Order of John D. MacDonald Books
John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) was an American author who was best known for crime and suspense novels, including the popular Travis McGee novels. MacDonald is very highly regarded by his fellow authors, including Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
John D. MacDonald’s career as a novelist begun in 1950 with The Brass Cupcake in 1950. From there, he wrote several novels per year and quickly became a very prolific author. By the time of his passing, he had written nearly 100 books and short story collections. Below is a list of John D. MacDonald’s books in order of the books were originally released:
Publication Order of Travis McGee Books
| The Deep Blue Good-By | (1964) |    |
| Nightmare in Pink | (1964) | |
| A Purple Place for Dying | (1964) | |
| The Quick Red Fox | (1964) | |
| A Deadly Shade of Gold | (1965) | |
| Bright Orange for the Shroud | (1965) | |
| Darker Than Amber | (1966) | |
| One Fearful Yellow Eye | (1966) | |
| Pale Gray for Guilt | (1968) | |
| The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper | (1968) | |
| Dress Her in Indigo | (1969) | |
| The Long Lavender Look | (1970) | |
| A Tan and Sandy Silence | (1971) | |
| The Scarlet Ruse | (1972) | |
| The Turquoise Lament | (1973) | |
| The Dreadful Lemon Sky | (1974) | |
| The Empty Copper Sea | (1978) | |
| The Green Ripper | (1979) | |
| Free Fall in Crimson | (1981) | |
| Cinnamon Skin | (1982) | |
| The Lonely Silver Rain | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Brass Cupcake | (1950) | |
| Judge Me Not | (1951) | |
| Weep For Me | (1951) | |
| Wine of the Dreamers | (1951) | |
| Murder for the Bride | (1951) | |
| The Damned | (1952) | |
| Ballroom of the Skies | (1952) | |
| Planet of the Dreamers | (1953) | |
| Cancel All Our Vows | (1953) | |
| Neon Jungle | (1953) | |
| Dead Low Tide | (1953) | |
| Area of Suspicion | (1954) | |
| All These Condemned | (1954) | |
| Contrary Pleasure | (1954) | |
| A Bullet for Cinderella | (1955) | |
| On the Make | (1955) | |
| Cry Hard, Cry Fast | (1955) | |
| Border Town Girl / Five Star Fugitive / Linda | (1956) | |
| Murder in the Wind / Hurricane | (1956) | |
| April Evil | (1956) | |
| A Man of Affairs | (1957) | |
| Death Trap | (1957) | |
| The Empty Trap | (1957) | |
| The Deceivers | (1958) | |
| Clemmie | (1958) | |
| Soft Touch | (1958) | |
| Cape Fear / The Executioners | (1958) | |
| The Beach Girls | (1959) | |
| You Live Once / Kill Me | (1959) | |
| The Crossroads | (1959) | |
| Please Write for Details | (1959) | |
| The End of the Night | (1960) | |
| The Only Girl in the Game | (1960) | |
| Slam the Big Door | (1960) | |
| Where is Janice Gantry? | (1961) | |
| One Monday We Killed Them All | (1961) | |
| A Key to the Suite | (1962) | |
| On the Run | (1962) | |
| A Flash of Green | (1962) | |
| The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything | (1962) | |
| I Could Go on Singing | (1963) | |
| The Drowner | (1963) | |
| Deadly Welcome | (1965) | |
| The Last One Left | (1967) | |
| No Deadly Drug | (1968) | |
| The Price of Murder | (1972) | |
| Condominium | (1977) | |
| Two | (1983) | |
| One More Sunday | (1984) | |
| Barrier Island | (1986) | |
| Hurricane | (2014) | |
| Murder Run-Around | (2015) | |
| In a Small Motel | (2017) | |
| What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Good Old Stuff | (1961) | |
| End of the Tiger and Other Stories | (1966) | |
| Seven | (1971) | |
| Other Times, Other Worlds | (1978) | |
| More Good Old Stuff | (1984) | |
| Death Quotient and Other Stories | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Masters of Noir Books
(with)
| Masters of Noir | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Hard-Boiled Detectives | (1953) | |
| Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures | (1967) | |
| Tomorrow 1| Science Fiction by the Masters | (1971) | |
| The Late Great Future | (1976) | |
| Dark Crimes 2 | (1993) | |
| Florida Stories | (1993) | |
| Law and Order | (1997) | |
If You Like John D. MacDonald Books, You’ll Love…
John D. MacDonald Synopses: The 20th book of the Travis McGee series is Cinnamon Skin, where McGee’s friend Meyer’s boat explodes in the Florida Keys with his niece Norma on it. Is it a coincidence that Norma’s husband Evan wasn’t on the boat at the time of the explosion?
Lonely Silver Rain is the 21st and final book of John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series. Travis McGee has never seriously contemplated death until he finds himself in the middle of the international cocaine trade while searching for a friend’s yacht.
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