Order of Nero Wolfe Books
Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective created by American novelist Rex Stout. The series is narrated by Nero’s assistant, Archie Goodwin. The series has been adapted into movies and television, including Meet Nero Wolfe in 1936 (adapted from Fer-de-Lance), The League of Frightened Men in 1937, several made-for-TV movies and the A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery, among others.
Rex Stout created the Nero Wolfe character in 1934. Below is a list of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout Books
| Fer-de-Lance / Meet Nero Wolfe | (1934) |    |
| The League of Frightened Men | (1935) | |
| The Rubber Band / To Kill Again | (1936) | |
| The Red Box / Case of the Red Box | (1937) | |
| Too Many Cooks | (1938) | |
| Some Buried Caesar / The Red Bull | (1939) | |
| Over My Dead Body | (1940) | |
| Where There's a Will | (1940) | |
| Black Orchids | (1942) | |
| Not Quite Dead Enough | (1944) | |
| The Silent Speaker | (1946) | |
| Too Many Women | (1947) | |
| And Be a Villain / More Deaths Than One | (1948) | |
| Trouble in Triplicate | (1949) | |
| The Second Confession | (1949) | |
| Even in the Best Families / In the Best Families | (1950) | |
| Three Doors to Death / Door to Death | (1950) | |
| Curtains for Three | (1951) | |
| Murder by the Book | (1951) | |
| Prisoner's Base / Out She Goes | (1952) | |
| Triple Jeopardy | (1952) | |
| The Golden Spiders | (1953) | |
| The Black Mountain | (1954) | |
| Three Men Out | (1954) | |
| Before Midnight | (1955) | |
| Might as Well Be Dead | (1956) | |
| Three Witnesses | (1956) | |
| If Death Ever Slept | (1957) | |
| Three for the Chair | (1957) | |
| And Four to Go / Crime and Again | (1958) | |
| Champagne for One | (1958) | |
| Plot it Yourself / Murder in Style | (1959) | |
| Three at Wolfe's Door | (1960) | |
| Too Many Clients | (1960) | |
| The Final Deduction | (1961) | |
| Homicide Trinity | (1962) | |
| Gambit | (1962) | |
| The Mother Hunt | (1963) | |
| Trio for Blunt Instruments | (1964) | |
| A Right to Die | (1964) | |
| The Doorbell Rang | (1965) | |
| Death of a Doxy | (1966) | |
| The Father Hunt | (1968) | |
| Death of a Dude | (1969) | |
| Please Pass The Guilt | (1973) | |
| A Family Affair | (1975) | |
| Death Times Three | (1985) | |
Publication Order of Nero Wolfe Short Stories/Novellas
| Bitter End | (1997) | |
| Disguise for Murder / The Twisted Scarf | (2000) | |
| Booby Trap | (2013) | |
| Cordially Invited to Meet Death | (2014) | |
| Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and FLO! / Eeny Meeny Murder Mo | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Nero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough Books
| Murder in E Minor | (1986) | |
| Death on Deadline | (1987) | |
| The Bloodied Ivy | (1988) | |
| The Last Coincidence | (1989) | |
| Fade to Black | (1990) | |
| Silver Spire | (1992) | |
| The Missing Chapter | (1993) | |
| Archie Meets Nero Wolfe | (2012) | |
| Murder in the Ball Park | (2014) | |
| Archie in the Crosshairs | (2015) | |
| Stop the Presses! | (2016) | |
| Murder, Stage Left | (2017) | |
| The Battered Badge | (2018) | |
| Death of an Art Collector | (2019) | |
| Archie Goes Home | (2020) | |
| Trouble at the Brownstone | (2021) | |
| The Missing Heiress | (2023) | |
Notes: Fer-de-Lance was also published as Meet Nero Wolfe. The Rubber Band was also titled To Kill Again. The Red Box is also known as Case of the Red Box. Some Buried Caesar was also published as The Red Bull. And Be a Villain was also titled More Deaths Than One. Even in the Best Families was also titled In the Best Families. Three Doors to Death was also titled Door to Death. Prisoner’s Base was also titled Out She Goes. And Four to Go was also published as Crime And Again. Plot It Yourself is also known as Murder in Style.
Prisoner’s Base was actually published as Out Goes She, and since all the other “threesomes” are included in the main list, why not Three at Wolfe’s Door?