Order of Nameless Detective Books
The Nameless Detective series is a detective fiction series by American author Bill Pronzini. Pronzini’s character has no name, is sort of an everyman character – middle-aged, out-of-shape and a couch potato.
Bill Pronzini began his Nameless Detective series with The Snatch in 1971. After nearly 40 novels (plus plenty of short stories), the series is still ongoing. Below is a list of Bill Pronzini’s Nameless Detective books in order of when they were first published (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) | |
| 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) | |
Note: Twospot was co-authored with Collin Wilcox. The novel Double was co-authored with Marcia Muller.
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Bill Pronzini’s “Nameless Detective” series is great. I’ve read and enjoyed all of them. All of Pronzini’s books are great, no matter what the genre.
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