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Lester Dent Books in Order

19 books are credited to Lester Dent, published between 1946 and 2015; 14 of them appeared after Lester Dent's death in 1959. The first book is Dead at the Take-Off (1946) and the newest is Genius Jones (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1946–2015
Pages on record
1,989 in 8 of 19 books
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Lester Dent (1904-1959) was an American pulp-fiction writer. Dent created the scientist and adventurer Doc Savage and wrote most of that series: 159 Doc Savage novels across 16 years, all issued under the house name Kenneth Robeson. This listing holds 19 titles, from Dead at the Take-Off (1946) to collections assembled decades after Dent's death, among them Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales (2006), Dead Men's Bones (2009) and Genius Jones (2015). Recorded subjects include action and adventure, crime, westerns, science fiction, historical fiction and single-author short stories.

How many Lester Dent books are there?

Lester Dent has 19 books, released between 1946 and 2015. 14 of them were published after Lester Dent's death in 1959. 5 of them belong to the Library series.

Lester Dent Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Lester Dent 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 Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales by Lester Dent (2006)
  2. Cover of Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent by Lester Dent, book 1 of the Doc Savage series (2007)
  3. Cover of Honey in his Mouth by Lester Dent (2009)
  4. Cover of Genius Jones by Lester Dent (2015)
  1. 1
    Dead at the Take-Off1946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  2. 2
    Lady to Kill1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  3. 3
    Lady Afraid1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  4. 4
    Cry at Dusk1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  5. 5
    Lady in Peril1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  6. 6
    Hades & Hocus Pocus1979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979–
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  7. 7
    Sinister Ray1987 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987175
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  8. 8
    Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales2006 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006160
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  9. 9
    Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester DentDoc Savage #12007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
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  10. 10
    Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester DentLibrary #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  11. 11
    Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester DentLibrary #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  12. 12
    The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester DentLibrary #32009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  13. 13
    Honey in his Mouth2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009256
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  14. 14
    The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder2010 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010290
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  15. 15
    Radio Western AdventuresPulp 2.0 Library #32010 · 126 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010126
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  16. 16
    Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt FlaggLibrary #42011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade2012 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012346
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  18. 18
    Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent DentLibrary #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  19. 19
    Genius Jones2015 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015284
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Lester Dent books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Library in order

5 books
  1. 1. Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent
  2. 2. Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent
  3. 3. The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent
  4. 4. Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg
  5. 5. Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent

Doc Savage books in order

1 book by Lester Dent
  1. 1. Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent

Pulp 2.0 Library in order

1 book
  1. 3. Radio Western Adventures

Standalone books

12 books

12 Lester Dent titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lester Dent books in order?

You only need to read Lester Dent books in order within the Library series, which holds 5 of the 19 Lester Dent books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Lester Dent

Start with Dead at the Take-Off (1946), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lester Dent book?

Genius Jones (2015) is the newest Lester Dent book released so far.

Is there a new Lester Dent book coming?

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

Lester Dent at a glance

Died
Lester Dent died in 1959, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Lester Dent are still being published after Lester Dent's death in 1959; the newest appeared in 2015.
Release pace
Lester Dent books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,989 pages across the 8 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lester Dent books, 6 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lester Dent books are about

4 of the 19 Lester Dent books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: action & adventure is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.