Lawrence Block Books in Order
See all the crime novels by Lawrence Block in order, with reading guides, series checklists and brief summaries to help you explore his New York set mysteries and thrillers.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
207 books
Carla
by Lawrence Block
1958
69 Barrow Street
by Lawrence Block
1959
Campus Tramp
by Lawrence Block
1959
Into the Night
by Cornell Woolrich
1959
A Girl Called Honey
by Lawrence Block
1960
A Strange Kind of Love
by Lawrence Block
1960
Candy
by Lawrence Block
1960
Kept
by Lawrence Block
1960
A Diet of Treacle
by Lawrence Block
1961
Cinderella Sims
by Lawrence Block
1961
Coward's Kiss
by Lawrence Block
1961
Grifter's Game
by Lawrence Block
1961
Killing Castro
by Lawrence Block
1961
Borderline
by Lawrence Block
1962
Sin Hellcat
by Lawrence Block
1962
Strange Embrace
by Lawrence Block
1962
You Could Call it Murder
by Lawrence Block
1962
Lucky at Cards
by Lawrence Block
1964
The Girl with the Long Green Heart
by Lawrence Block
1965
The Canceled Czech
by Lawrence Block
1966
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep
by Lawrence Block
1966
Deadly Honeymoon
by Lawrence Block
1967
Tanner's Twelve Swingers
by Lawrence Block
1967
Here Comes a Hero / Tanner's Virgin
by Lawrence Block
1968
Tanner's Tiger
by Lawrence Block
1968
The Scoreless Thai / Two for Tanner
by Lawrence Block
1968
After the First Death
by Lawrence Block
1969
Such Men are Dangerous
by Lawrence Block
1969
The Specialists
by Lawrence Block
1969
No Score
by Lawrence Block
1970
The Wife-Swap Report
by Lawrence Block
1970
3 is Not a Crowd
by Lawrence Block
1971
Chip Harrison Scores Again
by Lawrence Block
1971
Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man
by Lawrence Block
1971
A Madwoman's Diary
by Lawrence Block
1972
Sex and the Stewardess
by Lawrence Block
1972
The Sex Therapists
by Lawrence Block
1972
The Triumph of Evil
by Lawrence Block
1972
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Different Strokes
by Lawrence Block
1974
Make Out with Murder
by Lawrence Block
1974
Not Comin' Home to You
by Lawrence Block
1974
Total Sexuality
by Lawrence Block
1974
The Topless Tulip Caper
by Lawrence Block
1975
In the Midst of Death
by Lawrence Block
1976
The Sins of the Fathers
by Lawrence Block
1976
Burglars Can't Be Choosers
by Lawrence Block
1977
Time to Murder and Create
by Lawrence Block
1977
The Burglar in the Closet
by Lawrence Block
1978
Ariel
by Lawrence Block
1979
Collecting Ackermans
by Lawrence Block
1979
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
by Lawrence Block
1979
Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
by Lawrence Block
1979
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
by Lawrence Block
1980
A Stab in the Dark
by Lawrence Block
1981
Code of Arms
by Lawrence Block
1981
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
by Lawrence Block
1981
Eight Million Ways to Die
by Lawrence Block
1982
Like a Thief in the Night
by Lawrence Block
1983
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
by Lawrence Block
1983
By the Dawn's Early Light
by Lawrence Block
1984
Like a Lamb to Slaughter
by Lawrence Block
1984
Sometimes They Bite
by Lawrence Block
1984
Me Tanner, You Jane
by Lawrence Block
1986
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
by Lawrence Block
1986
Write for Your Life
by Lawrence Block
1986
Random Walk
by Lawrence Block
1988
Spider, Spin Me A Web
by Lawrence Block
1988
Hot Blood
by Lawrence Block
1989
Out on the Cutting Edge
by Lawrence Block
1989
A Ticket to the Boneyard
by Lawrence Block
1990
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
by Lawrence Block
1991
Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror
by Yvonne Navarro
1991
A Walk Among the Tombstones
by Lawrence Block
1992
Hottest Blood
by Yvonne Navarro
1993
Some Days You Get the Bear
by Lawrence Block
1993
The Devil Knows You're Dead
by Lawrence Block
1993
A Long Line of Dead Men
by Lawrence Block
1994
Deadly After Dark
by Lawrence Block
1994
The Burglar Takes a Cat
by Lawrence Block
1994
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
by Lawrence Block
1994
After Hours
by Lawrence Block
1995
Seeds of Fear
by Lawrence Block
1995
Stranger by Night
by Lawrence Block
1995
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
by Lawrence Block
1995
Even the Wicked
by Lawrence Block
1996
Fear the Fever
by Lawrence Block
1996
Crimes of Passion
by Lawrence Block
1997
Kiss and Kill
by Lawrence Block
1997
Out the Window
by Lawrence Block
1997
The Burglar in the Library
by Lawrence Block
1997
Everybody Dies
by Lawrence Block
1998
Hit Man
by Lawrence Block
1998
Hot Blood X
by Lawrence Block
1998
Tanner on Ice
by Lawrence Block
1998
The Burglar in the Rye
by Lawrence Block
1998
Death Cruise
by Lawrence Block
1999
Edited by Lawrence Block, this anthology gathers crime stories set aboard cruise ships, where enclosed decks, ocean nights and shifting passenger lists give classic mysteries and thrillers a fresh, sea bound twist, including a contribution from John Mortimer.
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends
by Lawrence Block
1999
The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis
by Lawrence Block
1999
The Collected Mystery Stories
by Lawrence Block
1999
Hit List
by Lawrence Block
2000
Master's Choice
by Lawrence Block
2000
Opening Shots
by Lawrence Block
2000
Hope to Die
by Lawrence Block
2001
Speaking of Greed
by Lawrence Block
2001
Speaking of Lust
by Lawrence Block
2001
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001
by Lawrence Block
2001
The Burglar on the Prowl
by Lawrence Block
2001
The Lost Cases of Ed London
by Lawrence Block
2001
A Moment of Wrong Thinking
by Lawrence Block
2002
Enough Rope
by Lawrence Block
2002
Small Town
by Lawrence Block
2002
Speaking of Wrath
by Lawrence Block
2002
Fatal Attractions
by Yvonne Navarro
2003
Red Meat
by Elaine Viets
2003
Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves
by Lawrence Block
2004
Strange Bedfellows
by Yvonne Navarro
2004
All the Flowers are Dying
by Lawrence Block
2005
Hit Parade
by Lawrence Block
2006
Dark Passions
by Lawrence Block
2007
Hit and Run
by Lawrence Block
2008
Keller in Dallas
by Lawrence Block
2009
Step by Step
by Lawrence Block
2009
Community of Women
by Lawrence Block
2010
A Bad Night for Burglars
by Lawrence Block
2011
A Chance to Get Even
by Lawrence Block
2011
A Drop of the Hard Stuff
by Lawrence Block
2011
As Dark as Christmas Gets
by Lawrence Block
2011
Catch and Release
by Lawrence Block
2011
Dolly's Trash & Treasures
by Lawrence Block
2011
Getting Off
by Lawrence Block
2011
Headaches and Bad Dreams
by Lawrence Block
2011
How Far
by Lawrence Block
2011
In For a Penny
by Lawrence Block
2011
Let's Get Lost
by Lawrence Block
2011
Like a Bone in the Throat
by Lawrence Block
2011
Scenarios
by Lawrence Block
2011
Sweet Little Hands
by Lawrence Block
2011
The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke
by Lawrence Block
2011
The Liar's Bible
by Lawrence Block
2011
The Liar's Companion
by Lawrence Block
2011
The Night and the Music
by Lawrence Block
2011
Three in the Side Pocket
by Lawrence Block
2011
Welcome to the Real World
by Lawrence Block
2011
Who Knows Where It Goes
by Lawrence Block
2011
You Don't Even Feel It
by Lawrence Block
2011
A Candle for the Bag Lady
by Lawrence Block
2012
Beyond Group Sex
by Lawrence Block
2012
Come Fly With Us
by Lawrence Block
2012
Doing It!
by Lawrence Block
2012
Hit Me
by Lawrence Block
2012
Keller's Adjustment
by Lawrence Block
2012
The Male Hustler
by Lawrence Block
2012
Wide Open
by Lawrence Block
2012
Clean Slate
by Lawrence Block
2013
Conjugal Rites
by Lawrence Block
2013
Don't Get in the Car
by Lawrence Block
2013
Fun with Brady and Angelica
by Lawrence Block
2013
If You Can't Stand the Heat
by Lawrence Block
2013
Jilling
by Lawrence Block
2013
Keller on the Spot
by Lawrence Block
2013
Keller's Horoscope
by Lawrence Block
2013
Keller's Therapy
by Lawrence Block
2013
Nothing Short of Highway Robbery
by Lawrence Block
2013
One Kind Favor I Ask of You
by Lawrence Block
2013
Rude Awakening
by Lawrence Block
2013
The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
by Lawrence Block
2013
Unfinished Business
by Lawrence Block
2013
Waitress Wanted
by Lawrence Block
2013
You Can Call Me Lucky
by Lawrence Block
2013
Zeroing In
by Lawrence Block
2013
Defender of the Innocent
by Lawrence Block
2014
Have a NYC 3
by Lawrence Block
2014
I Know How to Pick 'Em
by Lawrence Block
2014
Dark City Lights
by Lawrence Block
2015
The Crime of Our Lives
by Lawrence Block
2015
The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes
by Lawrence Block
2015
Enough of Sorrow
by Lawrence Block
2016
Gym Rat & Murder Club
by Lawrence Block
2016
In Sunlight or In Shadow
by Lawrence Block
2016
Keller in Des Moines
by Lawrence Block
2016
Keller the Dogkiller
by Lawrence Block
2016
Keller's Designated Hitter
by Lawrence Block
2016
Keller's Fedora
by Lawrence Block
2016
Keller's Homecoming
by Lawrence Block
2016
Mostly Murder
by Lawrence Block
2016
Passport to Peril
by Lawrence Block
2016
Resume Speed
by Lawrence Block
2016
Shadows
by Lawrence Block
2016
Sinner Man
by Lawrence Block
2016
The Trouble with Eden
by Lawrence Block
2016
Thirty
by Lawrence Block
2016
Threesome
by Lawrence Block
2016
Warm and Willing
by Lawrence Block
2016
Alive in Shape and Color
by Lawrence Block
2017
Quotidian Keller
by Lawrence Block
2017
A Time to Scatter Stones
by Lawrence Block
2018
Broadway Can Be Murder
by Lawrence Block
2018
Resume Speed
by Lawrence Block
2018
April North
by Lawrence Block
2019
At Home in the Dark
by Lawrence Block
2019
From Sea to Stormy Sea
by Lawrence Block
2019
Dead Girl Blues
by Lawrence Block
2020
The Burglar in Short Order
by Lawrence Block
2020
The Darkling Halls of Ivy
by Lawrence Block
2020
Afterthoughts
by Lawrence Block
2021
Collectibles
by Lawrence Block
2021
The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown
by Lawrence Block
2022
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