Craig Rice Books in Order
25 books are credited to Craig Rice, published between 1939 and 2010; 5 of them appeared after Craig Rice's death in 1957. The first book is Eight Faces at Three / Death at Three (1939) and the newest is I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1939–2010
- Pages on record
- 2,497 in 9 of 25 books
Craig Rice, born Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig on June 5, 1908, was an American writer of mystery novels and short stories who died on August 28, 1957. The critic Bill Ruehlmann called Rice the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction. Catalogue subjects include humorous mysteries, Chicago, murder and the character Jake Justus, and the series credited to Rice are John J. Malone and Gypsy Rose Lee Plays. Early titles include Eight Faces at Three (1939), The Corpse Steps Out (1940), The Wrong Murder (1940) and Trial by Fury (1941).
How many Craig Rice books are there?
Craig Rice has 25 books, released between 1939 and 2010. 5 of them were published after Craig Rice's death in 1957. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Craig Rice Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Craig Rice 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.
- 119392882/4
- 21940–2/4
- 31940–2/4
- 419413112/4
- 519413052/4
- 6Yesterday's Murder / Telefair1942 · confirmed 2/41942–2/4
- 7The Man Who Slept All Day (As: Michael Venning)1942 · confirmed 2/41942–2/4
- 819423652/4
- 9To Catch a Thief1943 · confirmed 2/41943–2/4
- 1019433142/4
- 11Home Sweet Homicide1944 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/419442192/4
- 12Crime on My Hands (As: George Sanders)1944 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/419442752/4
- 131945–2/4
- 141946–2/4
- 151948–2/4
- 16Innocent Bystander1949 · confirmed 2/41949–2/4
- 17Once Upon a Train1950 · confirmed 2/41950–2/4
- 18Don't Go Near1953 · confirmed 2/41953–2/4
- 1919572242/4
- 201957–2/4
- 211958–2/4
- 2219631962/4
- 231967–2/4
- 24Gypsy: A Musical Suggested by the Memoirs of Gypsy Rose LeeGypsy Rose Lee Plays #11994 · confirmed 2/41994–2/4
- 25I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
Craig Rice 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.
John J. Malone in order
14 books- 1. Eight Faces at Three / Death at Three
- 2. The Corpse Steps Out
- 3. The Wrong Murder
- 4. The Right Murder
- 5. Trial by Fury
- 6. The Big Midget Murders
- 7. Having a Wonderful Crime
- 8. The Lucky Stiff
- 9. The Fourth Postman
- 10. The Double Frame / Knocked for a Loop
- 11. My Kingdom for a Hearse
- 12. The Name is Malone
- and 2 more in the table above
Gypsy Rose Lee Plays in order
1 bookBlack Gat Books in order
1 bookStandalone books
9 books9 Craig Rice titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Craig Rice books in order?
You only need to read Craig Rice books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Craig Rice
Start with Eight Faces at Three / Death at Three (1939), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Craig Rice book?
I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories (2010) is the newest Craig Rice book released so far.
Is there a new Craig Rice book coming?
No next Craig Rice book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Craig Rice at a glance
- Died
- Craig Rice died in 1957, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Craig Rice are still being published after Craig Rice's death in 1957; the newest appeared in 2010.
- Release pace
- Craig Rice books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,497 pages across the 9 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Craig Rice books, 15 of 25, were published in the 1940s.
What the Craig Rice books are about
9 of the 25 Craig Rice 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 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 5 of 9 books
- Humor 2 of 9 books