Order of Bill Pronzini Books
Bill Pronzini stands as a versatile American author who has made his mark across multiple genres, including detective fiction, westerns, and science fiction. His career took off in 1971 with the publication of his debut novel, The Stalker. Pronzini has gained particular recognition for his acclaimed Nameless Detective series and his work on the John Quincannon books. Adding a collaborative dimension to his writing life, he frequently partners with his wife, Marcia Muller, who is also an established mystery writer. Together, they form one of the genre's most notable literary couples, each bringing their own expertise to their joint and individual projects.
(with John Lutz)
(with Marcia Muller)
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Quincannon | 1985 | |
| 1 |  The Bughouse Affair | 2013 | |
| 2 |  Beyond the Grave | 1986 | |
| 2 |  The Spook Lights Affair | 2013 | |
| 3 |  The Body Snatchers Affair | 2015 | |
| 3 |  Quincannon's Game | 2005 | |
| 4 |  The Plague of Thieves Affair | 2016 | |
| 5 |  The Dangerous Ladies Affair | 2017 | |
| 6 |  The Bags of Tricks Affair | 2018 | |
| 7 |  The Flimflam Affair | 2019 | |
| 8 |  The Stolen Gold Affair | 2020 | |
| 9 |  The Paradise Affair | 2021 |
(with Martin H. Greenberg)
Publication Order of Academy Mystery Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wondermakers 2 | 1974 | |
| 2 |  Future Corruption | 1975 | |
| 3 |  Arena: Sports Science Fiction | 1976 | |
| 4 |  Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 | 1976 | |
| 5 |  Midnight Specials | 1977 | |
| 6 |  Dark Sins, Dark Dreams | 1979 | |
| 7 |  Werewolf! | 1979 | |
| 8 |  The End of Summer | 1979 | |
| 9 |  Night Screams | 1979 | |
| 10 |  Shared Tomorrows | 1979 | |
| 11 |  Chrysalis 5 | 1979 | |
| 12 |  Chrysalis 6 | 1980 | |
| 13 |  Voodoo | 1980 | |
| 14 |  Mummy! | 1980 | |
| 15 |  The Edgar Winners | 1980 | |
| 16 |  Other Worlds Volume 2 | 1980 | |
| 17 |  The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural | 1981 | |
| 18 |  100 Malicious Little Mysteries | 1981 | |
| 19 |  Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense | 1981 | |
| 20 |  Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | 1981 | |
| 21 |  The Arbor House Necropolis | 1981 | |
| 22 |  The Giant Book Of Horror Stories | 1981 | |
| 23 |  The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense | 1982 | |
| 24 |  Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night | 1983 | |
| 25 |  The Web She Weaves | 1983 | |
| 26 |  The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps | 1983 | |
| 27 |  Baker's Dozen | 1984 | |
| 28 |  The Western Hall of Fame | 1984 | |
| 29 |  Child's Ploy | 1984 | |
| 30 |  The Outlaws | 1984 | |
| 31 |  The Reel West | 1984 | |
| 32 |  Witches' Brew | 1984 | |
| 33 |  13 Short Mystery Novels | 1984 | |
| 34 |  The Eyes Have It | 1984 | |
| 35 |  The Mystery Hall of Fame | 1984 | |
| 36 |  Chapter and Hearse | 1985 | |
| 37 |  The Cowboys | 1985 | |
| 38 |  The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories | 1985 | |
| 39 |  Dark Lessons | 1985 | |
| 40 |  She Won the West | 1985 | |
| 41 |  The Warriors | 1985 | |
| 42 |  Deadly Arts | 1985 | |
| 43 |  The Second Reel West | 1985 | |
| 44 |  Murder in the First Reel | 1985 | |
| 45 |  Wickedest Show on Earth | 1985 | |
| 46 |  Shadows 8 | 1985 | |
| 47 |  Police Procedurals | 1985 | |
| 48 |  The Ethnic Detectives | 1985 | |
| 49 |  Halloween Horrors | 1986 | |
| 50 |  Tales of Mystery | 1986 | |
| 51 |  Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels | 1986 | |
| 52 |  Tales of the Dead | 1986 | |
| 53 |  The Cattlemen | 1986 | |
| 54 |  The Railroaders | 1986 | |
| 55 |  Mean Streets | 1986 | |
| 56 |  The Steamboaters | 1986 | |
| 57 |  Great Modern Police Stories | 1986 | |
| 58 |  The Third Reel West | 1986 | |
| 59 |  Mystery in the Mainstream | 1986 | |
| 60 |  101 Mystery Stories | 1986 | |
| 61 |  Wild Westerns | 1986 | |
| 62 |  Prime Suspects | 1987 | |
| 63 |  The Horse Soldiers | 1987 | |
| 64 |  Uncollected Crimes | 1987 | |
| 65 |  Suspicious Characters | 1987 | |
| 66 |  Manhattan Mysteries | 1987 | |
| 67 |  13 Short Detective Novels | 1987 | |
| 68 |  The Gunfighters | 1987 | |
| 69 |  Lady on the Case | 1988 | |
| 70 |  Cloak and Dagger | 1988 | |
| 71 |  The Texans | 1988 | |
| 72 |  Best of the West | 1988 | |
| 73 |  The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories | 1988 | |
| 74 |  Homicidal Acts | 1988 | |
| 75 |  Criminal Elements | 1988 | |
| 76 |  The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction | 1988 | |
| 77 |  Mammoth Book of World War II Stories | 1989 | |
| 78 |  Kill or Cure | 1989 | |
| 79 |  The Californians | 1989 | |
| 80 |  Felonious Assaults | 1989 | |
| 81 |  The Arizonans | 1989 | |
| 82 |  More Wild Westerns | 1989 | |
| 83 |  Deadly Doings | 1989 | |
| 84 |  Mistletoe Mysteries | 1989 | |
| 85 |  The Northwesterners | 1990 | |
| 86 |  Crime and Crime Again | 1990 | |
| 87 |  The Northerners | 1990 | |
| 88 |  Best of the West 2 | 1990 | |
| 89 |  Best of the West III | 1990 | |
| 90 |  Christmas Out West | 1990 | |
| 91 |  100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | 1991 | |
| 92 |  A Treasury of World War II Stories | 1991 | |
| 93 |  A Treasury of Civil War Stories | 1991 | |
| 94 |  The Montanans | 1991 | |
| 95 |  Combat! | 1992 | |
| 96 |  The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman | 1992 | |
| 97 |  The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 | 1993 | |
| 98 |  100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories | 1993 | |
| 99 |  100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | 1993 | |
| 100 |  Dark Crimes 2 | 1993 | |
| 101 |  Criminal Intent | 1993 | |
| 102 |  The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion | 1993 | |
| 103 |  Great Tales of the West | 1994 | |
| 104 |  The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 | 1994 | |
| 105 |  Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | 1994 | |
| 106 |  Hardboiled | 1995 | |
| 107 |  Torture Trek and Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West | 1995 | |
| 108 |  First Cases, Volume 1 | 1996 | |
| 109 |  100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | 1996 | |
| 110 |  The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels | 1996 | |
| 111 |  Gunfight! | 1996 | |
| 112 |  The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 | 1996 | |
| 113 |  A Century of Mystery | 1997 | |
| 114 |  The Giant Book of War Stories | 1997 | |
| 115 |  Giant Book of Short Crime Stories | 1997 | |
| 116 |  Detective Duos | 1997 | |
| 117 |  The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories | 1997 | |
| 118 |  The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 | 1998 | |
| 119 |  Pure Pulp | 1999 | |
| 120 |  The Best of the American West II | 1999 | |
| 121 |  Irreconcilable Differences | 1999 | |
| 122 |  Crafty Cat Crimes | 2000 | |
| 123 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | |
| 124 |  Oddments | 2000 | |
| 125 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | |
| 126 |  A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | |
| 127 |  More Oddments | 2001 | |
| 128 |  Most Wanted | 2002 | |
| 129 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | |
| 130 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | |
| 131 |  San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | |
| 132 |  Masters of Horror and the Supernatural | 2010 | |
| 133 |  Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | 2012 | |
| 134 |  The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | 2012 | |
| 135 |  Shivers VII | 2013 | |
| 136 |  Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea | 2015 | |
| 137 |  Deadly Anniversaries | 2020 | |
| 138 |  Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider | 2021 |
Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Collections
Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bughouse Affair | 2013 | |
| 2 | The Spook Lights Affair | 2013 | |
| 3 | The Body Snatchers Affair | 2015 | |
| 4 | The Plague of Thieves Affair | 2016 | |
| 5 | The Dangerous Ladies Affair | 2017 | |
| 6 | The Bags of Tricks Affair | 2018 | |
| 7 | The Flimflam Affair | 2019 | |
| 8 | The Stolen Gold Affair | 2020 | |
| 9 | The Paradise Affair | 2021 |
Publication Order of Charlie Chan Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death | 1974 |
Publication Order of John Quincannon Books
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Snatch | 1971 | |
| 2 |  The Vanished | 1973 | |
| 3 |  Undercurrent | 1973 | |
| 4 |  Blowback | 1977 | |
| 5 |  Twospot | 1978 | |
| 6 |  Labyrinth | 1980 | |
| 7 |  Hoodwink | 1981 | |
| 8 |  Scattershot | 1982 | |
| 9 |  Dragonfire | 1982 | |
| 10 |  Bindlestiff | 1983 | |
| 11 |  Quicksilver | 1984 | |
| 12 |  Nightshades | 1984 | |
| 13 |  Double | 1984 | |
| 14 |  Bones | 1985 | |
| 15 |  Deadfall | 1986 | |
| 16 |  Shackles | 1989 | |
| 17 |  Jackpot | 1990 | |
| 18 |  Breakdown | 1991 | |
| 19 |  Quarry | 1991 | |
| 20 |  Epitaphs | 1992 | |
| 21 |  Demons | 1993 | |
| 22 |  Hardcase | 1995 | |
| 23 |  Sentinels | 1996 | |
| 24 |  Illusions | 1997 | |
| 25 |  Boobytrap | 1998 | |
| 26 |  Crazybone | 2000 | |
| 27 |  Bleeders | 2001 | |
| 28 |  Spook | 2002 | |
| 29 |  Nightcrawlers | 2005 | |
| 30 |  Mourners | 2006 | |
| 31 |  Savages | 2007 | |
| 32 |  Fever | 2008 | |
| 33 |  Schemers | 2009 | |
| 34 |  Betrayers | 2010 | |
| 35 |  Camouflage | 2011 | |
| 36 |  Hellbox | 2012 | |
| 37 |  Nemesis | 2013 | |
| 38 |  Strangers | 2014 | |
| 39 |  Vixen | 2015 | |
| 40 |  Zigzag | 2016 | |
| 41 |  Endgame | 2017 |
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Collections
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of New Frontiers Collection Books
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Oxman and Tobin Mysteries Books
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee | 1984 | |
| 2 |  Graveyard Plots | 1985 | |
| 3 |  Small Felonies | 1988 | |
| 4 |  Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham | 1989 | |
| 5 |  The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini | 1990 | |
| 6 |  Stacked Deck | 1991 | |
| 7 |  The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr. | 1991 | |
| 8 |  Sleuths | 1999 | |
| 9 |  Problems Solved | 2003 | |
| 10 |  Burgade's Crossing | 2003 | |
| 11 |  On Account of Darkness and Other Stories | 2004 | |
| 12 |  Coyote and Quarter-Moon | 2006 | |
| 13 |  Crucifixion River | 2007 | |
| 14 |  Dago Red | 2008 | |
| 15 |  Duo | 2012 | |
| 16 |  Small Felonies 2 | 2022 | |
| 17 |  Cream of the Crop | 2024 | |
| 18 |  The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories | 2024 |
Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Stalker | 1971 | |
| 2 |  Panic! | 1972 | |
| 3 |  The Jade Figurine | 1972 | |
| 4 |  Snowbound | 1974 | |
| 5 |  Dead Run | 1975 | |
| 6 |  Games | 1976 | |
| 7 |  The Running of Beasts | 1976 | |
| 8 |  Freebooty | 1976 | |
| 9 |  Acts of Mercy | 1977 | |
| 10 |  Wildfire | 1978 | |
| 11 |  A killing in Xanadu | 1980 | |
| 12 |  Prose Bowl | 1980 | |
| 13 |  Duel at Gold Buttes | 1981 | |
| 14 |  The Cambodia File | 1981 | |
| 15 |  Masques | 1981 | |
| 16 |  Border Fever | 1983 | |
| 17 |  Day of the Moon | 1983 | |
| 18 |  The Gallows Land | 1983 | |
| 19 |  Starvation Camp | 1985 | |
| 20 |  The Lighthouse | 1986 | |
| 21 |  The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran | 1987 | |
| 22 |  Firewind | 1989 | |
| 23 |  The Hangings | 1989 | |
| 24 |  Carmody's Run | 1993 | |
| 25 |  With an Extreme Burning | 1994 | |
| 26 |  Blue Lonesome | 1995 | |
| 27 |  A Wasteland of Strangers | 1997 | |
| 28 |  Nothing But the Night | 1999 | |
| 29 |  All the Long Years | 2001 | |
| 30 |  In an Evil Time | 2001 | |
| 31 |  Step to the Graveyard Easy | 2002 | |
| 32 |  The Alias Man | 2004 | |
| 33 |  The Crimes of Jordan Wise | 2006 | |
| 34 |  The Other Side of Silence | 2008 | |
| 35 |  The Hidden | 2010 | |
| 36 |  The Lighthouse of Terror | 2011 | |
| 37 |  Night Freight | 2012 | |
| 38 |  The Violated | 2017 | |
| 39 |  Give-A-Damn Jones | 2018 | |
| 40 |  The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave | 2019 |