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Daniel Stashower Books in Order

Daniel Stashower has written 13 books, published between 1985 and 2022. The first book is The Ectoplasmic Man (1985) and the newest is American Demon (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1985–2022
Pages on record
1,969 in 7 of 13 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,969 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Daniel Stashower checklist

Daniel Stashower is an American author and editor whose work divides between mystery fiction and historical nonfiction, and Stashower lives in Maryland. The catalogue lists 13 books from The Ectoplasmic Man (1985) to American Demon (2022). Catalogue subjects record Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, escape artists, magicians and history. Harry Houdini is the series recorded under this name, and The Dime Museum Murders (1999), The Floating Lady Murder (2000), The Houdini Specter (2001), Teller of Tales (1999) and The Beautiful Cigar Girl (2006) sit in the run.

How many Daniel Stashower books are there?

Daniel Stashower has 13 books, released between 1985 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the Harry Houdini series.

Daniel Stashower Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Daniel Stashower 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 The Ectoplasmic Man by Daniel Stashower, book 7 of the Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes series (1985)
  2. Cover of Elephants in the Distance by Daniel Stashower (1989)
  3. Cover of Magic Box by Daniel Stashower (1995)
  4. Cover of Hocus Pocus by Daniel Stashower (1997)
  5. Cover of The Dime Museum Murders by Daniel Stashower, book 2 of the Harry Houdini series (1999)
  6. Cover of The Floating Lady Murder by Daniel Stashower, book 3 of the Harry Houdini series (2000)
  7. Cover of The Boy Genius and the Mogul by Daniel Stashower (2002)
  8. Cover of The Hour of Peril by Daniel Stashower (2013)
  1. 1
    The Ectoplasmic ManFurther Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes #71985 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985224
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  2. 2
    Elephants in the Distance1989 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989201
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  3. 3
    Magic Box1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  4. 4
    Hocus Pocus1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  5. 5
    The Dime Museum MurdersHarry Houdini #21999 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999256
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  6. 6
    Teller of Tales1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  7. 7
    The Floating Lady MurderHarry Houdini #32000 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000256
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  8. 8
    The Houdini SpecterHarry Houdini #42001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Boy Genius and the Mogul2002 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002277
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  10. 10
    The Beautiful Cigar Girl / Edgar Allan Poe and the Murder of Mary Rogers2006 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Arthur Conan Doyle2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  12. 12
    The Hour of Peril2013 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013355
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  13. 13
    American Demon2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Daniel Stashower 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.

Harry Houdini in order

3 books
  1. 2. The Dime Museum Murders
  2. 3. The Floating Lady Murder
  3. 4. The Houdini Specter

Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes in order

1 book
  1. 7. The Ectoplasmic Man

Standalone books

9 books

9 Daniel Stashower titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Daniel Stashower books in order?

You only need to read Daniel Stashower books in order within the Harry Houdini series, which holds 3 of the 13 Daniel Stashower books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Daniel Stashower

Start with The Ectoplasmic Man (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Daniel Stashower book?

American Demon (2022) is the newest Daniel Stashower book released so far.

Is there a new Daniel Stashower book coming?

No next Daniel Stashower 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 Daniel Stashower has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Daniel Stashower. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Daniel Stashower at a glance

Paused
No new Daniel Stashower title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Daniel Stashower books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,969 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Daniel Stashower books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Daniel Stashower books are about

8 of the 13 Daniel Stashower books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.