #5AmazonDead Run(1975)
- #6AmazonGames(1976)
- #7AmazonThe Running of Beasts(1976)
- #8AmazonFreebooty(1976)
- #9AmazonActs of Mercy(1977)
- #10AmazonWildfire(1978)
- #11AmazonA killing in Xanadu(1980)
- #12AmazonProse Bowl(1980)
- #13AmazonDuel at Gold Buttes(1981)
- #14AmazonThe Cambodia File(1981)
- #15AmazonMasques(1981)
- #16AmazonBorder Fever(1983)
- #17AmazonDay of the Moon(1983)
- #18AmazonThe Gallows Land(1983)
- #19AmazonStarvation Camp(1985)
- #20AmazonThe Lighthouse (With: Marcia Muller)(1986)
- #21AmazonThe Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran(1987)
- #22AmazonFirewind(1989)
- #23AmazonThe Hangings(1989)
- #24AmazonCarmody's Run(1993)
- #25AmazonWith an Extreme Burning(1994)
- #26AmazonBlue Lonesome(1995)
- #27AmazonA Wasteland of Strangers(1997)
- #28AmazonNothing But the Night(1999)
- #29AmazonAll the Long Years(2001)
- #30AmazonIn an Evil Time(2001)
- #31AmazonStep to the Graveyard Easy(2002)
- #32AmazonThe Alias Man(2004)
- #33AmazonThe Crimes of Jordan Wise(2006)
- #34AmazonThe Other Side of Silence(2008)
- #35AmazonThe Hidden(2010)
- #36AmazonThe Lighthouse of Terror (With: Marcia Muller)(2011)
- #37AmazonNight Freight(2012)
- #38AmazonThe Violated(2017)
- #39AmazonGive-A-Damn Jones(2018)
- #40AmazonThe Peaceful Valley Crime Wave(2019)
About Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini is a celebrated author of mystery and suspense novels. He has been recognized as a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2008, a prestigious honor bestowed upon individuals who have made significant contributions to the crime fiction genre. Pronzini's writing career has been marked by numerous awards and nominations, including Shamus Awards for Best Novel for "Boobytrap" (1999) and "Hoodwink" (1982). He has also been nominated for Edgar Awards for Best Novel for "A Wasteland of Strangers" (1998) and Shamus Awards for Best Novel for "Sentinels" (1997). Additionally, Pronzini received the Shamus Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987. He is married to fellow author Marcia Muller and has written under various pseudonyms, including Robert Hart Davis and Jack Foxx.
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