Numerical Rankings of the Nero Wolfe Novellas

  • ##..Year..Title
  • 01…1954…Die Like a Dog
  • 02…1952…This Won’t Kill You
  • 03…1941…Black Orchids
  • 04…1956…Too Many Detectives
  • 05…1953…The Zero Clue
  • 06…1940…Bitter End
  • 07…1942…Cordially Invited to Meet Death
  • 08…1947…Before I Die
  • 09…1951…The Cop Killer
  • 10…1961…Counterfeit For Murder
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  • 11…1949…The Gun With Wings
  • 12…1950…Disguise For Murder
  • 13…1958…Murder Is No Joke/Frame Up For Murder
  • 14…1960…Method Three For Murder
  • 15…1956…A Window For Death
  • 16…1948…Omit Flowers
  • 17…1953…Invitation To Murder
  • 18…1942…Not Quite Dead Enough
  • 19…1944…Booby Trap
  • 20…1948…Bullet For One
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  • 21…1945…Help Wanted, Male
  • 22…1960…Poison a la Carte
  • 23…1946…Instead of Evidence
  • 24…1955…The Next Witness
  • 25…1947…Man Alive
  • 26…1954…When a Man Murders
  • 27…1961…Death of a Demon
  • 28…1957…Christmas Party
  • 29…1960…The Rodeo Murder
  • 30…1963…Blood Will Tell
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  • 31…1949…Door To Death
  • 32…1955…Immune to Murder
  • 33…1962…Eeny Meeny Murder Mo
  • 34…1962…Home to Roost
  • 35…1964…Murder Is Corny
  • 36…1961…Kill Now—Pay Later
  • 37…1961…Assault on a Brownstone
  • 38…1951…The Squirt and the Monkey
  • 39…1957…Easter Parade
  • 40…1957…The Fourth of July Picnic
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