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
| Backstage Love | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What Girls Will Do | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Parker Books
(as Richard Stark)
Publication Order of Mitch Tobin Books
(as Tucker Coe)
| Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Among Children | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wax Apple | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Jade In Aries | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Don't Lie To Me | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Alan Grofield Books
(as Richard Stark)
| The Damsel | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dame | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blackbird | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lemons Never Lie | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dortmunder Books
| The Hot Rock | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bank Shot | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jimmy The Kid | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nobody's Perfect | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Why Me? | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Good Behavior | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Drowned Hopes | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Don't Ask | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What's The Worst That Could Happen? | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bad News | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Road To Ruin | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thieves' Dozen | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Watch Your Back! | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What's So Funny? | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Get Real | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sam Holt Books
| One Of Us Is Wrong | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What I Tell You Three Times Is False | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fourth Dimension Is Death | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sara & Jack Books
| Trust Me On This | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Baby, Would I Lie? | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Too Many Crooks | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Curious Facts Preceding My Execution | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Enough | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Transylvania Station | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tomorrow's Crimes | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Good Story and Other Stories | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Meteor Strike | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Double Feature | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Getaway Car | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
| Transgressions | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Transgressions, Vol. 2 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Transgressions, Vol. 3 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Transgressions, Vol. 4 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Parker Graphic Novels Books
(with Darwyn Cooke, as Richard Stark)
| The Hunter | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Outfit | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Man with the Getaway Face | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Score | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Slayground | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: Backstage Love was also published as Apprentice Virgin. All the Girls Were Willing is also known as What Girls Will Do. The Mercenaries‘ alternate titles include The Smashers (UK) and The Cutie (Westlake’s preferred title). The Hunter‘s alternate titles include Point Blank and Payback. The Score‘s UK title was Killtown. The Man with the Getaway Face was published in the UK as Steel Hit. The Seventh was later published as The Split. The Handle was published in the United Kingdom as Run Lethal. Ex Officio was also published as Power Play. The Hook was published in the UK as Corkscrew.
The Parker and Grofield series were written under the pen name of Richard Stark. The Sam Holt books were written under the pseudonym of Samuel Holt. The Mitchell Tobin books were published under the nom de plume of Tucker Coe. The Phil Crawford novels and most of Westlake’s work from 1959-1961 (except for The Mercenaries) were published under the name of Alan Marshall. Ex Officio was published under the pen name of Timothy J. Culver. The Scared Stiff was published under the pen name Judson Jack Carmichael. Comfort Station was published using the pseudonym J. Morgan Cunningham. Anarchaos was published under the pen name of Curt Clark.
A Girl Called Honey and So Willing were co-authored by Lawrence Block (under the pen names of Alan Marshall & Sheldon Lord). Gangway! was co-authored by Brian Garfield.
