Joseph Hansen Reading Order
1 series · 89 books
Joseph Hansen was an American author who produced nearly ninety books spanning mystery, thriller, and gay and lesbian fiction. He gained particular recognition for his Dave Brandstetter detective series, which brought depth and authenticity to crime fiction while centered on a gay protagonist. Born in South Dakota to a shoemaker's family, Hansen eventually settled in California, where he developed his career as one of the most prolific genre writers of his generation.
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Standalone Novels Series
89 books
Joseph Hansen wrote 89 standalone novels published over several decades, with titles including A Country of Old Men, Blood Snow and Classic Cars, and various Bohannon-centered works. These books should be read in publication order beginning with A Country of Old Men. The series status as complete or ongoing is unclear, though the substantial number of titles suggests a prolific output across Hansen's career. While presented as standalone entries, readers following publication order will experience Hansen's evolution as a writer across his diverse body of work.
Start with A Country of Old Men, the first of 89 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Country of Old Men |
| 2 | A Few Doors West of Hope |
| 3 | A smile in his lifetime |
| 4 | Backtrack |
| 5 | Blood, snow, and classic cars |
| 6 | Bohannon's 10-copy counter siaplay |
| 7 | Bohannon's Book |
| 8 | Bohannon's Women |
| 9 | Bohannon's book |
| 10 | Bohannon's country |
| 11 | Bohannon's country |
| 12 | Bohannon's women |
| 13 | Brandstetter & others |
| 14 | Brandstetter and Other Stories |
| 15 | Class, party, and state and the Eastern European revolution |
| 16 | Death claims |
| 17 | Death claims |
| 18 | Die Rheinprovinz 1815-1915 |
| 19 | Die Rheinprovinz 1815-1915 |
| 20 | Die Rheinprovinz 1815-1915 |
| 21 | Dog and Other Stories |
| 22 | Don Slater, 1923-1997 |
| 23 | Dynamics of the Cuban Revolution |
| 24 | Early Graves |
| 25 | Early Graves (A Brandstetter Mystery) |
| 26 | Early graves |
| 27 | En haut des marches (French Edition) |
| 28 | Fadeout |
| 29 | Fadeout |
| 30 | Fadeout |
| 31 | Gravedigger |
| 32 | Gravedigger |
| 33 | Gravedigger |
| 34 | Gravedigger (A Brandstetter Mystery) |
| 35 | Healy's Big Lie |
| 36 | In defense of the Cuban revolution |
| 37 | Jack of Hearts |
| 38 | James P. Cannon |
| 39 | Job's year |
| 40 | Le Petit Chien riait, 3ème édition |
| 41 | Les mouettes volent bas |
| 42 | Les ravages de la nuit |
| 43 | Living Upstairs |
| 44 | Man Everybody Was Afraid Of |
| 45 | Maoism vs. Bolshevism |
| 46 | Marxism Vs. Ultraleftism |
| 47 | Nightwork |
| 48 | Nightwork (A Brandstetter Mystery) |
| 49 | Nightwork (A Dave Brandstetter Mystery) |
| 50 | Obedience |
| 51 | Obedience |
| 52 | Obedience (Dave Brandstetter Mystery) |
| 53 | One foot in the boat |
| 54 | Par qui la mort arrive |
| 55 | Pretty Boy Dead |
| 56 | Pretty boy dead |
| 57 | Rheinische Briefe und Akten zur Geschichte der politischen Bewegung, 1830-1850 (v. 1: Deutsche Geschichtsquellen des 19. Jahrhunderts) |
| 58 | Skinflick |
| 59 | Skinflick |
| 60 | Steps going down |
| 61 | Steps going down |
| 62 | Strange marriage |
| 63 | Stranger to himself |
| 64 | The "population explosion" |
| 65 | The Boy Who Was Buried this Morning |
| 66 | The Cutbank Path |
| 67 | The Leninist strategy of party building |
| 68 | The Little Dog Laughed |
| 69 | The Little Dog Laughed |
| 70 | The Little Dog Laughed (A Brandstetter Mystery) |
| 71 | The Socialist workers party : what it is - what it stands for |
| 72 | The Workers' and Farmers' Government |
| 73 | The boy who was buried this morning |
| 74 | The complete Brandstetter |
| 75 | The cutbank path |
| 76 | The dog and other stories |
| 77 | The little dog laughed |
| 78 | The man everybody was afraid of |
| 79 | The man everybody was afraid of |
| 80 | The theory of the Cuban revolution |
| 81 | The transitional program for socialist revolution |
| 82 | The truth about Cuba |
| 83 | Too Many Babies? |
| 84 | Trotskyism and the Cuban Revolution |
| 85 | Trouble maker |
| 86 | Troublemaker |
| 87 | Un Blond évaporé |
| 88 | Un pied dans la tombe (French Edition) |
| 89 | Zauberwahn |
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