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Lawrence Block is a celebrated author of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction with a career spanning over five decades. He has authored more than 100 books and numerous short stories. Born in Buffalo, New York, Block attended Antioch College before leaving to pursue his writing career, which he was encouraged to do by the college's authorities. Block's early work, published under pseudonyms, was primarily in the field of midcentury erotica, a genre he shared with notable authors Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. His first published story, "You Can't Lose," appeared in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt, marking the beginning of his writing career. Block's first book, Mona (1961), was reissued several times, including as Sweet Slow Death, and later as Grifter's Game by Hard Case Crime in 2005. Block is renowned for his series characters, including Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, and Keller, each with their unique personalities and stories. He has also written under various pseudonyms, including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke. Block's work has been featured in prominent magazines such as American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, and Ladies' Home Journal.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
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What are all of Lawrence Block's book series? Lawrence Block has written 18 book series. The most notable is the Akashic Noir series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Lawrence Block
- #1
San Francisco Noir(2002) - #2
Seattle Noir(2003) - #3
Bronx Noir(2003) - #4
Brooklyn Noir(2004) - #5
Brooklyn Noir 2(2005) - #6
Chicago Noir(2005) - #7
Dublin Noir(2005) - #8Manhattan Noir(2006)
- #9
Miami Noir(2006) - #10
D.C. Noir(2006) - #11
Baltimore Noir(2006) - #12
Twin Cities Noir(2006) - #13
London Noir(2006) - #14
New Orleans Noir(2007) - #15
Los Angeles Noir(2007) - #16
Wall Street Noir(2007) - #17
Havana Noir(2007) - #18
Detroit Noir(2007) - #19
Queens Noir(2008) - #20
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth(2008) - #21
Toronto Noir(2008) - #22
Las Vegas Noir(2008) - #23
Trinidad Noir(2008) - #24
D.C. Noir 2(2008) - #25
Manhattan Noir 2(2008) - #26
Paris Noir(2008) - #27
Istanbul Noir(2008) - #28
Boston Noir(2009) - #29
Rome Noir(2009) - #30
San Francisco Noir 2(2009) - #31
Portland Noir(2009) - #32
Delhi Noir(2009) - #33
Phoenix Noir(2009) - #34
Los Angeles Noir 2(2010) - #35
Mexico City Noir(2010) - #36
Richmond Noir(2010) - #37
Orange County Noir(2010) - #38
Indian Country Noir(2010) - #39
Moscow Noir(2010) - #40
Lone Star Noir(2010) - #41
Philadelphia Noir(2010) - #42
Haiti Noir(2010) - #43
Copenhagen Noir(2010) - #44
Pittsburgh Noir(2011) - #45
San Diego Noir(2011) - #46
Barcelona Noir(2011) - #47
Cape Cod Noir(2011) - #48
New Jersey Noir(2011) - #49
Staten Island Noir(2012) - #50When They Are Done With Us(2012)
- #51
Mumbai Noir(2012) - #52
Long Island Noir(2012) - #53
Venice Noir(2012) - #54
Kingston Noir(2012) - #55
St. Petersburg Noir(2012) - #56
Kansas City Noir(2012) - #57
Boston Noir 2(2012) - #58
USA Noir(2013) - #59
Manila Noir(2013) - #60Buffalo Noir(2013)
- #61
Dallas Noir(2013) - #62
Haiti Noir 2(2013) - #63
Singapore Noir(2014) - #64
Prison Noir(2014) - #65
Tel Aviv Noir(2014) - #66
Tehran Noir(2014) - #67
Belfast Noir(2014) - #68
Helsinki Noir(2014) - #69
Rio Noir(2014) - #70
Providence Noir(2015) - #71
Chicago Noir: The Classics(2015) - #72
Memphis Noir(2015) - #73
Zagreb Noir(2015) - #74
Marseille Noir(2015) - #75
Beirut Noir(2015) - #76
New Orleans Noir: The Classics(2016) - #77
Stockholm Noir(2016) - #78
Brussels Noir(2016) - #79
Mississippi Noir(2016) - #80
St. Louis Noir(2016) - #81
Prague Noir(2016) - #82
San Juan Noir(2016) - #83
Oakland Noir(2017) - #84
Trinidad Noir: The Classics(2017) - #85
Atlanta Noir(2017) - #86
New Haven Noir(2017) - #87
Montana Noir(2017) - #88
Buenos Aires Noir(2017) - #89
Montreal Noir(2017) - #90
Berlin Noir(2018) - #91
São Paulo Noir(2018) - #92
Santa Cruz Noir(2018) - #93
Lagos Noir(2018) - #94
Marrakech Noir(2018) - #95
Baghdad Noir(2018) - #96
Vancouver Noir(2018) - #97
Sydney Noir(2018) - #98
Hong Kong Noir(2018) - #99
Amsterdam Noir(2019) - #100
Milwaukee Noir(2019) - #101
Houston Noir(2019) - #102
Nairobi Noir(2020) - #103
Columbus Noir(2020) - #104
Santa Fe Noir(2020) - #105
Alabama Noir(2020) - #106
Berkeley Noir(2020) - #107
Addis Ababa Noir(2020) - #108
Tampa Bay Noir(2020) - #109
Miami Noir: The Classics(2020) - #110
Accra Noir(2020) - #111
Belgrade Noir(2020) - #112
Palm Springs Noir(2021) - #113
Paris Noir: The Suburbs(2022) - #114
Denver Noir(2022) - #115
South Central Noir(2022) - #116
Cleveland Noir(2023) - #117
East Jerusalem Noir(2023) - #118
West Jerusalem Noir(2023) - #119
Honolulu Noir(2024) - #120
Sacramento Noir(2025) - #121
Hamburg Noir(2025)
- #1Burglars Can't Be Choosers(1977)
- #2The Burglar in the Closet(1978)
- #3The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling(1979)
- #4The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza(1980)
- #5The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian(1983)
- #6
Like a Thief in the Night(1983) - #7The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams(1994)
- #8The Burglar Takes a Cat(1994)
- #9
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart(1995) - #10The Burglar in the Library(1997)
- #11The Burglar in the Rye(1998)
- #12The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis(1999)
- #13The Burglar on the Prowl(2001)
- #14
The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke(2011) - #15
A Bad Night for Burglars(2011) - #16
The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons(2013) - #17
The Burglar in Short Order(2020) - #18
The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown(2022)
- #1
No Score(1970) - #2Chip Harrison Scores Again(1971)
- #3
Make Out with Murder(1974) - #4
The Topless Tulip Caper(1975) - #5As Dark as Christmas Gets(2011)
- #6
Death of the Mallory Queen(2016)
- #1
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep(1966) - #2
The Canceled Czech(1966) - #3
Tanner's Twelve Swingers(1967) - #4
Here Comes a Hero / Tanner's Virgin(1968) - #5
The Scoreless Thai / Two for Tanner(1968) - #6
Tanner's Tiger(1968) - #7
Me Tanner, You Jane(1986) - #8
Tanner on Ice(1998)
- #1
A Madwoman's Diary / Sensuous(1972) - #2Getting Off(2011)
- #3
The Trouble with Eden(2016) - #4
Shadows(2016) - #5
Enough of Sorrow(2016) - #6
Threesome(2016) - #7
Warm and Willing(2016) - #8
Thirty(2016)
- #1Hit Man(1998)
- #2
Hit List(2000) - #3
Hit Parade(2006) - #4
Hit and Run(2008) - #5
Keller in Dallas(2009) - #6
Hit Me(2012) - #7
Keller's Adjustment(2012) - #8Keller on the Spot(2013)
- #9
Keller's Therapy(2013) - #10
Keller's Horoscope(2013) - #11
Keller's Fedora(2016) - #12
Keller's Homecoming(2016) - #13Keller's Designated Hitter(2016)
- #14Keller the Dogkiller(2016)
- #15
Keller in Des Moines(2016) - #16
Quotidian Keller(2017) - #17
Keller on Horseback(2021)
- #1
If You Can't Stand the Heat(2013) - #2
Rude Awakening(2013) - #3
You Can Call Me Lucky(2013) - #4
Clean Slate(2013) - #5
Waitress Wanted(2013) - #6
Jilling(2013) - #7
Conjugal Rites(2013) - #8
One Kind Favor I Ask of You(2013) - #9
Don't Get in the Car(2013) - #10
Fun with Brady and Angelica(2013) - #11
Zeroing In(2013) - #12
Unfinished Business(2013)
- #1
Black DahliaWhite Rose (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2011) - #2
Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils(1983) - #3
The Eyes Have It(1984) - #4
Chapter and Hearse(1985) - #5
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction(1988) - #6
The Perfect Murder(1991) - #7
The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1991(1992) - #8
Monsters in Our Midst(1993) - #9
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992(1993) - #10
Dark Crimes 2(1993) - #11
The New Mystery(1993) - #12
The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion(1993) - #13
The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem(1994) - #14
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993(1994) - #15
Bad Behavior(1995) - #16
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996(1995) - #17Night Screams(1996)
- #18
First Cases, Volume 1(1996) - #19
Win, Lose or Die(1996) - #20
Law and Order(1997) - #21
The Plot Thickens(1997) - #22
First Cases, Volume 2(1997) - #23
Crimes of Passion(1997) - #24
Mystery's Most Wanted(1997) - #25
Hot Blood X(1998) - #26
The Best of the Best(1998) - #27
Murder on the Run(1998) - #28
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997(1998) - #29
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998(1998) - #30
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas(1999) - #31The Best American Mystery Stories 1999(1999)
- #32
Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them(2000) - #33The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century(2000)
- #34
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1(2000) - #35
Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories(2000) - #36
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2(2000) - #37
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001(2001) - #38
Opening Shots, Vol. II(2001) - #39
Tails of Wonder and Imagination(2001) - #40Pulp Masters(2001)
- #41
The Mighty Johns(2002) - #42
Murder Most Merry(2002) - #43
Most Wanted(2002) - #44
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3(2002) - #45
Blood on Their Hands(2003) - #46
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4(2003) - #47
High Stakes(2003) - #48
In the Shadow of the Master(2003) - #49
Greatest Hits(2005) - #50
Transgressions(2005) - #51
These Guns for Hire(2006) - #52
Transgressions, Vol. 2(2006) - #53
The Best American Mystery Stories 2007(2007) - #54
A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories(2008) - #55L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories(2010)
- #56
The Sounds Of Crime(2010) - #57
The Dark End of the Street(2010) - #58Indian Country Noir(2010)
- #59Masters of Noir, Volume One(2010)
- #60
The Shamus Winners(2010) - #61Masters of Noir, Volume Three(2010)
- #62
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011(2011) - #63
Warriors 3(2011) - #64
In Pursuit of Spenser(2012) - #65
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire(2012) - #66
Psychos(2012) - #67
Weasels Ripped My Flesh!: Two-Fisted Stories From Men's Adventure Magazines of the 1950s, '60s & '70s(2013) - #68
The Crooked Road, Volume 2(2013) - #69
Inherit the Dead(2013) - #70
Dangerous Women(2013) - #71Have a NYC 3: New York Short Stories(2014)
- #72
Dark City Lights: New York Stories (Have a NYC)(2015) - #73
Mostly Murder(2016) - #74
In Sunlight or In Shadow(2016) - #75
Gym Rat & Murder Club(2016) - #76
Alive in Shape and Color(2017) - #77
Florida Happens(2018) - #78
At Home in the Dark(2019) - #79
The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe(2020) - #80
The Darkling Halls of Ivy(2020) - #81
Collectibles(2021) - #82
Jewish Noir II: Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds(2021) - #83
Playing Games(2023) - #84
The Dark Waves of Winter(2023) - #85
The Amber Waves of Autumn(2024) - #86
Murderers' Row: Original Baseball Mysteries: Volume 1(2025)
- #1Babe in the Woods(1960)
- #1Manhattan Noir(2006)
- #2Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics(2008)
- #1
The Sins of the Fathers(1976) - #2Time to Murder and Create(1976)
- #3
In the Midst of Death(1976) - #4
A Candle for the Bag Lady(1977) - #5A Stab in the Dark(1981)
- #6Eight Million Ways to Die(1982)
- #7By the Dawn's Early Light(1984)
- #8
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes(1986) - #9Out on the Cutting Edge(1989)
- #10
A Ticket to the Boneyard(1990) - #11Batman’s Helpers(1990)
- #12
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse(1991) - #13
A Walk Among the Tombstones(1992) - #14The Devil Knows You're Dead(1993)
- #15
The Merciful Angel of Death(1993) - #16A Long Line of Dead Men(1994)
- #17Even the Wicked(1996)
- #18Out the Window(1997)
- #19
Looking for David(1997) - #20Everybody Dies(1998)
- #21
Let's Get Lost(2000) - #22Hope to Die(2001)
- #23
A Moment of Wrong Thinking(2002) - #24All the Flowers are Dying(2005)
- #25Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen(2011)
- #26
A Drop of the Hard Stuff(2011) - #27One Last Night at Grogan’s(2011)
- #28
A Time to Scatter Stones(2018) - #29
The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder(2023)
- #1
Murder under the Christmas Tree(2016) - #2
Murder on Christmas Eve(2017) - #3
A Very Murderous Christmas(2018) - #4
Murder at Christmas(2019) - #5
Murder in Midwinter(2020) - #6
Murder on a Winter's Night(2021) - #7
Murder in the Falling Snow(2022)
- #1
The Wife-Swap Report(1970) - #2
3 is Not a Crowd(1971) - #3
Sex and the Stewardess(1972) - #4
The Sex Therapists(1972) - #5
Different Strokes(1974) - #6
Total Sexuality(1974) - #7
Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel(1979) - #8
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers(1981) - #9
Write for Your Life(1986) - #10Spider, Spin Me A Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers(1988)
- #11
After Hours: Conversations With Lawrence Block(1995) - #12Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves: The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains(2004)
- #13Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir(2009)
- #14
The Liar's Bible(2011) - #15
The Liar's Companion(2011) - #16
The Male Hustler(2012) - #17
Wide Open(2012) - #18
Doing It! - Going Beyond the Sexual Revolution(2012) - #19
Come Fly With Us(2012) - #20
Beyond Group Sex(2012) - #21The Crime of Our Lives(2015)
- #22
Hunting Buffalo With Bent Nails(2019) - #23
A Writer Prepares(2021) - #24
Afterthoughts: Version 2.0(2021) - #25One Night Stands and Lost Weekends(1999)
- #26
The Night and the Music(2011)
- #1Such Men are Dangerous(1969)
- #2The Triumph of Evil(1972)
- #3
Not Comin' Home to You(1974)
- #1
Speaking of Lust: Stories of Forbidden Desire(2001) - #2
Speaking of Greed: Stories of Envious Desire(2001) - #3
Speaking of Wrath(2002)
- #1Carla(1958)
- #2
Into the Night (With: Cornell Woolrich)(1959) - #3
69 Barrow Street(1959) - #4Campus Tramp(1959)
- #5
Candy(1960) - #6A Girl Called Honey(1960)
- #7
Kept(1960) - #8A Strange Kind of Love(1960)
- #9
The Adulterers(1960) - #10
Grifter's Game / Mona / Sweet Slow Death(1961) - #11
A Diet of Treacle(1961) - #12
Cinderella Sims(1961) - #13
Killing Castro(1961) - #14
Coward's Kiss / Death Pulls a Doublecross(1961) - #15
$20 Lust / Cinderella Sims(1961) - #16
The Twisted Ones(1961) - #17
Borderline(1962) - #18
The Case of the Pornographic Photos / Markham / You Could Call it Murder(1962) - #19
Strange Embrace(1962) - #20Sin Hellcat(1962)
- #21Lucky at Cards(1964)
- #22
The Girl with the Long Green Heart(1965) - #23Deadly Honeymoon(1967)
- #24After the First Death(1969)
- #25
The Specialists(1969) - #26Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man(1971)
- #27
A Week as Andrea Benstock(1975) - #28
Ariel(1979) - #29
Code of Arms (With: Harold King)(1981) - #30
Random Walk(1988) - #31
The Lost Cases of Ed London(2001) - #32
Small Town(2002) - #33Community of Women(2010)
- #34The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes(2015)
- #35
Passport to Peril (With: Anne Campbell Clark)(2016) - #36
Sinner Man(2016) - #37
April North / High School Sex Club(2019) - #38
Dead Girl Blues(2020) - #39
Collecting Ackermans(1979) - #40
A Chance to Get Even(2011) - #41
Dolly's Trash & Treasures(2011) - #42
Welcome to the Real World(2011) - #43
Who Knows Where It Goes(2011) - #44
Scenarios(2011) - #45Headaches and Bad Dreams(2011)
- #46
Sweet Little Hands(2011) - #47
You Don't Even Feel It(2011) - #48
In For a Penny(2011) - #49
Three in the Side Pocket(2011) - #50
Like a Bone in the Throat(2011) - #51
Nothing Short of Highway Robbery(2013) - #52
The Ehrengraf Fandango(2014) - #53I Know How to Pick 'Em(2014)
- #54
Autumn at the Automat(2016) - #55
Resume Speed(2016) - #56
Like a Lamb to Slaughter(1984) - #57Sometimes They Bite(1984)
- #58
Some Days You Get the Bear(1993) - #59
By the Dawn's Early Light: And Other Stories(1994) - #60The Collected Mystery Stories(1999)
- #61Enough Rope(2002)
- #62The Crazy Years(2004)
- #63
Catch and Release(2011) - #64
Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf(2014) - #65
Resume Speed and Other Stories(2018) - #66
From Sea to Stormy Sea(2019) - #67
How Far(2011)
- #1
He-Men, Bag Men & Nymphos (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle,Walter Kaylin)(2013) - #2
Cryptozoology Anthology (By: David Coleman,Wyatt Doyle)(2015) - #3
A Handful of Hell (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle,Robert F. Dorr)(2016) - #4
Barbarians on Bikes (By: Paul Bishop,Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2016) - #5
I Watched Them Eat Me Alive (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2017) - #6
Pollen's Women (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle,Samson Pollen)(2018) - #7
Cuba: Sugar, Sex, and Slaughter (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2018) - #8
Pollen's Action (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle,Samson Pollen)(2019) - #9
Eva: Men's Adventure Supermodel (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2019) - #10
Mort Kunstler (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2019) - #11
One Man Army (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle,Gil Cohen)(2020) - #12
Exotic Adventures of Robert Silverberg (By: Robert Silverberg,Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2021) - #13
Maneaters (By: Mort Künstler,Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2021) - #14
George Gross: Covered (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2022) - #15
The Naked and the Deadly(2023) - #16
Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2023) - #17Barbarians on Bikes (By: Robert Deis,Wyatt Doyle)(2016)
- #1Transgressions, Vol. 2 (With: Stephen King,Ed McBain,John Farris)(2006)
- #2
Transgressions, Vol. 3 (By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,John Farris)(2006) - #3
Transgressions, Vol. 4 (By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain)(2006)
About Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block is a celebrated author of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction with a career spanning over five decades. He has authored more than 100 books and numerous short stories. Born in Buffalo, New York, Block attended Antioch College before leaving to pursue his writing career, which he was encouraged to do by the college's authorities. Block's early work, published under pseudonyms, was primarily in the field of midcentury erotica, a genre he shared with notable authors Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. His first published story, "You Can't Lose," appeared in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt, marking the beginning of his writing career. Block's first book, Mona (1961), was reissued several times, including as Sweet Slow Death, and later as Grifter's Game by Hard Case Crime in 2005. Block is renowned for his series characters, including Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, and Keller, each with their unique personalities and stories. He has also written under various pseudonyms, including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke. Block's work has been featured in prominent magazines such as American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, and Ladies' Home Journal.
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