Order of Bill Pronzini Books
Bill Pronzini is an American novelist of detective fiction, western fiction, science fiction and several other genres. He is married to fellow mystery author Marcia Muller, who he often collaborates with. He is best known for his Nameless Detective novels and also writes the John Quincannon series.
Pronzini made his debut as a published author with the novel The Stalker in 1971. Below is a list of Bill Pronzini’s books in order of when they were originally released (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Books
| The Snatch | (1971) |    |
| The Vanished | (1973) | |
| Undercurrent | (1973) | |
| Blowback | (1977) | |
| Twospot | (1978) | |
| Labyrinth | (1980) | |
| Hoodwink | (1981) | |
| Scattershot | (1982) | |
| Dragonfire | (1982) | |
| Bindlestiff | (1983) | |
| Quicksilver | (1984) | |
| Nightshades | (1984) | |
| Double | (1984) | |
| Bones | (1985) | |
| Deadfall | (1986) | |
| Shackles | (1989) | |
| Jackpot | (1990) | |
| Breakdown | (1991) | |
| Quarry | (1991) | |
| Epitaphs | (1992) | |
| Demons | (1993) | |
| Hardcase | (1995) | |
| Sentinels | (1996) | |
| Illusions | (1997) | |
| Boobytrap | (1998) | |
| Crazybone | (2000) | |
| Bleeders | (2001) | |
| Spook | (2002) | |
| Nightcrawlers | (2005) | |
| Mourners | (2006) | |
| Savages | (2007) | |
| Fever | (2008) | |
| Schemers | (2009) | |
| Betrayers | (2010) | |
| Camouflage | (2011) | |
| Hellbox | (2012) | |
| Nemesis | (2013) | |
| Strangers | (2014) | |
| Vixen | (2015) | |
| Zigzag | (2016) | |
| Endgame | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Short Stories/Novellas
| Kinsmen | (2012) | |
| Femme | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Collections
| Casefile | (1983) | |
| Spadework | (1994) | |
| Scenarios | (2003) | |
Publication Order of John Quincannon Books
| Quincannon | (1985) | |
| Beyond the Grave | (1986) | |
| Quincannon's Game | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery Books
| The Bughouse Affair | (2013) | |
| The Spook Lights Affair | (2013) | |
| The Body Snatchers Affair | (2015) | |
| The Plague of Thieves Affair | (2016) | |
| The Dangerous Ladies Affair | (2017) | |
| The Bags of Tricks Affair | (2018) | |
| The Flimflam Affair | (2019) | |
| The Stolen Gold Affair | (2020) | |
| The Paradise Affair | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Collections
| Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services | (1998) | |
| Quincannon's Game | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Charlie Chan Books
| Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death | (1974) | |
Publication Order of Academy Mystery Books
(with Martin H. Greenberg)
| Police Procedurals | (1985) | |
| Locked Room Puzzles | (1986) | |
Publication Order of Oxman and Tobin Mysteries Books
| The Eye | (1984) | |
| Shadowtown | (1988) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Stalker | (1971) | |
| Panic! | (1972) | |
| The Jade Figurine | (1972) | |
| Snowbound / Games | (1974) | |
| Dead Run | (1975) | |
| Freebooty | (1976) | |
| Games | (1976) | |
| The Running of Beasts | (1976) | |
| Acts of Mercy | (1977) | |
| Wildfire | (1978) | |
| A killing in Xanadu | (1980) | |
| Prose Bowl | (1980) | |
| Duel at Gold Buttes | (1981) | |
| The Cambodia File | (1981) | |
| Masques | (1981) | |
| Border Fever | (1983) | |
| Day of the Moon | (1983) | |
| The Gallows Land | (1983) | |
| Starvation Camp | (1985) | |
| The Lighthouse | (1986) | |
| The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran | (1987) | |
| Firewind | (1989) | |
| The Hangings | (1989) | |
| Carmody's Run | (1993) | |
| With an Extreme Burning | (1994) | |
| Blue Lonesome | (1995) | |
| A Wasteland of Strangers | (1997) | |
| Nothing But the Night | (1999) | |
| All the Long Years | (2001) | |
| In an Evil Time | (2001) | |
| Step to the Graveyard Easy | (2002) | |
| The Alias Man | (2004) | |
| The Crimes of Jordan Wise | (2006) | |
| The Other Side of Silence | (2008) | |
| The Hidden | (2010) | |
| The Violated | (2017) | |
| Give-A-Damn Jones | (2018) | |
| The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Cat’s Paw | (1983) | |
| Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern | (1988) | |
| Here Comes Santa Claus | (1989) | |
| Home Is The Place Where | (1995) | |
| The Big Bite | (2000) | |
| Devil's Brew | (2006) | |
| Pumpkin | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Graveyard Plots | (1985) | |
| Small Felonies | (1988) | |
| The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini | (1990) | |
| Stacked Deck | (1991) | |
| Sleuths | (1999) | |
| Problems Solved | (2003) | |
| Burgade's Crossing | (2003) | |
| On Account of Darkness and Other Stories | (2004) | |
| Coyote and Quarter-Moon | (2006) | |
| Crucifixion River | (2007) | |
| Dago Red | (2008) | |
| Small Felonies 2 | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of... Collection Books
| Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels | (1986) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories | (1988) | |
| Mammoth Book of World War II Stories | (1989) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels | (1996) | |
Publication Order of New Frontiers Collection Books
(with Martin H. Greenberg)
| New Frontiers, Vol. 1 | (1990) | |
| New Frontiers, Vol. 2 | (1990) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Gun in Cheek | (1982) | |
| San Francisco | (1985) | |
| 1001 Midnights | (1986) | |
| Son of Gun in Cheek | (1987) | |
| Six Gun In Cheek | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Science Fiction Adventure from Way Out | (1973) | |
| Wondermakers 2 | (1974) | |
| Future Corruption | (1975) | |
| Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 | (1976) | |
| Midnight Specials | (1977) | |
| Dark Sins, Dark Dreams | (1979) | |
| Werewolf!: A Chrestomathy of Lycanthropy | (1979) | |
| The End of Summer | (1979) | |
| Night Screams | (1979) | |
| Shared Tomorrows | (1979) | |
| Chrysalis 5 | (1979) | |
| Chrysalis 6 | (1980) | |
| Voodoo | (1980) | |
| Mummy! | (1980) | |
| The Edgar Winners | (1980) | |
| Other Worlds Volume 2 | (1980) | |
| 100 Malicious Little Mysteries | (1981) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural | (1981) | |
| Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense | (1981) | |
| Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | (1981) | |
| The Arbor House Necropolis | (1981) | |
| The Giant Book Of Horror Stories | (1981) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense | (1982) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night: 27 Stories of Mystery and Suspense | (1983) | |
| The Web She Weaves | (1983) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps | (1983) | |
| Baker's Dozen | (1984) | |
| The Western Hall of Fame | (1984) | |
| Child's Ploy | (1984) | |
| The Outlaws | (1984) | |
| The Reel West | (1984) | |
| Witches' Brew | (1984) | |
| 13 Short Mystery Novels | (1984) | |
| The Eyes Have It | (1984) | |
| The Mystery Hall of Fame | (1984) | |
| Chapter and Hearse | (1985) | |
| Shadows 8 | (1985) | |
| The Cowboys | (1985) | |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories | (1985) | |
| Dark Lessons | (1985) | |
| She Won the West | (1985) | |
| The Warriors | (1985) | |
| Deadly Arts | (1985) | |
| The Second Reel West | (1985) | |
| Murder in the First Reel | (1985) | |
| Wickedest Show on Earth | (1985) | |
| Police Procedurals | (1985) | |
| The Ethnic Detectives | (1985) | |
| Halloween Horrors | (1986) | |
| Tales of Mystery | (1986) | |
| Tales of the Dead | (1986) | |
| The Cattlemen | (1986) | |
| The Railroaders | (1986) | |
| Mean Streets | (1986) | |
| The Steamboaters | (1986) | |
| Great Modern Police Stories | (1986) | |
| The Third Reel West | (1986) | |
| Mystery in the Mainstream | (1986) | |
| 101 Mystery Stories | (1986) | |
| Wild Westerns | (1986) | |
| Prime Suspects | (1987) | |
| The Horse Soldiers | (1987) | |
| Uncollected Crimes | (1987) | |
| Suspicious Characters | (1987) | |
| Manhattan Mysteries | (1987) | |
| 13 Short Detective Novels | (1987) | |
| The Gunfighters | (1987) | |
| Death Locked In: An Anthology of Locked Room Stories | (1987) | |
| Lady on the Case | (1988) | |
| Cloak and Dagger | (1988) | |
| The Texans | (1988) | |
| Best of the West | (1988) | |
| Homicidal Acts | (1988) | |
| Criminal Elements | (1988) | |
| The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | (1988) | |
| Kill or Cure | (1989) | |
| The Californians | (1989) | |
| Felonious Assaults | (1989) | |
| The Arizonans | (1989) | |
| More Wild Westerns | (1989) | |
| Deadly Doings | (1989) | |
| Mistletoe Mysteries | (1989) | |
| The Northwesterners | (1990) | |
| Crime and Crime Again | (1990) | |
| The Northerners | (1990) | |
| Best of the West 2 | (1990) | |
| Best of the West III | (1990) | |
| Christmas Out West | (1990) | |
| 100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | |
| A Treasury of World War II Stories | (1991) | |
| A Treasury of Civil War Stories | (1991) | |
| The Montanans | (1991) | |
| Combat! | (1992) | |
| The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman | (1992) | |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 | (1993) | |
| 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories | (1993) | |
| 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | |
| Dark Crimes 2: Modern Masters of Noir | (1993) | |
| Criminal Intent | (1993) | |
| Great Tales of the West | (1994) | |
| Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | (1994) | |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 | (1994) | |
| Hardboiled | (1995) | |
| Torture Trek and Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West | (1995) | |
| 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | (1996) | |
| First Cases, Volume 1 | (1996) | |
| Gunfight! | (1996) | |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 | (1996) | |
| A Century of Mystery | (1997) | |
| The Giant Book of War Stories | (1997) | |
| Giant Book of Short Crime Stories | (1997) | |
| Detective Duos | (1997) | |
| The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories | (1997) | |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 | (1998) | |
| Pure Pulp | (1999) | |
| The Best of the American West II | (1999) | |
| Irreconcilable Differences | (1999) | |
| Crafty Cat Crimes | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | |
| Oddments | (2000) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | |
| More Oddments | (2001) | |
| Most Wanted | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | |
| San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics | (2009) | |
| Masters of Horror and the Supernatural | (2010) | |
| Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | (2012) | |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | |
| Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea | (2015) | |
| Deadly Anniversaries | (2020) | |
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Notes: Twospot was co-authored by Collin Wilcox. The Carpenter and Quincannon series and the novels Double, Beyond the Grave, The Lighthouse, Crucifixion River and 1001 Nights are co-authored with Marcia Muller. Charlie Chan in the Pawns of Death was written with Earl Derr Biggers under the house name of Robert Hart Davis. The Jack Figurine, Dead Run, Freebooty and Wildfire were written under the pseudonym Jack Foxx. Duel at Gold Buttes and Border Fever written as William Jeffrey with Jeffrey Wallmann. Day of the Moon was written under the pen name William Jeffrey. The Eye was co-authored by John Lutz. The Running of Beasts, Arts of Mercy, Prose Bowl and Problems Solved were co-authored by Barry N. Malzberg. With an Extreme Burning was also published as The Tormentor. Criminal Intent 1 was co-authored by Ed Gorman and Marcia Muller. Gun in Cheek was co-authored with Larry Lee and Mark Stephenson. The Mammoth Book of and New Frontiers anthology series were co-authored by Martin H. Greenberg.
Mystery Writers’ Choice was co-edited by Joe Cores. Dark Sins, Dark Dreams, The End of Summer, Night Screams, Shared Tomorrows, Bug-Eyed Monsters, The Giant Book of Horror Stories, The Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense, Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural, The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense, Mystery in the Mainstream, Crime and Crime Again, Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural and Masters of Horror and the Supernatural were edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Barry N. Malzberg.
The Web She Weaves, Child’s Ploy, Witches’ Brew, Chapter and Hearse, Dark Lessons, She Won the West, Deadly Arts, Wickedest Show on Earth, Lady on the Case, Kill or Cure, A Century of Mystery, Detective Duos, Duo, and Deadly Anniversaries were edited with Marcia Muller. The Mystery Hall of Fame and Murder in the First Reel were edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh.
The Western Hall of Fame, The Outlaws, The Reel West, 13 Short Mystery Novels, The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories, The Cowboys, The Ethnic Detectives, The Warriors, The Second Reel West, Railroaders, Steamboaters, Great Modern Police Stories, The Third Reel West, Women Sleuths, 101 Mystery Stories, The Cattlemen, Prime Suspects, Horse Soldiers, Uncollected Crimes, Suspicious Characters, The Gunfighters, 13 Short Detective Novels, Criminal Elements, Cloak and Dagger, The Texans, Best of the West, Homicidal Acts, The Californians, Felonious Assaults, The Northerners, The Northwesterns, Best of the West III, Christmas Out West, A Treasury of World War II Stories, The Montanans, Combat!, Great Tales of the West, The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories, Giant Book of Short Crime Stories, Giant Book of War Stories and Police Procedurals were edited with Martin H. Greenberg.
Manhattan Mysteries was edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh. Hard-Boiled was co-edited by Jack Adrian. Pure Pulp was co-edited by Ed Gorman. Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural was also titled The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural.
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