Series by Erle Stanley Gardner
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Buy on Amazon1933 · Erle Stanley Gardner
In Perry Mason's debut, a woman calling herself Eva Griffin hires him to keep her name out of a scandal sheet that threatens to expose her connection…
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Frances Celane, a bratty heiress, visits Perry Mason to discuss a strange part of her father's will. The codicil states she would be disinherited if…
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Buy on Amazon1934 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A swindler running a phony movie-talent contest to find girls with the loveliest legs vanishes after fleecing his victims, and an angry father wants…
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Buy on Amazon1934 · Erle Stanley Gardner
Arthur Cartright's official complaint about a neighbor's noisy dog leads Perry Mason and his associate into a case involving a poisoned police dog, a…
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Buy on Amazon1934 · Erle Stanley Gardner
After con man Greg Moxley marries Rhoda Lorton, he takes her money and flees, only to have his plane crash. Years later, Rhoda weds millionaire scion…
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Buy on AmazonThe case of the counterfeit eye
1935 · Erle Stanley Gardner
Mason is drawn into a bizarre affair involving a wealthy man's missing glass eye, which turns up clutched in the hand of a murder victim. With a…
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Buy on AmazonThe case of the sleepwalker's niece
1936 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A worried young woman fears that her sleepwalking uncle may have committed murder during one of his nighttime episodes, the carving knife found…
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Buy on AmazonThe case of the stuttering bishop
1936 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A stammering bishop visits Mason with a strange tale of a long-ago hit-and-run and a possible heiress switched at birth, then disappears, leaving…
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Buy on AmazonThe case of the dangerous dowager
1937 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A formidable elderly dowager hires Mason in a matter involving forged IOUs and a gambling ship anchored beyond the law offshore. When a murder occurs…
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Buy on Amazon1937 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A woman's concern over her sister's troubled marriage and a caged canary with a clipped leg draws Mason into a case that soon turns to murder. The…
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1933 · Erle Stanley Gardner
In Perry Mason's debut, a woman calling herself Eva Griffin hires him to keep her name out of a scandal sheet that threatens to expose her connection…
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1933 · Erle Stanley Gardner
Frances Celane, a bratty heiress, visits Perry Mason to discuss a strange part of her father's will. The codicil states she would be disinherited if…
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Buy on Amazon1942 · Erle Stanley Gardner
In this 1942 Cool & Lam mystery, New York lawyer Emory Hale hires Los Angeles detectives Bertha Cool and Donald Lam to find Roberta Fenn, a person of…
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Buy on AmazonThe Case of the Cautious Coquette
1949 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A hit-and-run accident and a cautious, evasive woman witness draw Mason into a case where finding the coquette who saw the crash becomes key. As the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
1949 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A complicated case of a dubious bridegroom and a questionable Nevada divorce draws Mason into intertwined marriages and disputed identities. When…
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Buy on Amazon1950 · James Hadley Chase
Serena Marshland, the fourth richest woman in the world with a cold, diamond-hard beauty, hires tough private investigator Vic Malloy after her…
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Buy on AmazonThe Case of the Nervous Accomplice
1955 · Erle Stanley Gardner
A wife hires Mason to win back her straying husband through a clever stock-buying maneuver involving his business partners. The financial scheme…
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Buy on Amazon1958 · James Hadley Chase
Lucille Aitkin is the kind of woman who encourages men to run around after her, so it's odd when she suddenly wants to learn to drive instead of…
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Frequently asked questions
How many books has Erle Stanley Gardner written?
We list 76 books by Erle Stanley Gardner across 3 series, published between 1930–1984 — each shown in full reading order.
What order should I read Erle Stanley Gardner's books?
Read each series in publication order. A good place to start is “The case of the velvet claws.” Open any series above for its complete numbered reading order.
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