Order of Donald E. Westlake Books
Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) was an American novelist who was best known for comic capers, but he also contributed to genres including more general crime fiction, science fiction and lots more. He wrote under many different pseudonyms, including Richard Stark (his best-known pen name), Alan Marshall, Andrew Shaw, Edwin West, John B. Allan, Don Holliday, Tucker Coe, Samuel Holt, Judson Jack Carmichael and several others. His series include Dortmunder, Parker, Grofield, Mitchell Tobin and others.
Westlake was an extremely prolific author. His first novel was Backstage Love in 1959. By the time, his final (thus far?) novel was published in 2012, he had written over 100 novels. Below is a list of all of Donald E. Westlake’s books in order of publication and in chronological order:
Publication Order of Phil Crawford Books
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Backstage Love |
(1959) |
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What Girls Will Do |
(1962) |
Publication Order of Parker Books
(as Richard Stark)
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Payback / Point Blank / The Hunter |
(1962) |
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The Steel Hit / The Man With The Getaway Face |
(1963) |
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The Outfit |
(1963) |
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The Mourner |
(1963) |
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The Score / Killtown |
(1963) |
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The Jugger |
(1965) |
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The Seventh / The Split |
(1966) |
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The Handle / Run Lethal |
(1966) |
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The Rare Coin Score |
(1967) |
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The Green Eagle Score |
(1967) |
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The Black Ice Score |
(1968) |
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The Sour Lemon Score |
(1969) |
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Slayground |
(1971) |
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Deadly Edge |
(1971) |
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Plunder Squad |
(1972) |
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Butcher’s Moon |
(1974) |
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Comeback |
(1997) |
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Backflash |
(1998) |
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Flashfire / Parker |
(2000) |
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Firebreak |
(2001) |
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Breakout |
(2002) |
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Nobody Runs Forever |
(2004) |
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Ask The Parrot |
(2006) |
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Dirty Money |
(2008) |
Publication Order of Mitch Tobin Books
(as Tucker Coe)
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Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death |
(1966) |
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Murder Among Children |
(1967) |
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Wax Apple |
(1970) |
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A Jade In Aries |
(1970) |
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Don’t Lie To Me |
(1972) |
Publication Order of Alan Grofield Books
(as Richard Stark)
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The Damsel |
(1967) |
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The Dame |
(1969) |
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The Blackbird |
(1969) |
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Lemons Never Lie |
(1971) |
Publication Order of Dortmunder Books
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The Hot Rock |
(1970) |
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Bank Shot |
(1972) |
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Jimmy The Kid |
(1974) |
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Nobody’s Perfect |
(1977) |
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Why Me? |
(1983) |
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Good Behavior |
(1985) |
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Drowned Hopes |
(1990) |
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Don’t Ask |
(1993) |
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What’s The Worst That Could Happen? |
(1996) |
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Bad News |
(2001) |
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The Road To Ruin |
(2004) |
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Thieves’ Dozen |
(2004) |
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Watch Your Back! |
(2005) |
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What’s So Funny? |
(2007) |
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Get Real |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Sam Holt Books
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One Of Us Is Wrong |
(1986) |
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I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That |
(1986) |
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What I Tell You Three Times Is False |
(1987) |
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The Fourth Dimension Is Death |
(1989) |
Publication Order of Sara & Jack Books
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Trust Me On This |
(1988) |
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Baby, Would I Lie? |
(1994) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Sally |
(1959) |
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Man Hungry |
(1959) |
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All My Lovers |
(1959) |
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SO WILLING. |
(1960) |
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All about Annette |
(1960) |
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Virgin’s Summer |
(1960) |
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The Wife Next Door |
(1960) |
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The Mercenaries/The Cutie |
(1960) |
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Passion’s Playthings |
(1961) |
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Call Me Sinner |
(1961) |
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Campus Doll |
(1961) |
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Brother and Sister |
(1961) |
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Killing Time |
(1961) |
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Young and Innocent |
(1961) |
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361 |
(1962) |
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Strange affair. |
(1962) |
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Killy |
(1963) |
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Campus Lovers |
(1963) |
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Pity Him Afterwards |
(1964) |
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The Fugitive Pigeon |
(1965) |
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The Busy Body |
(1966) |
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Spy in the Ointment |
(1966) |
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God Save the Mark |
(1967) |
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Anarchaos |
(1967) |
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Philip |
(1967) |
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Who stole Sassi Manoon? |
(1968) |
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Up Your Banners |
(1969) |
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Somebody Owes Me Money |
(1969) |
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Adios Scheherazade |
(1970) |
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Comfort Station |
(1970) |
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Ex Officio |
(1970) |
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I Gave at the Office |
(1971) |
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Cops and Robbers |
(1972) |
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Gangway! |
(1973) |
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Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner |
(1974) |
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Brothers Keepers |
(1975) |
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Two Much |
(1975) |
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Dancing Aztecs |
(1976) |
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Castle in the Air |
(1980) |
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Kahawa |
(1981) |
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A Likely Story |
(1984) |
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High Adventure |
(1985) |
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Humans |
(1992) |
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Smoke |
(1995) |
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The Ax |
(1997) |
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The Hook |
(2000) |
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The Scared Stiff |
(2001) |
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Put a Lid on It |
(2002) |
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Money for Nothing |
(2003) |
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Memory / The Actor |
(2010) |
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The Comedy is Finished |
(2012) |
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Forever and a Death |
(2017) |
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Call Me a Cab |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Too Many Crooks |
(1989) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Curious Facts Preceding My Execution |
(1968) |
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Enough |
(1977) |
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Transylvania Station |
(1987) |
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Tomorrow’s Crimes |
(1989) |
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A Good Story and Other Stories |
(1999) |
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Meteor Strike |
(2012) |
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Double Feature |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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The Getaway Car |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
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Transgressions |
(2005) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 2 |
(2006) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 3 |
(2006) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 4 |
(2006) |
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Publication Order of Parker Graphic Novels Books
(with Darwyn Cooke, as Richard Stark)
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The Hunter |
(2009) |
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The Outfit |
(2010) |
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The Man with the Getaway Face |
(2010) |
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The Score |
(2012) |
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Slayground |
(2013) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners |
(1970) |
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow… |
(1974) |
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Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine |
(1979) |
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Alfred Hitchcock’s A Choice of Evils |
(1983) |
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Fifty Best Mysteries |
(1993) |
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The Plot Thickens |
(1997) |
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The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years |
(2001) |
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Transgressions |
(2005) |
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Brooklyn Noir 2 |
(2005) |
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Price of Desire |
(2005) |
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Transgressions, Vol. 3 |
(2006) |