Robert Goldsborough Books in Order
Robert Goldsborough has written 25 books, published between 1986 and 2025. The first book is Murder in E Minor (1986) and the newest is The White Mountain (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1986–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,880 in 16 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 65–97 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,880 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Robert Goldsborough is an American journalist who spent 45 years at the Chicago Tribune and Advertising Age, then became the authorised continuator of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe. Goldsborough wrote 17 Nero Wolfe pastiches in two stretches, 1986 to 1994 and 2012 to 2023. The first of them, Murder in E Minor (1986), won a Nero Award. A second series of five period mysteries began with Three Strikes You're Dead (2005) and features Chicago Tribune reporter Steve 'Snap' Malek. The catalogue holds 25 books and reaches The White Mountain in 2025.
How many Robert Goldsborough books are there?
Robert Goldsborough has 25 books, released between 1986 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Robert Goldsborough Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Robert Goldsborough 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.
- 119861962/4
- 21987–2/4
- 319882382/4
- 41989–2/4
- 519902152/4
- 619922162/4
- 719932592/4
- 820052881/4
- 920062321/4
- 1020072881/4
- 112009–1/4
- 122010–1/4
- 132011–1/4
- 14Archie Meets Nero WolfeNero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough #82012 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/420122342/4
- 15Murder in the Ball ParkNero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough #92014 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/420142282/4
- 16Archie in the CrosshairsNero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough #102015 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/420152282/4
- 1720162422/4
- 1820172901/4
- 1920172362/4
- 2020182402/4
- 212019–2/4
- 2220202502/4
- 232021–2/4
- 242023–2/4
- 252025–2/4
Robert Goldsborough 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.
Nero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough in order
18 books- 1. Murder in E Minor
- 2. Death on Deadline
- 3. The Bloodied Ivy
- 4. The Last Coincidence
- 5. Fade to Black
- 6. Silver Spire
- 7. The Missing Chapter
- 8. Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
- 9. Murder in the Ball Park
- 10. Archie in the Crosshairs
- 11. Stop the Presses!
- 12. Murder, Stage Left
- and 6 more in the table above
Snap Malek Mystery in order
7 booksDo you have to read Robert Goldsborough books in order?
You only need to read Robert Goldsborough 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 Robert Goldsborough
Start with Murder in E Minor (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robert Goldsborough book?
The White Mountain (2025) is the newest Robert Goldsborough book released so far.
Is there a new Robert Goldsborough book coming?
No next Robert Goldsborough book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robert Goldsborough at a glance
- Still publishing
- Robert Goldsborough published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Robert Goldsborough books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,880 pages across the 16 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 237 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert Goldsborough books, 10 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
What the Robert Goldsborough books are about
11 of the 25 Robert Goldsborough 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 9 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 9 of 11 books
- Private investigators 8 of 11 books
- Wolfe, nero (fictitious character) 8 of 11 books
- Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character) 7 of 11 books
- New York (N.Y.) 6 of 11 books
- Crime 2 of 11 books
- Investigation 2 of 11 books
- Murder 2 of 11 books