Michael Avallone Books in Order
106 books are credited to Michael Avallone, published between 1953 and 2019; 6 of them appeared after Michael Avallone's death in 1999. The first book is The Spitting Image (1953) and the newest is The Walking Wounded (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
Michael Avallone also publishes as Amanda Jean Jarreet, Dora Highland, Dorothea Nile, Fred Fraser, James Blaine, Jean-Anne de Pre, Mark Dane, Michele Arlen, Nick Carter, Priscilla Dalton, Troy Conway.
- Books
- 106
- Published
- 1953–2019
- Confirmed
- 1 of 106 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,873 in 24 of 106 books
Michael Angelo Avallone (October 27, 1924 - February 26, 1999) was an American writer of mystery and secret agent fiction who also novelized television programs and films. Avallone produced more than 223 works under Avallone's own name and seventeen pseudonyms, though Avallone claimed over 1,000. The catalogue lists 106 books, opening with The Spitting Image and The Tall Dolores in 1953. Series include Ed Noon, Butcher, Satan Sleuth, Craghold, The Girl From UNCLE, Hawaii Five-0 and The Partridge Family. Subjects range across mystery, the Mafia, vintage horror, werewolves and satanists.
Source: Wikidata
How many Michael Avallone books are there?
Michael Avallone has 106 books, released between 1953 and 2019. 6 of them were published after Michael Avallone's death in 1999. They include 7 series and 28 titles listed outside any series.
Michael Avallone Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 106 Michael Avallone 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 November 2026.
- 11953–1/4
- 21953–1/4
- 31954–1/4
- 41956–1/4
- 51957–1/4
- 61957–1/4
- 71957–1/4
- 81960–1/4
- 91960–1/4
- 101960–1/4
- 11Tales Of The Frightened1963 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/419631241/4
- 12Shock Corridor1963 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419631761/4
- 131963–1/4
- 141963–1/4
- 151963–1/4
- 161964–1/4
- 1719651601/4
- 1819661281/4
- 1919661281/4
- 20The Evil Men Do (As:Dorothea Nile)1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 21Terror At Deepcliff (As:Dorothea Nile)1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 221966–1/4
- 23The Man From Avon1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 241968–1/4
- 251969–1/4
- 26Kingblood (As:Stuart Jason)1969 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/419691751/4
- 27Missing1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 28Krakatoa East of Java1969 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/419691421/4
- 29Killing Star1969 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419691911/4
- 301969–1/4
- 3119691411/4
- 321970–1/4
- 331970–3/4
- 3419701271/4
- 351970–1/4
- 36Black Lord (As:Stuart Jason)1970 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/419701731/4
- 37The Last Escape1970 · confirmed 1/41970–1/4
- 381971–1/4
- 391971–1/4
- 401971–1/4
- 411971–1/4
- 42Black Emperor (As: Stuart Jason)1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 431971–1/4
- 441972–1/4
- 451972–1/4
- 461972–1/4
- 47Black Prince (As:Stuart Jason)1972 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419721601/4
- 48Black Lover (As:Stuart Jason)1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 49Seacliffe (As:Edwina Noone)1972 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419721281/4
- 5019731881/4
- 511973–1/4
- 5219731921/4
- 531973–1/4
- 541973–1/4
- 551973–1/4
- 561973–1/4
- 571974–1/4
- 5819741581/4
- 591974–1/4
- 601974–1/4
- 61Daughter of Darkness (As:Edwina Noone)1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 621974–1/4
- 631974–1/4
- 641974–1/4
- 6519751741/4
- 661975–1/4
- 671975–1/4
- 6819751861/4
- 6919761921/4
- 701976–1/4
- 711976–1/4
- 721976–1/4
- 731976–1/4
- 741976–1/4
- 75Secret Lives of the T.V.Girls1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 76Carquake1977 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419771601/4
- 771977–1/4
- 78Appointment in Iran (As:Stuart Jason)1977 · confirmed 1/41977–1/4
- 791977–1/4
- 801977–1/4
- 8119772241/4
- 82Where Monsters Walk1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 8319781061/4
- 84Name That Movie1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 851979–1/4
- 861980–1/4
- 871980–1/4
- 881981–1/4
- 89Tender Loving Fear (As:Edwina Noone)1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 90Death in Yellow (As:Stuart Jason)1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 91Cannonball Run1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 921981–1/4
- 931981–1/4
- 941981–1/4
- 95Woman Called Golda1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 961982–1/4
- 971982–1/4
- 98Pan partout1983 · confirmed 1/41983–1/4
- 9919891961/4
- 100Mitzi1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 1012012–1/4
- 1022014–1/4
- 1032014–1/4
- 1042014–1/4
- 10520151441/4
- 106The Walking Wounded2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
Michael Avallone series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Butcher books in order 28 books
Michael Avallone 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 Noon in order
32 books- 1. The Spitting Image
- 2. The Tall Dolores
- 3. Dead Game
- 4. Violence in Velvet
- 5. The Voodoo Murders
- 6. The Crazy Mixed-Up Corpse
- 7. The Alarming Clock
- 8. The Case of the Violent Virgin
- 9. The February Doll Murders
- 10. Meanwhile Back at the Morgue
- 11. There Is Something about a Dame
- 12. The Bedroom Bolero
- and 20 more in the table above
Partridge Family in order
4 booksSatan Sleuth in order
4 booksCraghold in order
3 booksGirl From UNCLE in order
2 booksHawaii Five-0 in order
2 booksMan From U.N.C.L.E. in order
1 bookCharlie Chan in order
1 bookPlanet of the Apes in order
1 bookStandalone books
28 books28 Michael Avallone titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michael Avallone books in order?
You only need to read Michael Avallone books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Michael Avallone
Start with Kill Quick or Die (1971), the first Butcher book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Spitting Image (1953).
What is the newest Michael Avallone book?
The Walking Wounded (2019) is the newest Michael Avallone book released so far.
Is there a new Michael Avallone book coming?
No next Michael Avallone book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michael Avallone at a glance
- Died
- Michael Avallone died in 1999, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Michael Avallone are still being published after Michael Avallone's death in 1999; the newest appeared in 2019.
- Release pace
- Michael Avallone books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,873 pages across the 24 of 106 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michael Avallone books, 54 of 106, were published in the 1970s.
When Michael Avallone books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Michael Avallone titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 54 titles.
106 books total across 6 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Michael Avallone books are about
15 of the 106 Michael Avallone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 4 of 15 books
- Mafia 3 of 15 books
- Horror 2 of 15 books
- Paperbacks From Hell 2 of 15 books
- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 15 books
- Vintage horror 2 of 15 books