Elizabeth Daly Books in Order
Elizabeth Daly has written 16 books, published between 1940 and 1951. The first book is Unexpected Night (1940) and the newest is The Book of the Crime (1951). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1940–1951
- Pages on record
- 2,775 in 13 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 46–69 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,775 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Elizabeth Daly (1878-1967) wrote Golden Age detective fiction. Henry Gamadge, the series character, is an author and book collector who solves murders in New York. Daly published the first Gamadge novel, Unexpected Night, at the age of 62, and 16 Gamadge books appeared between 1940 and 1951, among them Deadly Nightshade (1940), Murders in Volume 2 (1941), The House Without the Door (1942) and The Book of the Dead (1944). Light verse and prose for Life, Puck and Scribner's came earlier. The run closes at The Book of the Crime (1951).
How many Elizabeth Daly books are there?
Elizabeth Daly has 16 books, released between 1940 and 1951.
Elizabeth Daly Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Elizabeth Daly 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.
- 119401752/4
- 219402402/4
- 319412382/4
- 419422402/4
- 519432012/4
- 619432012/4
- 71944–2/4
- 819442202/4
- 91945–2/4
- 1019462772/4
- 111946–2/4
- 1219472162/4
- 1319481602/4
- 1419492162/4
- 1519501752/4
- 1619512162/4
Elizabeth Daly 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.
Henry Gamadge Mysteries in order
16 books- 1. Unexpected Night
- 2. Deadly Nightshade
- 3. Murders in Volume 2
- 4. The House Without the Door
- 5. Evidence of Things Seen
- 6. Nothing Can Rescue Me
- 7. Arrow Pointing Nowhere
- 8. The Book of the Dead
- 9. Any Shape or Form
- 10. Somewhere in the House
- 11. The Wrong Way Down
- 12. Night Walk
- and 4 more in the table above
Do you have to read Elizabeth Daly books in order?
You only need to read Elizabeth Daly books in order within the Henry Gamadge Mysteries series, which holds 16 of the 16 Elizabeth Daly books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Elizabeth Daly
Start with Unexpected Night (1940), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elizabeth Daly book?
The Book of the Crime (1951) is the newest Elizabeth Daly book released so far.
Is there a new Elizabeth Daly book coming?
No next Elizabeth Daly book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Elizabeth Daly at a glance
- Died
- Elizabeth Daly died in 1967, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Elizabeth Daly on record dates from 1951.
- Release pace
- Elizabeth Daly books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,775 pages across the 13 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 216 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elizabeth Daly books, 14 of 16, were published in the 1940s.
What the Elizabeth Daly books are about
All 16 Elizabeth Daly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: henry gamadge (fictitious character) is tagged on 15 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Henry Gamadge (Fictitious character) 15 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 15 of 16 books
- Bibliographers 12 of 16 books
- Book collectors 10 of 16 books
- Gamadge, henry (fictitious character) 9 of 16 books
- New York (N.Y.) 8 of 16 books
- Authors 3 of 16 books
- Bibliophiles 2 of 16 books
- Murder 2 of 16 books
- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 16 books