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The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery Series ⁽²⁾
Title	Publisher	Format	Date	List	ISBN
Burglar's Can't Be Choosers	Random House Dutton	US-HC US-RHC	1977 1995	$4.95 $19.95	0394411838 0525939431
The Burglar in the Closet	Random House Dutton	US-HC US-RHC	1978 1995	$6.95 $21.95	0394423747 0525939938
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling ⁽³⁾	Random House Dutton	US-HC US-RHC	1979 1996	$7.95 $22.95	0394504178 0525941592
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza	Random House Dutton	US-HC US-RHC	1980 1997	$8.95 $23.95	0394510658 0525941800
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian	Arbor House Dutton	US-HC US-RHC	1983 1998	$14.50 $23.95	0877955174 052594382X
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams	Dutton	US-HC	1994	$19.95	0525938079
The Burglar Who Though He Was Bogart	Dutton	US-HC	1995	$21.95	0525940162
The Burglar in the Library	Dutton	US-HC	1997	$23.95	0525943013
The Burglar in the Rye	Dutton	US-HC	1999	$23.95	0525945008
The Burglar on the Prowl	William Morrow	US-HC	2004	$24.95	0060198303

The Chip Harrison Mystery Series ⁽⁴⁾
Title	Publisher	Format	Date	List	ISBN
No Score	Fawcett	US-PB	1970	-	-
Chip Harrison Scores Again	Fawcett	US-PB	1971	-	-
Make Out With Murder (later published as The Five Little Rich Girls)	Fawcett Allison and Busby Random House	US-PB UK-HC US-HC	1974 1984 1984	- £8.95 $13.95	- 085031545X 0805281835
The Topless Tulip Caper	Fawcett Allison and Busby Random House	US-PB UK-HC US-HC	1975 1984 1984	- £8.95 $13.95	- 0850315727 0805282025

The Keller Mystery Series ⁽⁵⁾
Title	Publisher	Format	Date	List	ISBN
Hit Man	William Morrow Orion HarperTorch	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1998 1998 1999	$22.00 £16.99 $6.99	068814179X 0752814370 038072541X
Hit List	HarperCollins Orion HarperTorch	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	2000 2000 2002	$25.00 £16.99 $7.99	0060198338 0752838385 0061030996
Hit Parade	William Morrow Orion HarperTorch	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	2006 2006 2007	$24.95 £16.99 $7.99	0060840889 0752873458 0060840897
Hit and Run	William Morrow	US-HC	2008	$24.95	0060840900

The Matthew Scudder Mystery Series ⁽⁶⁾
Title	Publisher	Format	Date	List	ISBN
The Sins of the Fathers	Dell Robert Hale Dark Harvest	US-PB UK-HC US-RHC	1976 1979 1992	- £3.95 $19.95	- 0709173148 0913165662
In the Midst of Death	Dell Robert Hale G&G Publishing	US-PB UK-HC US-RHC	1976 1979 1996	- £3.95 $27.95	- 0709173156 0964919303
Time to Murder and Create	Dell Robert Hale Dark Harvest	US-PB UK-HC US-RHC	1977 1979 1993	- £4.50 $21.95	- 0709173164 091316562X
A Stab in the Dark	Arbor House Robert Hale Jove Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1981 1982 1982	- £6.95 -	0877953406 070919885X 0515073997
Eight Million Ways to Die ⁽⁷⁾	Arbor House Robert Hale Jove Books William Morrow	US-HC UK-HC US-PB US-RHC	1982 1983 1983 2008	$13.50 £8.95 - $19.95	0877954054 0709009283 051507537X 0061457965
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes	Arbor House Macmillan Jove Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1986 1987 1987	$15.95 - -	0877957746 033343417X 0441880975
Out on the Cutting Edge	William Morrow and Co. Avon Books	US-HC US-PB	1989 1990	$17.95 -	0688090699 0380709937
A Ticket to the Boneyard	William Morrow and Co. Avon Books	US-HC US-PB	1990 1991	$18.95 -	0688090702 0380709945
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse ⁽⁸⁾	William Morrow and Co. Avon Books	US-HC US-PB	1991 1992	$19.00 -	0688130499 0380713748
A Walk Among the Tombstones	William Morrow and Co. Orion Avon Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1992 1993 1993	$17.00 £13.99 -	0688103502 1857970608 0380713756
The Devil Knows You're Dead ⁽⁹⁾	William Morrow and Co. Orion Avon Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1993 1994 1994	$20.00 £15.99 -	0688121926 1857972708 038072023X
A Long Line of Dead Men	William Morrow and Co. Orion Avon Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1994 1995 1996	$20.00 £15.99 -	0688121934 1857976495 0380720248
Even the Wicked	William Morrow and Co. Orion Avon Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1997 1997 1998	$23.00 £15.99 -	0688141811 0752804375 0380725347
Everybody Dies	William Morrow and Co. Orion Avon Books	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1998 1998 1999	$25.00 £16.99 -	068814182X 0752802135 0380725355
Hope To Die	William Morrow and Co. Orion HarperTorch	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	2001 2001 2002	$25.00 £16.99 $7.99	006019832X 0752838393 006103097X
All The Flowers Are Dying	William Morrow and Co. Orion HarperTorch	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	2005 2005 2006	$24.95 £12.99 $7.99	0060198311 0752859846 0061030961

The Evan Tanner Mystery Series ⁽¹⁰⁾
Title	Publisher	Format	Date	List	ISBN
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep	Fawcett Otto Penzler Books	US-PB US-RHC	1966 1994	- $22.00	- 1562870645
The Canceled Czech	Fawcett Otto Penzler Books	US-PB US-RHC	1966 1994	- $22.00	- 1562870653
Tanner's Twelve Swingers	Fawcett	US-PB	1967	-	-
Two for Tanner (later published as The Scoreless Thai)	Fawcett Subterranean Press	US-PB US-RHC	1968 2000	- $30.00	- 1892284995
Tanner's Tigers	Fawcett Subterranean Press	US-PB US-RHC	1968 2001	- $30.00	- 1931081433
Here Comes a Hero (also published as Tanner's Virgin)	Fawcett Subterranean Press	US-PB US-RHC	1968 2006	- $30.00	- 1596060190
Me Tanner, You Jane	MacMillan	US-PB	1970	-	-
Tanner on Ice	Dutton No Exit Press Signet	US-HC UK-HC US-PB	1998 1998 1999	$23.95 £10.00 $6.99	0525944214 1901982335 0451194101

Non-series originally written as Sheldon Lord (11)
Title	Publisher	Format	Date	List	ISBN
Lucky at Cards (originally published in 1964 as The Sex Shuffle)	Hard Case Crime	US-PB	2007	$6.99	0843957689
A Diet of Treacle (originally published in 1961 as Pads are for Passion)	Hard Case Crime	US-PB	2008	$6.99	0843959576

Notes

(1) Author's website: LawrenceBlock.com. Lawrence Block is also the author of a large number of non-series novels (information to be added at a later date).

(2) Bernie Rhodenbarr is an antiquarian bookseller by day, burglar by night.

(3) Winner of the 1979 Nero Award.

(4) The first two books of the Chip Harrison series are not mysteries; the last two are puzzle mysteries. When originally published, they were authored by "Chip Harrison".

(5) John Keller is an urban gun-for-hire.

(6) Matthew Scudder is a hard-drinking (though later sober) ex-cop and unlicensed private investigator.

(7) Winner of the 1982 Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover.

(8) Winner of the 1994 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

(9) Winner of the 1994 Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover.

(10) Evan Tanner is a Korean War veteran who has lost the ability to sleep.

(11) Lawrence Block used the pseudonym Sheldon Lord when he published a series of hard-boiled novels in the early 1960s.