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David Goodis Books in Order

David Goodis has written 18 books, published between 1939 and 1967. The first book is Retreat from Oblivion (1939) and the newest is Somebody's Done For (1967). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1939–1967
Pages on record
1,667 in 9 of 18 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,667 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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David Loeb Goodis (2 March 1917 to 7 January 1967) was an American crime writer of noir novels and short stories. Goodis was born in Philadelphia and divided a working life between Philadelphia, New York City and Hollywood. The critic Dennis Drabelle wrote that Goodis identified with outsiders such as the working poor, fugitives and the wrongly accused. The catalogue lists 18 books, from Retreat from Oblivion (1939) to Somebody's Done For (1967), including Dark Passage (1946), Cassidy's Girl (1951) and The Moon in the Gutter (1953).

How many David Goodis books are there?

David Goodis has 18 books, released between 1939 and 1967.

David Goodis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 David Goodis 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 Dark Passage by David Goodis (1946)
  2. Cover of Cassidy's Girl by David Goodis (1951)
  3. Cover of The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis (1953)
  4. Cover of Black Friday by David Goodis (1954)
  5. Cover of The Blonde on the Street Corner by David Goodis (1954)
  6. Cover of The Wounded and the Slain by David Goodis (1955)
  7. Cover of Night Squad by David Goodis (1961)
  8. Cover of Somebody's Done For by David Goodis (1967)
  1. 1
    Retreat from Oblivion1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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    Dark Passage1946 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946244
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  3. 3
    Behold This Woman1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  4. 4
    Nightfall/Missing Believed Murdered / The Dark Chase / Convicted1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  5. 5
    Of Missing Persons1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  6. 6
    Cassidy's Girl1951 · 156 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951156
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  7. 7
    Of Tender Sin1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  8. 8
    Street of the Lost1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  9. 9
    The Burglar1953 · 154 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953154
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  10. 10
    The Moon in the Gutter1953 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953183
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  11. 11
    Black Friday1954 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1954144
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  12. 12
    The Blonde on the Street Corner1954 · 155 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1954155
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  13. 13
    Street of No Return1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  14. 14
    The Wounded and the Slain1955 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955256
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  15. 15
    Down There/Shoot the Piano Player1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  16. 16
    Fire in the Flesh1957 · confirmed 2/4
    1957–
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  17. 17
    Night Squad1961 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961200
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  18. 18
    Somebody's Done For1967 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967175
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David Goodis 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.

Standalone books

18 books

18 David Goodis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Goodis books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 18 David Goodis books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with David Goodis

Start with Retreat from Oblivion (1939), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Goodis book?

Somebody's Done For (1967) is the newest David Goodis book released so far.

Is there a new David Goodis book coming?

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

David Goodis at a glance

Died
David Goodis died in 1967, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to David Goodis on record dates from 1967.
Release pace
David Goodis books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,667 pages across the 9 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 175 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Goodis books, 12 of 18, were published in the 1950s.

What the David Goodis books are about

4 of the 18 David Goodis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.