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Doc Savage Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Doc Savage books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Doc Savage series? Start with "The Man of Bronze" (1933) and follow publication order through all 181 books.
The complete Doc Savage reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Man of Bronze
1933
The Land of Terror
1933
Quest of the Spider
1933
The Polar Treasure
1933
Pirate of the Pacific
1933
The Red Skull
1933
The Lost Oasis
1933
The Sargasso Ogre
1933
The Czar of Fear
1933
The Phantom City
1933
Brand of the Werewolf
1934
The Man Who Shook the Earth
1934
Meteor Menace
1934
The Monsters
1934
The Mystery on the Snow
1934
The King Maker
1934
The Thousand-Headed Man
1934
The Squeaking Goblin
1934
Fear Cay
1934
Death in Silver
1934
The Sea Magician
1934
The Annihilist
1934
The Mystic Mullah
1935
Red Snow
1935
The Land of Always-Night
1935
The Spook Legion / The Ghost Legion
1935
The Secret in the Sky
1935
The Roar Devil
1935
Quest of Qui
1935
Spook Hole
1935
The Majii
1935
Dust of Death
1935
Murder Melody
1935
The Fantastic Island
1935
Murder Mirage
1936
Mystery Under the Sea
1936
The Metal Master
1936
The Men Who Smiled No More
1936
The Seven Agate Devils
1936
The Haunted Ocean
1936
The Black Spot
1936
The Midas Man
1936
Cold Death
1936
The South Pole Terror
1936
Resurrection Day
1936
The Vanisher
1936
Land of Long Juju
1937
The Derrick Devil
1937
The Mental Wizard
1937
The Terror in the Navy
1937
Mad Eyes
1937
The Land of Fear
1937
He Could Stop the World
1937
The Magic Island / Ost
1937
The Feathered Octopus
1937
Repel / The Deadly Dwarf
1937
The Golden Peril
1937
The Living-Fire Menace
1938
The Mountain Monster
1938
Devil on the Moon
1938
The Pirate's Ghost
1938
The Motion Menace
1938
The Submarine Mystery
1938
The Giggling Ghosts
1938
The Munitions Master
1938
The Red Terrors
1938
Fortress of Solitude
1938
The Green Death
1938
The Devil Genghis
1938
Mad Mesa
1939
The Yellow Cloud
1939
The Freckled Shark
1939
World's Fair Goblin
1939
The Gold Ogre
1939
The Flaming Falcons
1939
Merchants of Disaster
1939
The Crimson Serpent
1939
Poison Island
1939
The Stone Man
1939
1939
The Dagger in the Sky
1939
The Other World
1939
The Angry Ghost
1940
The Spotted Men
1940
The Evil Gnome
1940
The Boss of Terror
1940
The Awful Egg
1940
The Flying Goblin
1940
Tunnel Terror
1940
The Purple Dragon
1940
Devils of the Deep
1940
The Awful Dynasty
1940
The Men Vanished
1940
The Devil's Playground
1941
Bequest of Evil
1941
The All-White Elf
1941
The Golden Man
1941
The Pink Lady
1941
The Headless Men
1941
The Green Eagle
1941
Mystery Island
1941
The Mindless Monsters
1941
Birds of Death
1941
The Invisible Box Murders
1941
Peril in the North
1941
The Rustling Death
1942
Men of Fear
1942
The Too-Wise Owl
1942
The Magic Forest
1942
Pirate Isle
1942
The Speaking Stone
1942
The Man Who Fell Up
1942
The Three Wild Men
1942
The Fiery Menace
1942
The Laugh of Death
1942
They Died Twice
1942
The Devil's Black Rock
1942
The Time Terror
1943
Waves of Death
1943
The Black, Black Witch
1943
The King of Terror
1943
The Talking Devil
1943
The Running Skeletons
1943
Mystery on Happy Bones
1943
The Mental Monster
1943
Hell Below
1943
The Goblins
1943
The Secret of the Su
1943
The Spook of Grandpa Eden
1943
According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic
1944
Death Had Yellow Eyes
1944
The Derelict of Skull Shoal
1944
The Whisker of Hercules
1944
The Three Devils
1944
The Pharaoh's Ghost
1944
The Man Who Was Scared
1944
The Shape of Terror
1944
Weird Valley
1944
Jiu San
1944
Satan Black
1944
The Lost Giant
1944
Violent Night / The Hate Genius
1945
Strange Fish (As: Lester Dent)
1945
The Ten Ton Snakes (As: Lester Dent)
1945
Cargo Unknown
1945
Rock Sinister
1945
The Terrible Stork
1945
King Joe Cay
1945
The Wee Ones
1945
Terror Takes 7
1945
The Thing That Pursued
1945
Trouble on Parade
1945
The Screaming Man
1945
Measures for a Coffin
1946
Se-Pah-Poo
1946
Terror and the Lonely Widow
1946
Five Fathoms Dead
1946
Death is a Round Black Spot
1946
Colors for Murder
1946
Fire and Ice
1946
Three Times a Corpse
1946
The Exploding Lake
1946
Death in Little Houses
1946
The Devil is Jones
1946
The Disappearing Lady
1946
Target for Death
1947
The Death Lady
1947
Danger Lies East
1947
No Light to Die By
1947
The Monkey Suit
1947
Let's Kill Ames
1947
Once Over Lightly
1947
I Died Yesterday
1948
The Pure Evil
1948
Terror Wears No Shoes
1948
The Angry Canary
1948
The Swooning Lady
1948
The Green Master
1949
Return From Cormoral
1949
Up From Earth's Center
1949
The Red Spider
1979
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