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Cornell Woolrich Books in Order

61 books are credited to Cornell Woolrich, published between 1926 and 2021; 19 of them appeared after Cornell Woolrich's death in 1968. The first book is Cover Charge (1926) and the newest is The Dark Oblivion (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Cornell Woolrich also publishes as George Hopley, William Irish.

Books
61
Published
1926–2021
Pages on record
5,976 in 24 of 61 books
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Photo of Cornell Woolrich, author of the William Irish Short Story series

Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) was an American novelist and short story writer who also published as William Irish and George Hopley. Crime and suspense fill the catalogue: 61 books from Cover Charge (1926) onward, the 1940s the busiest decade, with The Bride Wore Black (1940), The Black Curtain (1941) and Black Alibi (1942) among them. Biographer Francis Nevins Jr. rated Woolrich the fourth best crime writer of his day, behind Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner and Raymond Chandler. Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) came from the 1942 story It Had to Be Murder, and François Truffaut filmed The Bride Wore Black in 1968.

How many Cornell Woolrich books are there?

Cornell Woolrich has 61 books, released between 1926 and 2021. 19 of them were published after Cornell Woolrich's death in 1968.

Cornell Woolrich Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 61 Cornell Woolrich books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Manhattan Love Song by Cornell Woolrich (1932)
  2. Cover of The Bride Wore Black / Beware the Lady (As: William Irish) by Cornell Woolrich (1940)
  3. Cover of The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich (1941)
  4. Cover of Rear Window and Other Stories by Cornell Woolrich (1942)
  5. Cover of Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich (1942)
  6. Cover of The Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich (1943)
  7. Cover of Deadline at Dawn (As: William Irish) by Cornell Woolrich (1944)
  8. Cover of Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Cornell Woolrich (1945)
  9. Cover of Waltz Into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich (1947)
  10. Cover of Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich (1948)
  11. Cover of I Married a Dead Man (As: William Irish) by Cornell Woolrich (1948)
  12. Cover of You'll Never See Me Again by Cornell Woolrich (1951)
  13. Cover of Nightwebs by Cornell Woolrich (1971)
  14. Cover of Angels of Darkness by Cornell Woolrich (1978)
  15. Cover of Irish Trophy (As: William Irish) by Cornell Woolrich (1978)
  16. Cover of The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich by Cornell Woolrich (1981)
  17. Cover of Darkness at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich (1985)
  18. Cover of Vampire's Honeymoon by Cornell Woolrich (1985)
  19. Cover of Blind Date with Death by Cornell Woolrich (1985)
  20. Cover of Night and Fear by Cornell Woolrich (1990)
  21. Cover of Rear Window by Cornell Woolrich (1991)
  22. Cover of Tonight, Somewhere in New York by Cornell Woolrich (2005)
  23. Cover of Love and Night by Cornell Woolrich (2007)
  24. Cover of Dark Melody of Madness by Cornell Woolrich (2012)
  1. 1
    Cover Charge1926 · confirmed 2/4
    1926–
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  2. 2
    Children of the Ritz1927 · confirmed 2/4
    1927–
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  3. 3
    Times Square1929 · confirmed 2/4
    1929–
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  4. 4
    A Young Man's Heart1930 · confirmed 2/4
    1930–
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  5. 5
    The Time of Her Life1931 · confirmed 2/4
    1931–
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  6. 6
    Manhattan Love Song1932 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932184
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  7. 7
    The Bride Wore Black / Beware the Lady (As: William Irish)1940 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940232
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  8. 8
    The Black Curtain1941 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941160
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  9. 9
    Marihuana: A Drug-Crazed Killer at Large (As: William Irish)1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
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  10. 11
    Black Alibi1942 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1942224
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  11. 12
    Phantom Lady (As: William Irish)1942 · confirmed 2/4
    1942–
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  12. 13
    The Black Angel1943 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1943320
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  13. 14
    And So to Death (As: William Irish)1943 · confirmed 2/4
    1943–
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  14. 15
    Deadline at Dawn (As: William Irish)1944 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944224
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  15. 16
    Night Has a Thousand Eyes1945 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945304
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  16. 17
    If I Should Die Before I Wake (As: William Irish)William Irish Short Story #21946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  17. 18
    The Black Path of Fear1946 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946160
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  18. 19
    Borrowed Crime (As: William Irish)1946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  19. 20
    The Dancing Detective (As: William Irish)1946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  20. 21
    Dead Man Blues (As: William Irish)William Irish Short Story #31947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  21. 22
    Waltz Into Darkness1947 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1947320
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  22. 23
    Rendezvous in Black1948 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948212
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  23. 24
    I Married a Dead Man (As: William Irish)1948 · 180 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948180
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  24. 25
    The Blue Ribbon (As: William Irish)1949 · confirmed 2/4
    1949–
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  25. 26
    Dilemma of the Dead Lady1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  26. 27
    Six Nights of Mystery (As: William Irish)William Irish Short Story #41950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  27. 28
    Fright1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  28. 29
    Savage Bride1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  29. 30
    Deadly Night Call (As: William Irish)William Irish Short Story #51951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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Cornell Woolrich books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

William Irish Short Story

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

56 books

56 Cornell Woolrich titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Cornell Woolrich books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 61 Cornell Woolrich books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Cornell Woolrich

Start with Cover Charge (1926), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cornell Woolrich book?

The Dark Oblivion (2021) is the newest Cornell Woolrich book released so far.

Is there a new Cornell Woolrich book coming?

No next Cornell Woolrich book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Cornell Woolrich has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Cornell Woolrich. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards2022Won
  • Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation1975Wonfor Rendezvous in Black
  • Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1954Wonfor Un pied dans la tombe

Cornell Woolrich at a glance

Died
Cornell Woolrich died in 1968, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Cornell Woolrich are still being published after Cornell Woolrich's death in 1968; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Cornell Woolrich books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,976 pages across the 24 of 61 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cornell Woolrich books, 19 of 61, were published in the 1940s.

What the Cornell Woolrich books are about

22 of the 61 Cornell Woolrich books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 12 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.