Lee Server Books in Order
Lee Server has written 17 books, published between 1978 and 2018. The first book is The Hostage Mistress (1978) and the newest is Handsome Johnny (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1978–2018
- Pages on record
- 3,179 in 12 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 53–79 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,179 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Lee Server was an American writer, born May 27, 1953, who died on December 28, 2021. Server graduated from New York University Film School and wrote several books about Hollywood cinema and pulp fiction. The catalogue lists 17 titles from The Hostage Mistress (1978) to Handsome Johnny (2018), including Screenwriter (1987), Sharks (1989) and Danger is My Business (1993). Two series appear under the name: World of Nature and World Traveler.
How many Lee Server books are there?
Lee Server has 17 books, released between 1978 and 2018. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Lee Server Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Lee Server 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.
- 1The Hostage Mistress1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 2Screenwriter1987 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419872561/4
- 31989–1/4
- 41990–1/4
- 51990–1/4
- 6Tigers: A Look into the Glittering Eye1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 7Lions: King of Beasts1993 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419931441/4
- 8Danger is My Business1993 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419931441/4
- 9Over My Dead Body1994 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/419941081/4
- 10A Portrait of France1994 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419941441/4
- 11Sam Fuller1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419941761/4
- 12The Golden Age of Ocean Liners1996 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/41996801/4
- 13Asian Pop Cinema: Bombay to Tokyo1998 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/419981321/4
- 14Robert Mitchum2001 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/420016081/4
- 15Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers2002 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420023041/4
- 16Ava Gardner2006 · 551 pages · confirmed 1/420065511/4
- 17Handsome Johnny2018 · 532 pages · confirmed 1/420185321/4
Lee Server 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.
Do you have to read Lee Server books in order?
You only need to read Lee Server 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 Lee Server
Start with The Hostage Mistress (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lee Server book?
Handsome Johnny (2018) is the newest Lee Server book released so far.
Is there a new Lee Server book coming?
No next Lee Server book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lee Server at a glance
- Died
- Lee Server died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Lee Server on record dates from 2018.
- Release pace
- Lee Server books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,179 pages across the 12 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lee Server books, 10 of 17, were published in the 1990s.
What the Lee Server books are about
13 of the 17 Lee Server 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 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 5 of 13 books
- Biography 4 of 13 books
- American fiction 2 of 13 books
- History and criticism 2 of 13 books
- Actors and actresses 2 of 13 books
- Motion picture industry 2 of 13 books
- Popular literature 2 of 13 books
- Pulp literature 2 of 13 books