Order of Erle Stanley Gardner Books
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American author of detective fiction. He was best known for creating the Perry Mason character and also wrote Cool and Lam series as A.A. Fair as well as the Doug Selby series. Before getting into writing, Erle was working as a lawyer, so he began writing stories for pulp magazines in his spare time. Eventually, he gave up practicing law in order to move to writing in full-time. Gardner was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and also won an Edgar Award.
Erle Stanley Gardner’s writing career began in 1923 in pulp magazines, but his first novel was The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason’s debut). The novel was published in 1933. Below is a list of Erle Stanley Gardner’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Perry Mason Books
| The Case of the Velvet Claws | (1933) |    |
| The Case of the Sulky Girl | (1933) | |
| The Case of the Lucky Legs | (1934) | |
| The Case of the Howling Dog | (1934) | |
| The Case of the Curious Bride | (1934) | |
| The Case of the Counterfeit Eye | (1935) | |
| The Case of the Caretaker's Cat | (1935) | |
| The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece | (1936) | |
| The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | (1936) | |
| The Case of the Dangerous Dowager | (1937) | |
| The Case of the Lame Canary | (1937) | |
| The Case of the Substitute Face | (1938) | |
| The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe | (1938) | |
| The Case of the Perjured Parrot | (1939) | |
| The Case of the Rolling Bones | (1939) | |
| The Case of the Baited Hook | (1940) | |
| The Case of the Silent Partner | (1940) | |
| The Case of the Haunted Husband | (1941) | |
| The Case of the Empty Tin | (1941) | |
| The Case of the Drowning Duck | (1942) | |
| The Case of the Careless Kitten | (1942) | |
| The Case of the Buried Clock | (1943) | |
| The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito | (1943) | |
| The Case of the Crooked Candle | (1944) | |
| The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde | (1944) | |
| The Case of the Golddigger's Purse | (1945) | |
| The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife | (1945) | |
| The Case of the Borrowed Brunette | (1946) | |
| The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse | (1946) | |
| The Case of the Lazy Lover | (1947) | |
| The Case of the Lonely Heiress | (1948) | |
| The Case of the Vagabond Virgin | (1948) | |
| The Case of the Cautious Coquette | (1949) | |
| The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom | (1949) | |
| The Case of the Negligent Nymph | (1950) | |
| The Case of the One-Eyed Witness | (1950) | |
| The Case of the Fiery Fingers | (1951) | |
| The Case of the Angry Mourner | (1951) | |
| The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink | (1952) | |
| The Case of the Grinning Gorilla | (1952) | |
| The Case of the Hesitant Hostess | (1953) | |
| The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister | (1953) | |
| The Case of the Fugitive Nurse | (1954) | |
| The Case of the Runaway Corpse | (1954) | |
| The Case of the Restless Redhead | (1954) | |
| The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary | (1955) | |
| The Case of the Glamorous Ghost | (1955) | |
| The Case of the Nervous Accomplice | (1955) | |
| The Case of the Terrified Typist | (1955) | |
| The Case of the Gilded Lily | (1956) | |
| The Case of the Demure Defendant | (1956) | |
| The Case of The Screaming Woman | (1957) | |
| The Case of the Lucky Loser | (1957) | |
| The Case of the Daring Decoy | (1957) | |
| The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll | (1958) | |
| The Case of the Long-Legged Models | (1958) | |
| The Case of the Calendar Girl | (1958) | |
| The Case of the Singing Skirt | (1959) | |
| The Case of the Mythical Monkeys | (1959) | |
| The Case of the Deadly Toy | (1959) | |
| The Case of the Waylaid Wolf | (1960) | |
| The Case of the Duplicate Daughter | (1960) | |
| The Case of the Shapely Shadow | (1960) | |
| The Case of the Spurious Spinster | (1961) | |
| The Case of the Bigamous Spouse | (1961) | |
| The Case of the Reluctant Model | (1962) | |
| The Case of the Blonde Bonanza | (1962) | |
| The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands | (1962) | |
| The Case of the Mischievous Doll | (1962) | |
| The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret | (1963) | |
| The Case of the Amorous Aunt | (1963) | |
| The Case of the Daring Divorcee | (1964) | |
| The Case of the Phantom Fortune | (1964) | |
| The Case of the Horrified Heirs | (1964) | |
| The Case of the Troubled Trustee | (1965) | |
| The Case of the Beautiful Beggar | (1965) | |
| The Case of the Worried Waitress | (1966) | |
| The Case of the Queenly Contestant | (1967) | |
| The Case of the Careless Cupid | (1968) | |
| The Case of the Fabulous Fake | (1969) | |
| The Case of the Fenced-in Woman | (1972) | |
| The Case of the Postponed Murder | (1973) | |
| The Case of Too Many Murders | (1989) | |
| The Case of the Burning Bequest | (1990) | |
Publication Order of Perry Mason Collections
| The Case of the Murderer's Bride and Other Stories | (1955) | |
| The Case of the Crimson Kiss | (1970) | |
| The Case Of The Crying Swallow | (1971) | |
| The Case of the Irate Witness and Other Stories | (1973) | |
| Four Cases of Murder | (1989) | |
Publication Order of Doug Selby Books
(by Mignon G. Eberhart)
| The D.A. Calls It Murder | (1937) | |
| The D.A. Holds a Candle | (1938) | |
| The D.A. Draws a Circle | (1939) | |
| The D.A. Goes to Trial | (1940) | |
| The D. A. Cooks a Goose | (1942) | |
| The D.A. Calls a Turn | (1944) | |
| The D.A. Breaks a Seal | (1946) | |
| The D.A. Takes a Chance | (1948) | |
| The D.A. Breaks An Egg | (1949) | |
Publication Order of Terry Clane Books
| Murder Up My Sleeve | (1937) | |
| The Case of the Backward Mule | (1946) | |
Publication Order of Donald Lam & Bertha Cool Books
(as A.A. Fair)
| The Bigger They Come | (1939) | |
| The Knife Slipped | (1939) | |
| Turn on the Heat | (1940) | |
| Gold Comes in Bricks | (1940) | |
| Spill the Jackpot | (1941) | |
| Double or Quits | (1941) | |
| Owls Don't Blink | (1942) | |
| Bats Fly at Dusk | (1942) | |
| Cats Prowl at Night | (1943) | |
| Give 'em the Ax | (1944) | |
| Crows Can't Count | (1946) | |
| Fools Die on Friday | (1947) | |
| Bedrooms Have Windows | (1949) | |
| Top of the Heap | (1952) | |
| Some Women Won't Wait | (1953) | |
| Beware the Curves | (1956) | |
| You Can Die Laughing | (1957) | |
| Some Slips Don't Show | (1957) | |
| The Count of 9 | (1958) | |
| Pass the Gravy | (1959) | |
| Kept Women Can't Quit | (1960) | |
| Bachelors Get Lonely | (1961) | |
| Shills Can't Cash Chips | (1961) | |
| Try Anything Once | (1962) | |
| Fish or Cut Bait | (1963) | |
| Up for Grabs | (1964) | |
| Cut Thin to Win | (1965) | |
| Widows Wear Weeds | (1966) | |
| Traps Need Fresh Bait | (1967) | |
| All Grass Isn't Green | (1970) | |
Publication Order of Gramp Wiggens Books
| The Case of the Turning Tide | (1941) | |
| The Case of the Smoking Chimney | (1943) | |
| The Case Of The Musical Cow | (1960) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Clue of the Forgotten Murder / The Clew of the Forgotten Murder | (1942) | |
| This Is Murder | (1948) | |
| Dead Men's Letters | (1990) | |
| The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Two Clues: The Clue of the Runaway Blonde / Clue's Don't Count & The Clue of the Hungry Horse | (1947) | |
| The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith | (1980) | |
| The Human Zero | (1981) | |
| Whispering Sands | (1981) | |
| Pay Dirt and Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert | (1983) | |
| The Adventures Of Paul Pry, Volume 2 | (1990) | |
| The Blonde in Lower Six Plus 3 Short Novels | (1990) | |
| The Adventures Of Paul Pry | (1991) | |
| Honest Money and Other Short Novels | (1991) | |
| The Danger Zone and Other Stories | (2004) | |
| The Casebook of Sidney Zoom | (2006) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted | (1952) | |
| The Hidden Heart of Baja | (1962) | |
| The Desert is Yours | (1963) | |
| Hunting the Desert Whale | (1963) | |
| Drifting Down Delta | (1969) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Hard-Boiled Detectives | (1953) | |
| Daring Detectives | (1969) | |
| Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries | (1982) | |
| Murder Plus | (1992) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels | (1996) | |
| The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | (1996) | |
| Law and Order | (1997) | |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | (2000) | |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | |
| Murder On The Railways | (2003) | |
Notes: The Donald Lam & Bertha Cool series was written as A.A. Fair. The Case of the Burning Bequest was written by Thomas Chastain, based on the work of Erle Stanley Gardner. The Bigger They Come was also published as Lam to the Slaughter. Give ’em the Ax was also published as An Axe to Grind. Shills Can’t Cash Chips was also titled Stop at the Red Light. The D.A. Calls It Murder was originally published as This is Murder. The Knife Slipped was written as A.A. Fair.
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