REX STOUT:

This is Stout's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. One short story collection and one novel (nos.  55-56) were published well after Stout's death. Two short stories have never been collected, as far as I know.

NW = Nero Wolfe
DB = Theodolinda "Dol" Bonner
TF = Tecumseh Fox
AH = Alphabet Hicks


  1. FER-DE-LANCE 1934 (Meet Nero Wolfe)
    Fer-de-lance
    (NW)

  2. THE LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED MEN 1935
    Rädda herrars klubb
    (NW)

  3. THE RUBBER BAND 1936 (To kill again)
    (NW)

  4. THE RED BOX 1937 (Case of the red box)
    Det röda skrinet
    (NW)

  5. THE HAND IN THE GLOVE 1937 (Crime on her hands)
    Ett par nya handskar
    (DB)

  6. TOO MANY COOKS 1938
    Ju fler kockar
    (NW)

  7. SOME BURIED CAESAR 1939 (The red bull)
    Caesar är död
    (NW)

  8. MOUNTAIN CAT 1939 (The mountain cat murders)

  9. DOUBLE FOR DEATH 1939
    (TF)

  10. RED THREADS 1939

  11. OVER MY DEAD BODY 1939
    (NW)

  12. WHERE THERE'S A WILL 1940
    (NW)

  13. BAD FOR BUSINESS 1940
    (TF/DB)

  14. THE BROKEN VASE 1941
    (TF)

  15. ALPHABET HICKS 1941 (The sound of murder)
    (AH)

  16. BLACK ORCHIDS 1942
    (NW)

    1. Black orchids (The case of the black orchids/Death wears an orchid)
      Svarta orkidéer
    2. Cordially invited to meet death (Invitation to murder)

  17. NOT QUITE DEAD ENOUGH 1944
    (NW)

    1. Not quite dead enough
    2. Booby trap
  18. THE SILENT SPEAKER 1946
    (NW)

  19. TOO MANY WOMEN 1947
    Mord i jungfruburen
    (NW)

  20. AND BE A VILLAIN 1948 (More deaths than one)
    (NW)

  21. TROUBLE IN TRIPLICATE 1949
    (NW)

    1. Before I die
    2. Help wanted, male
       Tjock man får anställning
    3. Instead of evidence
       Mord på en tisdag

  22. THE SECOND CONFESSION 1949
    (NW)

  23. THREE DOORS TO DEATH 1950
    (NW)

    1. Man alive
       Mord bland modekungar
    2. Omit flowers
       Blommor undanbedes
    3. Door to death
       Livsfarlig ingång

  24. IN THE BEST FAMILIES 1950 (Even in the best families)
    Nero Wolfe försvinner
    (NW)

  25. CURTAINS FOR THREE 1951
    (NW)

    1. The gun with wings
       Nero Wolfe på svag is
    2. Bullet for one
       Hoppla vi rider
    3. Disguise for murder (The affair of the twisted scarf/The twisted scarf)
      Stryparen

  26. MURDER BY THE BOOK 1951
    (NW)

  27. TRIPLE JEOPARDY 1952
    (NW)

    1. Home to roost (Nero Wolfe and the Communist killer)
    2. The cop-killer (Cop killer)
      Mord på polis
    3. The squirt and the monkey (The Dazzle Dan murder case/See no evil)

  28. PRISONER'S BASE 1952 (Out she goes)
    Farligt arv
    (NW)

  29. THE GOLDEN SPIDERS 1953
    (NW)

  30. THREE MEN OUT 1954
    (NW)

    1. Invitation to murder (Will to murder)
      Nero älskar mord
    2. The zero clue (Scared to death)
      Den felande nollan
    3. This won't kill you (This will kill you/The world series murder)
      Mord på stadion

  31. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1954
    Det svarta berget
    (NW)

  32. BEFORE MIDNIGHT 1955
    Före midnatt
    (NW)

  33. THREE WITNESSES 1956
    (NW)

    1. The next witness (The last witness)
    2. When a man murders…
    3. Die like a dog (The body in the hall/A dog in the daytime)

  34. MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD 1956
    Nästan död
    (NW)

  35. THREE FOR THE CHAIR 1957

    1. A window for death (Nero Wolfe and the vanishing clue)
      (NW)
    2. Immune to murder
      (NW)
    3. Too many detectives
       För många detektiver
      (NW/DB)

  36. IF DEATH EVER SLEPT 1957
    Det tysta vittnet
    (NW)

  37. AND FOUR TO GO 1958 (Crime and again)
    (NW)

    1. Christmas party (The Christmas party murder)
      En cocktail före jul
    2. Easter parade (The Easter parade murder)
    3. Fourth of July picnic (The Fourth of July murder/Labor union murder)
      Mordet på nationaldagen
    4. Murder is no joke

  38. CHAMPAGNE FOR ONE 1958
    Drick ur ditt glas
    (NW)

  39. PLOT IT YOURSELF 1959 (Murder in style)
    Mord mellan raderna
    (NW)

  40. THREE AT WOLFE'S DOOR 1960
    (NW)

    1. Poison ā la carte
       Gift ā la carte
    2. Method three for murder
    3. The rodeo murder (The penthouse murder)

  41. TOO MANY CLIENTS 1960
    (NW)

  42. THE FINAL DEDUCTION 1961
    En väv av lögn
    (NW)

  43. HOMICIDE TRINITY 1962
    (NW)

    1. Eeny meeny murder mo
    2. Death of a demon (The gun puzzle)
    3. Counterfeit for murder (The counterfeiter's knife)
      Kvinnan som hatade poliser

  44. GAMBIT 1962
    (NW)

  45. THE MOTHER HUNT 1963
    (NW)

  46. TRIO FOR BLUNT INSTRUMENTS 1964
    (NW)

    1. Kill now - pay later
       Döda nu - betala senare
    2. Murder is corny
    3. Blood will tell

  47. A RIGHT TO DIE 1964
    Ingen i helaste världen
    (NW)

  48. THE DOORBELL RANG 1965
    Det ringde på dörren
    (NW)

  49. DEATH OF A DOXY 1966
    Lätt dams död
    (NW)

  50. THE FATHER HUNT 1968
    (NW)

  51. DEATH OF A DUDE 1969
    (NW)

  52. PLEASE PASS THE GUILT 1973
    PM för en VD
    (NW)

  53. A FAMILY AFFAIR 1975
    Kvintetten som sprängdes
    (NW)

  54. JUSTICE ENDS AT HOME 1977

    1. The rope dance
    2. An officer and a lady
    3. The mother of invention
    4. An agacella or
    5. A tyrant abdicates
    6. The pay-yeoman
    7. Rose orchid
    8. The lie
    9. Heels of fate
    10. Pamfret and peace
    11. Méthode américaine
    12. Jonathan Stannard's secret vice
    13. A professional recall
    14. Secrets
    15. Warner & wife
    16. Justice ends at home

  55. DEATH TIMES THREE 1985
    (NW)

    1. Bitter end
    2. Frame-up for murder
    3. Assault on a brownstone
  56. A PRIZE FOR PRINCES 1994

  57. AN OFFICER AND A LADY 2000

    1. Excess baggage
    2. Annuncio's violin
    3. The infernal feminine
    4. A companion of fortune
    5. A white precipitate
    6. A little love affair
    7. Art for art's sake
    8. Another little love affair
    9. The strong man




  58. Tough cop's gift 1953 (Cop's gift/Santa Claus beat/Nobody deserved justice/Christmas beat)
    Jultomtepasset

  59. His own hand 1955 (By his own hand/Curtain line)
    Slutreplik
    (AH)



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