American writer · 1938
Lawrence Block Books in Order
82 books · 2 series · 1960-2022
Lawrence Block is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Block has written in the genres of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century, releasing over 100 books.
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| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Sins of the Fathers | 1976 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Time to Murder and Create | 1976 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | In the Midst of Death | 1997 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | A Stab in the Dark | 1981 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Eight Million Ways to Die | 1982 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | When the Sacred Ginmill Closes | 1986 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | Out on the Cutting Edge | 1989 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | A Ticket to the Boneyard | 1990 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | A Dance at the Slaughterhouse | 1991 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | A Walk Among the Tombstones | 1992 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | The Devil Knows You're Dead | 1993 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | A Long Line of Dead Men | 1994 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | Even the Wicked | 1997 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | Everybody Dies | 1998 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | Hope to Die | 2001 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | All the Flowers Are Dying | 2005 | Amazon |
| 17 |  | A Drop of the Hard Stuff | 2011 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Burglars Can't Be Choosers | 1977 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Burglar in Closet | 1978 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling | 1979 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza | 1980 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian | 1983 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams | 1994 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | The Burglar in the Library | 1997 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | The Burglar in the Rye | 1999 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | The Burglar on the Prowl | 2004 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons | 2013 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | The Burglar in Short Order | 2020 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown | 2022 | Amazon |
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Reading Lawrence Block in order
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