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Lester Dent Books in Order
Lester Dent was an American pulp-fiction writer, best known as the creator and main writer of the series of novels about the scientist and adventurer Doc Savage. The 159 Doc Savage novels that Dent wrote over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Lester Dent's book series? Lester Dent has written 6 book series. The most notable is the Doc Savage series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Lester Dent
- #1
The Man of Bronze(1933) - #2The Land of Terror(1933)
- #3
Quest of the Spider(1933) - #4
The Polar Treasure(1933) - #5Pirate of the Pacific(1933)
- #6
The Red Skull(1933) - #7
The Lost Oasis(1933) - #8The Sargasso Ogre(1933)
- #9
The Czar of Fear(1933) - #10
The Phantom City(1933) - #11
Brand of the Werewolf(1934) - #12
The Man Who Shook the Earth(1934) - #13
Meteor Menace(1934) - #14The Monsters(1934)
- #15
The Mystery on the Snow(1934) - #16
The King Maker(1934) - #17
The Thousand-Headed Man(1934) - #18The Squeaking Goblin(1934)
- #19Fear Cay(1934)
- #20Death in Silver(1934)
- #21
The Sea Magician(1934) - #22The Annihilist(1934)
- #23The Mystic Mullah(1935)
- #24
Red Snow(1935) - #25
The Land of Always-Night(1935) - #26
The Spook Legion / The Ghost Legion(1935) - #27
The Secret in the Sky(1935) - #28
The Roar Devil(1935) - #29
Quest of Qui(1935) - #30
Spook Hole(1935) - #31
The Majii(1935) - #32
Dust of Death(1935) - #33
Murder Melody(1935) - #34
The Fantastic Island(1935) - #35
Murder Mirage(1936) - #36
Mystery Under the Sea(1936) - #37
The Metal Master(1936) - #38
The Men Who Smiled No More(1936) - #39
The Seven Agate Devils(1936) - #40
The Haunted Ocean(1936) - #41
The Black Spot(1936) - #42
The Midas Man(1936) - #43
Cold Death(1936) - #44The South Pole Terror(1936)
- #45
Resurrection Day(1936) - #46
The Vanisher(1936) - #47
Land of Long Juju(1937) - #48
The Derrick Devil(1937) - #49
The Mental Wizard(1937) - #50
The Terror in the Navy(1937) - #51
Mad Eyes(1937) - #52
The Land of Fear(1937) - #53
He Could Stop the World(1937) - #54
The Magic Island / Ost(1937) - #55
The Feathered Octopus(1937) - #56Repel / The Deadly Dwarf(1937)
- #57
The Golden Peril(1937) - #58The Living-Fire Menace(1938)
- #59
The Mountain Monster(1938) - #60
Devil on the Moon(1938) - #61
The Pirate's Ghost(1938) - #62
The Motion Menace(1938) - #63The Submarine Mystery(1938)
- #64
The Giggling Ghosts(1938) - #65
The Munitions Master(1938) - #66
The Red Terrors(1938) - #67Fortress of Solitude(1938)
- #68
The Green Death(1938) - #69
The Devil Genghis(1938) - #70Mad Mesa(1939)
- #71
The Yellow Cloud(1939) - #72The Freckled Shark(1939)
- #73
World's Fair Goblin(1939) - #74The Gold Ogre(1939)
- #75
The Flaming Falcons(1939) - #76
Merchants of Disaster(1939) - #77
The Crimson Serpent(1939) - #78
Poison Island(1939) - #79The Stone Man(1939)
- #80
Hex(1939) - #81
The Dagger in the Sky(1939) - #82
The Other World(1939) - #83
The Angry Ghost(1940) - #84
The Spotted Men(1940) - #85
The Evil Gnome(1940) - #86
The Boss of Terror(1940) - #87
The Awful Egg(1940) - #88
The Flying Goblin(1940) - #89
Tunnel Terror(1940) - #90
The Purple Dragon(1940) - #91
Devils of the Deep(1940) - #92
The Awful Dynasty(1940) - #93
The Men Vanished(1940) - #94
The Devil's Playground(1941) - #95
Bequest of Evil(1941) - #96
The All-White Elf(1941) - #97The Golden Man(1941)
- #98
The Pink Lady(1941) - #99The Headless Men(1941)
- #100
The Green Eagle(1941) - #101
Mystery Island(1941) - #102
The Mindless Monsters(1941) - #103
Birds of Death(1941) - #104The Invisible Box Murders(1941)
- #105
Peril in the North(1941) - #106
The Rustling Death(1942) - #107Men of Fear(1942)
- #108
The Too-Wise Owl(1942) - #109
The Magic Forest(1942) - #110
Pirate Isle(1942) - #111The Speaking Stone(1942)
- #112
The Man Who Fell Up(1942) - #113
The Three Wild Men(1942) - #114The Fiery Menace(1942)
- #115
The Laugh of Death(1942) - #116
They Died Twice(1942) - #117The Devil's Black Rock(1942)
- #118
The Time Terror(1943) - #119Waves of Death(1943)
- #120
The Black, Black Witch(1943) - #121The King of Terror(1943)
- #122
The Talking Devil(1943) - #123The Running Skeletons(1943)
- #124
Mystery on Happy Bones(1943) - #125The Mental Monster(1943)
- #126
Hell Below(1943) - #127
The Goblins(1943) - #128The Secret of the Su(1943)
- #129
The Spook of Grandpa Eden(1943) - #130According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic(1944)
- #131
Death Had Yellow Eyes(1944) - #132
The Derelict of Skull Shoal(1944) - #133
The Whisker of Hercules(1944) - #134The Three Devils(1944)
- #135The Pharaoh's Ghost(1944)
- #136
The Man Who Was Scared(1944) - #137The Shape of Terror(1944)
- #138Weird Valley(1944)
- #139Jiu San(1944)
- #140
Satan Black(1944) - #141The Lost Giant(1944)
- #142
Violent Night / The Hate Genius(1945) - #143Strange Fish(1945)
- #144The Ten Ton Snakes(1945)
- #145Cargo Unknown(1945)
- #146
Rock Sinister(1945) - #147The Terrible Stork(1945)
- #148
King Joe Cay(1945) - #149The Wee Ones(1945)
- #150
Terror Takes 7(1945) - #151
The Thing That Pursued(1945) - #152Trouble on Parade(1945)
- #153The Screaming Man(1945)
- #154Measures for a Coffin(1946)
- #155Se-Pah-Poo(1946)
- #156Terror and the Lonely Widow(1946)
- #157Five Fathoms Dead(1946)
- #158
Death is a Round Black Spot(1946) - #159
Colors for Murder(1946) - #160
Fire and Ice(1946) - #161Three Times a Corpse(1946)
- #162The Exploding Lake(1946)
- #163Death in Little Houses(1946)
- #164The Devil is Jones(1946)
- #165
The Disappearing Lady(1946) - #166Target for Death(1947)
- #167The Death Lady(1947)
- #168Danger Lies East(1947)
- #169
No Light to Die By(1947) - #170The Monkey Suit(1947)
- #171Let's Kill Ames(1947)
- #172
Once Over Lightly(1947) - #173
I Died Yesterday(1948) - #174The Pure Evil(1948)
- #175
Terror Wears No Shoes(1948) - #176The Angry Canary(1948)
- #177The Swooning Lady(1948)
- #178
The Green Master(1949) - #179Return From Cormoral(1949)
- #180
Up From Earth's Center(1949) - #181The Red Spider(1979)
- #1
Dead at the Take-Off(1946) - #2
Lady to Kill(1947) - #3
Lady Afraid(1950) - #4
Cry at Dusk(1952) - #5
Lady in Peril(1959) - #6
Hades & Hocus Pocus(1979) - #7
Sinister Ray(1987) - #8
Honey in his Mouth(2009) - #9
Genius Jones(2015) - #10
Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent(2009) - #11
Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent(2009) - #12
The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent(2009) - #13
Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg(2011) - #14
Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent(2013) - #15Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales(2006)
- #16
The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder(2010) - #17Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade(2012)
- #18
Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent(2007)
- #1
Justice, Inc.(1939) - #2
The Yellow Hoard(1939) - #3
The Sky Walker(1939) - #4
The Devil's Horns(1939) - #5
The Frosted Death(1940) - #6
The Blood Ring(1940) - #7
Stockholders in Death(1940) - #8
The Glass Mountain(1940) - #9
Tuned for Murder(1940) - #10
The Smiling Dogs(1940) - #11
River of Ice(1940) - #12
The Flame Breathers(1940) - #13
Murder on Wheels(1940) - #14
Three Gold Crowns(1941) - #15
House of Death(1941) - #16
The Hate Master(1941) - #17
Nevlo(1941) - #18
Death in Slow Motion(1941) - #19
Pictures of Death(1941) - #20
The Green Killer(1942) - #21
The Happy Killers(1942) - #22
The Black Death(1942) - #23
The Wilder Curse(1942) - #24
Midnight Murder(1942) - #25
The Man From Atlantis(1974) - #26
Red Moon(1974) - #27
The Purple Zombie(1974) - #28
Dr. Time(1974) - #29
The Nightwitch Devil(1974) - #30
Black Chariots(1974) - #31
The Cartoon Crimes(1974) - #32
The Blood Countess(1975) - #33
The Death Machine(1975) - #34
The Glass Man(1975) - #35
The Iron Skull(1975) - #36
Demon Island(1975) - #37
Roaring Heart of the Crucible (By: Nancy Holder,Will Murray,Greg Cox,Joe Gentile,Mel Odom)(2013)
- #1
Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel (By: Martin Powell)(1990) - #2
The Time Machine (By: Bill Spangler)(1991) - #3
Radio Western Adventures(2010) - #4
The Miracle Squad (By: John Wooley,Terry Tidwell,Bill Cunningham)(2011) - #5
The Auslander Files (By: Michael Patrick Sullivan)(2013) - #6
Agent 13 (By: Flint Dille,David Marconi)(2013) - #7
The New Adventures of Frankenstein Collection (By: Donald F. Glut,Bill Cunningham)(2014) - #8
The Twilight Avenger (By: John Wooley,Terry Tidwell)(2015) - #9
The Twilight Avenger Returns (By: John Wooley)(2016) - #10
The New Adventures of Frankenstein Collection Volume 2 (By: Donald F. Glut,Scott Dutton)(2017) - #11
The Raven Collection (By: Bill Cunningham)(2018) - #12
Tales Of Frankenstein (By: Donald F. Glut)(2019) - #13
Strong Man (By: Bob Powell,Jerry Siegel)(2019) - #14
Killer: Volume 1 (By: Bill Cunningham)(2019) - #15
Killer: Volume 2 (By: Bill Cunningham)(2019) - #16
The Mike Shayne Private Eye Comic Collection (By: Bill Cunningham)(2020) - #17
Killer: Volume 3 (By: Bill Cunningham)(2021) - #18
Killer: Volume 4 (By: Bill Cunningham)(2021) - #19
Killer: Volume 5 (By: Bill Cunningham)(2021) - #20
Men's Adventure Reader (By: Bill Cunningham)(2022) - #21
Terror! (By: Joan Boix)(2022) - #22
Origins of Buck Rogers: Armageddon 2419 A.D. (By: Philip Francis Nowlan)(2024)
- #1
Escape from Loki (By: Philip Jose Farmer)(1991) - #2
Python Isle (As: Kenneth Robeson)(1991) - #3
White Eyes (As:Kenneth Robeson)(1992) - #4
The Frightened Fish (As: Kenneth Robeson)(1992) - #5
The Jade Ogre (As: Kenneth Robeson)(1992) - #6
Flight into Fear (As: Kenneth Robeson)(1993) - #7
The Whistling Wraith (As: Kenneth Robeson)(1993) - #8
The Forgotten Realm (As:Kenneth Robeson)(1993) - #9
The Desert Demons (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2011) - #10
Horror in Gold (As: Kenneth Robeson)(2011) - #11
The Infernal Buddha (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2012) - #12
Death's Dark Domain (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2012) - #13
The Miracle Menace (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2013) - #14
Skull Island (By: Will Murray)(2013) - #15
Phantom Lagoon (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2013) - #16
The War Makers (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2014) - #17
The Ice Genius (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2014) - #18
The Sinister Shadow (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2015) - #19
The Secret of Satan's Spine (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2015) - #20
Glare of the Gorgon (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2016) - #21
Empire of Doom (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2017) - #22
Mr. Calamity (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2018) - #23
Famous Fantastic Mysteries (Spring 2017)(2017) - #24
Black Mask(2017) - #25
Thrilling Adventure Yarns(2019) - #26
Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2021(2021)
- #1
Six Scarlet Scorpions (As:Kenneth Robeson)(2016)
About Lester Dent
Lester Dent was an American pulp-fiction writer, best known as the creator and main writer of the series of novels about the scientist and adventurer Doc Savage. The 159 Doc Savage novels that Dent wrote over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.
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