Phoebe Atwood Taylor Reading Order
1 series · 38 books
Phoebe Atwood Taylor was an American mystery novelist whose career spanned six decades, producing over three dozen detective novels from the 1930s through the early 1990s. A Barnard College graduate, she crafted intricate whodunits that showcased her wit and inventive plotting, establishing herself as a prominent voice in twentieth-century mystery fiction. Her body of work reflects both the Golden Age conventions of the genre and her distinctive narrative voice, making her novels enduring favorites among classic crime fiction enthusiasts.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete38 books
Start with The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern, the first of 38 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A fourth book of lessons for reading |
| 2 | Banbury Bog |
| 3 | Cold Steal |
| 4 | Dead Ernest |
| 5 | Death Lights a Candle |
| 6 | Deathblow hill |
| 7 | Diplomatic Corpse (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery) |
| 8 | Figure Away (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery) |
| 9 | File for Record |
| 10 | Flowers of loveliness |
| 11 | Going, going, gone |
| 12 | Murder at the New York World's Fair |
| 13 | Out of Order |
| 14 | Punch with care |
| 15 | Sandbar Sinister |
| 16 | Spring Harrowing |
| 17 | The Cape Cod Mystery |
| 18 | The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo Mysteries) (Vintage Pyramid, X-2152) |
| 19 | The Cut Direct |
| 20 | The Hollow Chest |
| 21 | The Iron Clew |
| 22 | The Left Leg |
| 23 | The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players |
| 24 | The Perennial Boarder |
| 25 | The Tinkling Symbol |
| 26 | The annulet of gilt |
| 27 | The asey mayo trio, three mystery stories |
| 28 | The criminal C.O.D |
| 29 | The crimson patch |
| 30 | The six iron spiders |
| 31 | Three plots for Asey Mayo |
| 32 | Todernst |
| 33 | The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern 1930 |
| 34 | Octagon House 1974 |
| 35 | Proof of the pudding 1974 |
| 36 | The Asey Mayo Trio 1974 |
| 37 | Beginning with a bash 1985 |
| 38 | The Deadly Sunshade 1992 |
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