TITLES OF NERO WOLFE STORIES

 

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STORY ABBREVIATIONS:

     The first set of abbreviations represents STORY TITLE; the second set represents BOOK TITLE for short stories that are collected in volume form.  Following the abbreviations are: 1. STORY TITLE and ALTERNATE STORY TITLE; 2. number of pages in story; 3. number of chapters; 4. date of publication or first copyright.  There are 72 Nero Wolfe murder mysteries and two rewrites.  Nero Wolfe stories written by Robert Goldsborough are listed after the original ones by Rex Stout.

 

        Title                                          Pages  chap  Date

AV      AND BE A VILLAIN or “MORE DEATHS THAN ONE”      156    26   1948

FG      AND FOUR TO GO (collection)                                 1958

AB  T   ASSAULT ON A BROWNSTONE (rewrite: COUNTERFEIT    71     8   1959

           FOR MURDER)   

BD  TT  BEFORE I DIE                                     51     8   1945

BM      BEFORE MIDNIGHT                                 149    22   1955

BE  T   BITTER END                                       73     1   1940

BO  BO  BLACK ORCHIDS                                    94    10   1941

TB      BLACK MOUNTAIN, THE                             143    16   1954

BW  BI  BLOOD WILL TELL                                  63    10   1964

BT  NE  BOOBY TRAP                                       76     8   1942

FO  CT  BULLET FOR ONE                                   56    15   1948

CO      CHAMPAGNE FOR ONE                               152    17   1957

CP  FG  CHRISTMAS PARTY or “THE CHRISTMAS PARTY MURDER”  44     8   1956

CK  TJ  COP-KILLER, THE                                  64     7   1951

CI  BO  CORDIALLY INVITED TO MEET DEATH                  87     7   1942

CM  HT  COUNTERFEIT FOR MURDER or “THE COUNTERFEITER’S   60     9   1961

           KNIFE” (rewrite: ASSAULT ON A BROWNSTONE)

CT      CURTAINS FOR THREE (collection)                             1950

D   HT  DEATH OF A DEMON                                 63    10   1962

DD      DEATH OF A DOXY                                 122    17   1966

OD      DEATH OF A DUDE                                 153    15   1969

T       DEATH TIMES THREE (collection)                              1985

LD  TW  DIE LIKE A DOG or “THE BODY IN THE HALL”         58     7   1954

DM  CT  DISGUISE FOR MURDER or “THE TWISTED SCARF”       67    10   1950

DT  TD  DOOR TO DEATH                                    47    10   1949

DR      DOORBELL RANG, THE                              122    15   1965

EP  FG  EASTER PARADE or “THE EASTER PARADE MURDER”      31     8   1957

EM  HT  EENY MEENY MURDER MO                             61     9   1962

FA      FAMILY AFFAIR, A (last Nero Wolfe story)        167    18   1975

FH      FATHER HUNT, THE                                139    17   1968

F       FER-DE-LANCE (first Nero Wolfe story)           187    19   1934

FD      FINAL DEDUCTION, THE                            124    16   1955

JP  FG  FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC or “LABOR UNION MURDER”    31     7   1957

FM  T   FRAME-UP FOR MURDER or “MURDER IS NO JOKE”       69     3   1957

G       GAMBIT                                          137    15   1962

GS      GOLDEN SPIDERS, THE                             150    17   1953

GW  CT  GUN WITH WINGS, THE                              59     9   1949

HW  TT  HELP WANTED, MALE                                50     9   1945

HR  TJ  HOME TO ROOST or “NERO WOLFE AND THE COMMUNIST   54     9   1952

           KILLER”

HT      HOMICIDE TRINITY (collection)                               1962

DS      IF DEATH EVER SLEPT                             151    18   1957

IM  FC  IMMUNE TO MURDER                                 46     9   1955

BF      IN THE BEST FAMILIES                            156    22   1950

IE  TT  INSTEAD OF EVIDENCE or “MURDER ON TUESDAY”       48    11   1945

IT  TO  INVITATION TO MURDER or “WILL TO MURDER”         52     7   1953

KN  BI  KILL NOW--PAY LATER                              69     9   1961

LM      LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED MEN, THE                   203    22   1935

MA  TD  MAN ALIVE                                        54    14   1947

MM  WD  METHOD THREE FOR MURDER                          53    11   1960

AD      MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD                           154    19   1956

MH      MOTHER HUNT, THE                                138    20   1963

MB      MURDER BY THE BOOK                              168    23   1951

MC  BI  MURDER IS CORNY                                  64     7   1963

MJ  FG  MURDER IS NO JOKE (rewrite: FRAME-UP FOR MURDER) 34     5   1957

NW  TW  NEXT WITNESS, THE or “THE LAST WITNESS”          62     6   1954

NE  NE  NOT QUITE DEAD ENOUGH                            76    13   1942

OF  TD  OMIT FLOWERS                                     48    11   1948

OB      OVER MY DEAD BODY                               187    19   1939

PG      PLEASE PASS THE GUILT                           168    19   1973

PY      PLOT IT YOURSELF                                137    19   1959

PA  WD  POISON A LA CARTE                                49     9   1960

PB      PRISONER'S BASE                                 154    16   1952

RB      RED BOX, THE                                    183    20   1936

RD      RIGHT TO DIE, A                                 136    16   1964

RM  WD  RODEO MURDER, THE                                52     8   1960

TR      RUBBER BAND, THE                                185    20   1936

SC      SECOND CONFESSION, THE                          154    23   1949

SS      SILENT SPEAKER, THE                             167    36   1946

SB      SOME BURIED CAESAR                              184    21   1938

SM  TJ  SQUIRT AND THE MONKEY, THE or “SEE NO EVIL”      55     7   1951

WK  TO  THIS WON'T KILL YOU                              47     7   1952

WD      THREE AT WOLFE’S DOOR (collection)                          1960

TD      THREE DOORS TO DEATH (collection)                           1950

FC      THREE FOR THE CHAIR (collection)                            1957

TO      THREE MEN OUT (collection)                                  1954

TW      THREE WITNESSES (collection)                                1956

TC      TOO MANY CLIENTS                                135    17   1960

TM      TOO MANY COOKS                                  180    17   1938

MD  FC  TOO MANY DETECTIVES                              55     9   1956

MW      TOO MANY WOMEN                                  169    35   1947

BI      TRIO FOR BLUNT INSTRUMENTS (collection)                     1964

TJ      TRIPLE JEOPARDY (collection)                                1952

TT      TROUBLE IN TRIPLICATE (collection)                          1949

WM  TW  WHEN A MAN MURDERS                               59     5   1954

WW      WHERE THERE'S A WILL                            156    18   1940

AW  FC  WINDOW FOR DEATH, A or “NERO WOLFE AND THE       53     8   1956

           VANISHING CLUE”

ZC  TO  ZERO CLUE, THE or “SCARED TO DEATH”              51     7   1952

 

Nero Wolfe stories by Robert Goldsborough:

AM      ARCHIE IN THE CROSSHAIRS                        235    32   2015

AM      ARCHIE MEETS NERO WOLFE                         221    30   2012

BV      BLOODIED IVY, THE                               189    24   1988

DO      DEATH ON DEADLINE                               185    23   1987

FB      FADE TO BLACK                                   213    21   1990

LC      LAST COINCIDENCE, THE                           202    24   1989

MI      MISSING CHAPTER, THE                            256    22   1994

ME      MURDER IN E MINOR                               196    23   1986

BP      MURDER IN THE BALL PARK                         228    30   2014

SI      SILVER SPIRE                                    223    19   1992

AM      STOP THE PRESSES!                               237    33   2016