Bill Pronzini Reading Order

2 books (1985–1986)

Bill Pronzini's Academy Mystery series consists of two complete mystery novels published in 1985 and 1986. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Police Procedurals followed by Locked Room Puzzles. This concise two-book series combines elements of mystery and procedural storytelling.

Start with Police Procedurals and read in order.

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1	Police Procedurals 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Locked Room Puzzles 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

143 books (1974–2021)

Bill Pronzini edited 138 anthologies spanning science fiction, mystery, thriller, western, and horror genres between 1974 and 2021. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Wondermakers 2 and concluding with The Edgar Winners and related volumes. The series appears to be complete, representing a comprehensive editorial project across multiple decades and genre categories.

Start with Wondermakers 2, the first of 138 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Wondermakers 2 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Future Corruption 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Arena: Sports Science Fiction 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Midnight Specials 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Chrysalis 5 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dark Sins, Dark Dreams 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Night Screams 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Shared Tomorrows 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The End of Summer 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Werewolf! 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Chrysalis 6 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Mummy! 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Other Worlds Volume 2 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Edgar Winners 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Voodoo 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	100 Malicious Little Mysteries 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Arbor House Necropolis 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Giant Book Of Horror Stories 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Web She Weaves 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	13 Short Mystery Novels 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Baker's Dozen 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Child's Ploy 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Eyes Have It 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Mystery Hall of Fame 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Outlaws 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Reel West 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Western Hall of Fame 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Witches' Brew 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Chapter and Hearse 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Dark Lessons 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Deadly Arts 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Murder in the First Reel 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Police Procedurals 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Shadows 8 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	She Won the West 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	The Cowboys 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	The Ethnic Detectives 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	The Second Reel West 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	The Warriors 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Wickedest Show on Earth 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	101 Mystery Stories 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Great Modern Police Stories 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Halloween Horrors 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Mean Streets 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mystery in the Mainstream 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	Tales of Mystery 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Tales of the Dead 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	The Cattlemen 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	The Railroaders 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	The Steamboaters 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	The Third Reel West 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Wild Westerns 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	13 Short Detective Novels 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Manhattan Mysteries 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Prime Suspects 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Suspicious Characters 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	The Gunfighters 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	The Horse Soldiers 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Uncollected Crimes 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Best of the West 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Cloak and Dagger 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Criminal Elements 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Homicidal Acts 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Lady on the Case 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	The Texans 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Deadly Doings 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	Felonious Assaults 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Kill or Cure 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	Mammoth Book of World War II Stories 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	Mistletoe Mysteries 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	More Wild Westerns 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	The Arizonans 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	The Californians 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Best of the West 2 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Best of the West III 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	Christmas Out West 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Crime and Crime Again 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	The Northerners 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	The Northwesterners 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	A Treasury of Civil War Stories 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	A Treasury of World War II Stories 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	The Montanans 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Cat Crimes II 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Combat! 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Criminal Intent 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Dark Crimes 2 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Great Tales of the West 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Louis L'Amour Western Magazine 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Hardboiled 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Torture Trek and Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	100 Astounding Little Alien Stories 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	First Cases, Volume 1 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Gunfight! 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	A Century of Mystery 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Detective Duos 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	Giant Book of Short Crime Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	The Giant Book of War Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Irreconcilable Differences 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
122	Pure Pulp 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
123	The Best of the American West II 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
124	Crafty Cat Crimes 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
125	Oddments 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
126	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
127	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
128	A Century of Great Suspense Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
129	More Oddments 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
130	Most Wanted 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
131	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
132	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
133	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
134	Masters of Horror and the Supernatural 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
135	Blood and Other Cravings 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
136	Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
137	The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
138	Shivers VII 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
139	Dark Screams: Volume One 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
140	Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
141	Pussy Tales 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
142	Deadly Anniversaries 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
143	Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1998–2005)

Bill Pronzini's Carpenter and Quincannon Collections consists of two complete volumes published between 1998 and 2005, featuring stories about a pair of detectives working in San Francisco during the late 1800s. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services followed by Quincannon's Game. The series blends mystery and western elements through short fiction featuring the two titular investigators.

Start with Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services and read in order.

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1	Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Quincannon's Game 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (2013–2021)

The Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series comprises nine books published between 2013 and 2021, with the final installment appearing in 2021 suggesting the series is likely complete. These mysteries should be read in publication order, beginning with The Bughouse Affair and continuing through The Body Snatchers Affair, The Plague of Thieves Affair, The Dangerous Ladies Affair, The Bags of Tricks Affair, The Flimflam Affair, The Stolen Gold Affair, and concluding with The Paradise Affair. Bill Pronzini's series blends mystery and western elements across its nine entries, offering readers a complete story arc when followed in sequence.

Start with The Bughouse Affair, the first of 9 books in the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series.

#	Title
1	The Bughouse Affair 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Spook Lights Affair 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Body Snatchers Affair 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Plague of Thieves Affair 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Dangerous Ladies Affair 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Bags of Tricks Affair 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Flimflam Affair 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Stolen Gold Affair 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Paradise Affair 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1974–1974)

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1	Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (2014–2018)

Dark Screams is a horror anthology series comprising nine volumes published between 2014 and 2018. The series features short stories from multiple acclaimed horror and thriller writers including Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Richard T. Chizmar, and Ramsey Campbell, among others. Readers should follow the series in publication order, beginning with Volume One and progressing through Volume Nine. The complete series was finished in 2018.

Start with Dark Screams: Volume One(With: Stephen King,Kelley Armstrong,Richard T. Chizmar,Ramsey Campbell,Simon Clark,Brian James Freeman), the first of 9 books in the Dark Screams Anthology series.

3 books (1985–2005)

Bill Pronzini's John Quincannon series consists of three complete novels published between 1985 and 2005, following a detective character through mysteries spanning decades. The three books should be read in publication order: Quincannon, Beyond the Grave, and Quincannon's Game. This Western mystery series blends Pronzini's signature storytelling with period detective work and suspenseful plots.

Start with Quincannon and read in order.

#	Title
1	Quincannon 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Beyond the Grave 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Quincannon's Game 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

41 books (1971–2017)

The Nameless Detective series spans 41 mystery novels published between 1971 and 2017, following Bill Pronzini's unnamed private investigator protagonist through cases in San Francisco and beyond. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Snatch and progressing through to the final entry. Pronzini's long-running franchise blends classic detective work with evolving storytelling across nearly five decades of crime fiction.

Start with The Snatch, the first of 41 books in the Nameless Detective series.

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1	The Snatch 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Vanished 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Undercurrent 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Blowback 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Twospot 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Labyrinth 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Hoodwink 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dragonfire 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Scattershot 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Bindlestiff 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Double(With: Marcia Muller) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Nightshades 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Quicksilver 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Bones 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Deadfall 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Shackles 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Jackpot 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Breakdown 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Quarry 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Epitaphs 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Demons 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Hardcase 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Sentinels 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Illusions 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Boobytrap 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Crazybone 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Bleeders 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Spook 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Nightcrawlers 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Mourners 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Savages 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Fever 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Schemers 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Betrayers 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Camouflage 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Hellbox 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Nemesis 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Strangers 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Vixen 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Zigzag 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Endgame 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1983–2003)

The Nameless Detective Collections series consists of three complete volumes of short stories featuring Pronzini's unnamed detective protagonist, published across two decades from 1983 to 2003. Each book—Casefile, Spadework, and Scenarios—should be read in publication order to follow the character's development through various cases and investigations. This mystery series compiles interconnected tales that showcase the detective's methods and experiences across multiple decades of his career.

Start with Casefile and read in order.

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1	Casefile 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Spadework 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Scenarios 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2011–2012)

Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series includes three short story collections and novellas published between 2011 and 2012. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with Booktaker, followed by Femme, and concluding with Kinsmen. These entries blend mystery and thriller elements characteristic of Pronzini's work in the genre.

Start with Booktaker and read in order.

#	Title
1	Booktaker 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Femme 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Kinsmen 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1990–1990)

Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg edited this two-volume anthology collection published in 1990. The New Frontiers Collection is a complete series that should be read in publication order, beginning with Volume 1 followed by Volume 2. This anthology explores science fiction, mystery, thriller, and western themes through curated short fiction selections.

Start with New Frontiers, Vol. 1 and read in order.

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1	New Frontiers, Vol. 1 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	New Frontiers, Vol. 2(With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1982–1997)

Bill Pronzini's five-book non-fiction series spans from 1982 to 1997 and should be read in publication order beginning with Gun in Cheek. The complete series includes Gun in Cheek, San Francisco, 1001 Midnights, Son of Gun in Cheek, and Six Gun In Cheek. These volumes combine Pronzini's expertise across science fiction, mystery, thriller, and western genres with his analytical approach to literary criticism and cultural commentary.

Start with Gun in Cheek, the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Gun in Cheek 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	San Francisco 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	1001 Midnights 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Son of Gun in Cheek 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Six Gun In Cheek 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1984–1988)

Bill Pronzini's Oxman and Tobin Mysteries is a two-book mystery series published between 1984 and 1988. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Eye followed by Shadowtown. Both entries are standalone mysteries featuring the titular detective duo.

Start with The Eye and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Eye 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shadowtown(By: John Lutz) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1983–2015)

Bill Pronzini's Short Stories/Novellas collection spans eight books published between 1983 and 2015, showcasing the acclaimed author's versatility across science fiction, mystery, thriller, and western genres. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Cat's Paw and concluding with Wishful Thinking. Each entry stands as an independent short work or novella, making the series accessible to readers seeking self-contained stories from a master of multiple genres.

Start with Cat’s Paw, the first of 8 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Cat’s Paw 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Here Comes Santa Claus 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Home Is The Place Where 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Big Bite 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Devil's Brew 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Pumpkin 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Wishful Thinking 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (1984–2025)

Bill Pronzini's Short Story Collections series comprises 18 books published between 1984 and 2024, with new entries continuing to be released. The series spans multiple genres including science fiction, mystery, thriller, and western fiction, with many volumes edited by Pronzini featuring work from other authors or co-written with collaborators like Marcia Muller and Barry N. Malzberg. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee. Each volume offers a distinct selection of short stories, with some focusing on specific authors' best work and others presenting original collaborative fiction.

Start with The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee, the first of 18 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Graveyard Plots 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Small Felonies 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham(With: Frank Bonham) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stacked Deck 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr.(With: Les Savage Jr.) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Sleuths 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Burgade's Crossing 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Problems Solved 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	On Account of Darkness and Other Stories(With: Barry N. Malzberg) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Coyote and Quarter-Moon 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Crucifixion River(With: Marcia Muller) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Dago Red 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Duo(With: Marcia Muller) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Small Felonies 2 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Cream of the Crop 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Tales of the Impossible 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (1971–2019)

Bill Pronzini wrote 40 standalone novels across science fiction, mystery, thriller, and western genres between 1971 and 2019, with the series now complete. Each book functions as an independent story unrelated to the others, allowing readers to start with any title that interests them, though publication order beginning with The Stalker is available for those who prefer to follow the author's output chronologically. The collection spans nearly five decades of Pronzini's diverse storytelling, from The Jade Figurine and Dead Run to later works like The Cambodia File and beyond.

Start with The Stalker, the first of 40 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Stalker 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Panic! 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Jade Figurine 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Snowbound 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Dead Run 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Freebooty 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Games 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Running of Beasts 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Acts of Mercy 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wildfire 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A killing in Xanadu 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Prose Bowl 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Duel at Gold Buttes 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Masques 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Cambodia File 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Border Fever 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Day of the Moon 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Gallows Land 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Starvation Camp 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Lighthouse(With: Marcia Muller) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Firewind 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Hangings 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Carmody's Run 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	With an Extreme Burning 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Blue Lonesome 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	A Wasteland of Strangers 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Nothing But the Night 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	All the Long Years 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	In an Evil Time 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Step to the Graveyard Easy 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Alias Man 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Crimes of Jordan Wise 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Other Side of Silence 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Hidden 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Marcia Muller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Night Freight 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Violated 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Give-A-Damn Jones 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible