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Ellery Queen Detective Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Ellery Queen Detective 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 Ellery Queen Detective series? Start with "The Roman Hat Mystery" (1929) and follow publication order through all 55 books.
The complete Ellery Queen Detective reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Roman Hat Mystery
1929
The French Powder Mystery
1930
The Dutch Shoe Mystery
1931
The Greek Coffin Mystery
1932
The Egyptian Cross Mystery
1932
The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo
1933
The Siamese Twin Mystery
1933
The Chinese Orange Mystery
1934
The Lamp of God
1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
Halfway House
1936
The Door Between
1936
The Four of Hearts
1938
The Devil to Pay
1938
The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses
1939
The Penthouse Mystery
1941
Calamity Town
1942
The Perfect Crime
1942
There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead
1943
The Murderer is a Fox
1945
Ten Days' Wonder
1948
Cat of Many Tails
1949
Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders
1950
The Origin of Evil
1951
The King is Dead
1952
The Golden Summer
1953
The Scarlet Letters
1953
The Glass Village
1954
Inspector Queen's Own Case
1957
The Finishing Stroke
1958
Queens Full
1960
Dead Man's Tale
1961
Death Spins the Platter
1962
The Player On Other Side
1963
Kill as Directed
1963
Murder with a Past
1963
And on the Eighth Day
1964
Four Men Called John
1964
Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book
1965
The Fourth Side of the Triangle
1965
A Study in Terror
1966
Losers, weepers
1966
Shoot The Scene
1966
The Madman Theory
1966
Face to Face
1967
The House of Brass
1968
Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection
1968
House of Brass
1968
The Devil's Cook
1968
Cop Out
1969
The Last Woman in His Life
1970
Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice
1970
A Fine and Private Place
1971
Blow Hot Blow Cold
1974
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
2020
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