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Fredric Brown Books in Order

63 books are credited to Fredric Brown, published between 1941 and 2023; 18 of them appeared after Fredric Brown's death in 1972. The first book is Life and Fire (1941) and the newest is Fredric Brown. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories: Hall of Mirrors, Two Timer, Keep Out (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
63
Published
1941–2023
Pages on record
6,274 in 30 of 63 books
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Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery. Brown's writing is noted for humour and for command of the short short, a story of one to three pages that often turns on a clever device and a surprise ending; the humour and a postmodern outlook also shape the novels. The story Arena was adapted into a 1967 episode of Star Trek. The catalogue lists early titles such as The Freakshow Murders (1943) and The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947), and the Ed & Am Hunter series.

How many Fredric Brown books are there?

Fredric Brown has 63 books, released between 1941 and 2023. 18 of them were published after Fredric Brown's death in 1972. 7 of them belong to the Ed & Am Hunter series.

Fredric Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 63 Fredric Brown 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 Dead Ringer by Fredric Brown, book 2 of the Ed & Am Hunter series (1948)
  2. Cover of Murder Can Be Fun / A Plot for Murder by Fredric Brown (1948)
  3. Cover of The Bloody Moonlight by Fredric Brown, book 3 of the Ed & Am Hunter series (1949)
  4. Cover of The Screaming Mimi by Fredric Brown (1949)
  5. Cover of Compliments of a Fiend by Fredric Brown, book 4 of the Ed & Am Hunter series (1950)
  6. Cover of Here Comes a Candle by Fredric Brown (1950)
  7. Cover of Death Has Many Doors by Fredric Brown, book 5 of the Ed & Am Hunter series (1951)
  8. Cover of The Deep End by Fredric Brown (1952)
  9. Cover of Madball by Fredric Brown, book 9 of the Black Gat Books series (1953)
  10. Cover of His Name Was Death by Fredric Brown (1954)
  11. Cover of Martians, Go Home by Fredric Brown (1954)
  12. Cover of The Lenient Beast by Fredric Brown (1956)
  13. Cover of Rogue in Space by Fredric Brown (1957)
  14. Cover of Honeymoon In Hell by Fredric Brown (1958)
  15. Cover of Knock Three-One-Two by Fredric Brown (1959)
  16. Cover of The Mind Thing by Fredric Brown (1961)
  17. Cover of Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown (1973)
  18. Cover of The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown (1977)
  19. Cover of Before She Kills by Fredric Brown (1984)
  20. Cover of Homicide Sanitarium by Fredric Brown (1984)
  21. Cover of Carnival of Crime by Fredric Brown (1985)
  22. Cover of Thirty Corpses Every Thursday by Fredric Brown (1986)
  23. Cover of Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter by Fredric Brown (1986)
  24. Cover of And the Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown (1987)
  1. 1
    Life and Fire1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  2. 2
    Mitkey Astromouse1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  3. 3
    The Star Mouse1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  4. 4
    The Murder BundPhantom Detective #431941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  5. 5
    Little Apple Hard to Peel1942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  6. 6
    The Freakshow Murders1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  7. 7
    Arena1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  8. 8
    To Slay a Man About a Dog1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  9. 9
    The Fabulous ClipjointEd & Am Hunter #11947 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947212
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  10. 10
    The Dead RingerEd & Am Hunter #21948 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1948156
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  11. 11
    One for the Road1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  12. 12
    Murder Can Be Fun / A Plot for Murder1948 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1948152
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  13. 13
    The Bloody MoonlightEd & Am Hunter #31949 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1949144
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  14. 14
    What Mad Universe1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  15. 15
    Murder and Matilda1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  16. 16
    The Screaming Mimi1949 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1949166
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  17. 17
    Compliments of a FiendEd & Am Hunter #41950 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950160
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  18. 18
    Night of the Jabberwock1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  19. 19
    Here Comes a Candle1950 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950297
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  20. 20
    The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  21. 21
    Space on My Hands1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  22. 22
    Death Has Many DoorsEd & Am Hunter #51951 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1951132
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  23. 23
    The Far Cry1951 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1951178
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  24. 24
    We All Killed Grandma1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  25. 25
    The Deep End1952 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952256
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  26. 26
    Hall of Mirrors1953 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/4
    195326
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  27. 27
    MadballBlack Gat Books #91953 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953196
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  28. 28
    The Wench is Dead1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  29. 29
    Project Jupiter / The Lights in the Sky are Stars1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  30. 30
    His Name Was Death1954 · 141 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954141
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Fredric Brown 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.

Ed & Am Hunter in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Fabulous Clipjoint
  2. 2. The Dead Ringer
  3. 3. The Bloody Moonlight
  4. 4. Compliments of a Fiend
  5. 5. Death Has Many Doors
  6. 6. The Late Lamented
  7. 7. Mrs. Murphy's Underpants

Black Gat Books in order

1 book
  1. 9. Madball

Phantom Detective in order

1 book
  1. 43. The Murder Bund

Standalone books

54 books

54 Fredric Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Fredric Brown books in order?

You only need to read Fredric Brown books in order within the Ed & Am Hunter series, which holds 7 of the 63 Fredric Brown books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Fredric Brown

Start with Life and Fire (1941), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Fredric Brown book?

Fredric Brown. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories: Hall of Mirrors, Two Timer, Keep Out (2023) is the newest Fredric Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Fredric Brown book coming?

No next Fredric Brown 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 Fredric Brown has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 4 nominations for Fredric Brown. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel1948Wonfor The Fabulous Clipjoint
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2003Shortlistedfor Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2002Shortlistedfor From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown
  • Locus Award for Best Collection1988Shortlistedfor And the Gods Laughed
  • Locus Award for Best Collection1977Shortlistedfor The Best of Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown at a glance

Died
Fredric Brown died in 1972, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Fredric Brown are still being published after Fredric Brown's death in 1972; the newest appeared in 2023.
Release pace
Fredric Brown books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,274 pages across the 30 of 63 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fredric Brown books, 23 of 63, were published in the 1950s.

What the Fredric Brown books are about

28 of the 63 Fredric Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 7 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.