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Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout series? Start with "Fer-de-Lance / Meet Nero Wolfe" (1934) and follow publication order through all 47 books.
The complete Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
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
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