Marcia Muller Reading Order

34 books (1983–2020)

Start with The Web She Weaves, the first of 34 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Web She Weaves 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Child's Ploy 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Witches' Brew 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	Chapter and Hearse 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dark Lessons 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	Deadly Arts 1985Buy 🇺🇸
7	She Won the West 1985Buy 🇺🇸
8	Wickedest Show on Earth 1985Buy 🇺🇸
9	Lady on the Case 1988Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories 1988Buy 🇺🇸
11	Kill or Cure 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	Sisters in Crime 2 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Woman's Eye 1991Buy 🇺🇸
14	Criminal Intent 1993Buy 🇺🇸
15	Dark Crimes 2 1993Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 1994Buy 🇺🇸
17	Women of Mystery II 1994Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 1995Buy 🇺🇸
19	First Cases, Volume 1 1996Buy 🇺🇸
20	Guilty as Charged 1996Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 1996Buy 🇺🇸
22	Women on the Case 1996Buy 🇺🇸
23	100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸
24	A Century of Mystery 1997Buy 🇺🇸
25	Detective Duos 1997Buy 🇺🇸
26	Mystery's Most Wanted 1997Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997 1998Buy 🇺🇸
28	Women of Mystery III 1998Buy 🇺🇸
29	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 2000Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years 2001Buy 🇺🇸
31	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸
32	Deadly Housewives 2006Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Shamus Winners 2010Buy 🇺🇸
34	Deadly Anniversaries 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2001–2005)

Start with Point Deception and read in order.

#	Title
1	Point Deception 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cyanide Wells 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cape Perdido 2005Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2013–2021)

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

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

2 books (1983–1985)

Start with The Tree of Death and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Tree of Death 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Legend of the Slain Soldiers 1985Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1986–1989)

Start with The Cavalier in White and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Cavalier in White 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	There Hangs the Knife 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dark Star 1989Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1985–2005)

Start with Quincannon(By: Bill Pronzini) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Quincannon(By: Bill Pronzini) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Beyond the Grave 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Quincannon's Game(By: Bill Pronzini) 2005Buy 🇺🇸

41 books (1971–2017)

Start with The Snatch(By: Bill Pronzini), the first of 41 books in the Nameless Detective series.

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

39 books (1977–2024)

Start with Edwin of the Iron Shoes, the first of 39 books in the Sharon McCone series.

#	Title
1	Edwin of the Iron Shoes 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ask the Cards a Question 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Cheshire Cat's Eye 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	Double(With: Bill Pronzini) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
5	Games to Keep the Dark Away 1984Buy 🇺🇸
6	Leave a Message for Willie 1984Buy 🇺🇸
7	There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of 1985Buy 🇺🇸
8	Eye of the Storm 1988Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Shape of Dread 1989Buy 🇺🇸
10	There's Something in a Sunday 1990Buy 🇺🇸
11	Trophies and Dead Things 1990Buy 🇺🇸
12	Where Echoes Live 1991Buy 🇺🇸
13	Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes 1992Buy 🇺🇸
14	Wolf in the Shadows 1993Buy 🇺🇸
15	Till the Butchers Cut Him Down 1994Buy 🇺🇸
16	A Wild and Lonely Place 1995Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Broken Promise Land 1996Buy 🇺🇸
18	Both Ends of the Night 1997Buy 🇺🇸
19	While Other People Sleep 1998Buy 🇺🇸
20	A Walk Through the Fire 1999Buy 🇺🇸
21	Listen to the Silence 2000Buy 🇺🇸
22	Dead Midnight 2002Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Dangerous Hour 2004Buy 🇺🇸
24	Vanishing Point 2006Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Ever-Running Man 2007Buy 🇺🇸
26	Burn Out 2008Buy 🇺🇸
27	Locked In 2009Buy 🇺🇸
28	Coming Back 2010Buy 🇺🇸
29	City of Whispers 2011Buy 🇺🇸
30	Looking for Yesterday 2012Buy 🇺🇸
31	Skeleton in the Closet 2012Buy 🇺🇸
32	Merrill-Go-Round 2014Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Night Searchers 2014Buy 🇺🇸
34	Someone Always Knows 2016Buy 🇺🇸
35	Tell Me Who I Am 2016Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Color of Fear 2017Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Breakers 2018Buy 🇺🇸
38	Ice and Stone 2021Buy 🇺🇸
39	Circle in the Water 2024Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1995–1999)

Start with The McCone Files and read in order.

#	Title
1	The McCone Files 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	McCone and Friends 1999Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1989–1991)

Start with Deadly Fantasies and read in order.

5 books (1991–2012)

Start with Deceptions, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Deceptions 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Duo 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Time of the Wolves 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Somewhere in the City 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Duo(With: Bill Pronzini) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1986–2014)

Start with The Lighthouse(With: Bill Pronzini), the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Lighthouse(With: Bill Pronzini) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Crucifixion River(With: Bill Pronzini) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Lighthouse of Terror(With: Bill Pronzini) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Kindling Point 2014Buy 🇺🇸