Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter also wrote as: Ed McBain, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Richard Marsten, Ezra Hannon and John Abbott.

Evan Hunter was born in New York City on October 15th, 1926 and passed away at the age of 78 on July 6th, 2005.

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Evan Hunter Stats: The highest rated book by Evan Hunter on Book Notification is Cop Hater, the first novel in the 87th Precinct series. The second-highest rated book is Tricks (87th Precinct #44).

The most read book by Evan Hunter on Book Notification is Cop Hater, the first novel in the 87th Precinct series. The second most read book is The Mugger (87th Precinct #2).

Below is a complete list of Evan Hunter books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of 87th Precinct Books in Publication Order (as Ed McBain)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
Cop Hater
1956
Go
2
7.5
The Mugger
1956
Go
3
8
The Pusher
1956
Go
4
8
The Con Man
1957
Go
5
7.3
Killer's Choice
1957
Go
6
8
Lady Killer
1958
Go
7
8
Killer's Wedge
1958
Go
8
8
Killer's Payoff
1958
Go
9
8
King's Ransom
1959
Go
10
8
'Til Death
1959
Go
11
8
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand
1960
Go
12
8
The Heckler
1960
Go
13
8
See Them Die
1960
Go
14
8
Lady, Lady, I Did It!
1961
Go
15
8
The Empty Hours
1962
Go
16
8
Like Love
1962
Go
17
8
Ten Plus One
1963
Go
18
8
Ax / Axe
1963
Go
19
8
He Who Hesitates
1965
Go
20
7
Doll
1965
Go
21
7
Eighty Million Eyes
1966
Go
22
6.5
Fuzz
1968
Go
23
6.7
Shotgun
1968
Go
24
7
Jigsaw
1970
Go
25
7
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!
1971
Go
26
7.3
Sadie When She Died
1972
Go
27
8
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man
1973
Go
28
7
Hail to the Chief
1973
Go
29
6.7
Bread
1974
Go
30
7.7
Blood Relatives
1975
Go
31
6.7
So Long as You Both Shall Live
1976
Go
32
7.3
Long Time No See
1977
Go
33
8.5
Ghosts
1980
Go
34
5
Calypso
1980
Go
35
7.7
Heat
1981
Go
36
7.5
Ice
1983
Go
37
7
Lightning
1984
Go
38
6
And All Through The House
1984
Go
39
6
Eight Black Horses
1985
Go
40
5.3
Poison
1987
Go
41
6.8
Lullaby
1989
Go
42
7
Vespers
1989
Go
43
6.2
Tricks
1989
Go
44
6.3
Widows
1991
Go
45
6
Kiss
1992
Go
46
6
Mischief
1993
Go
47
6.7
Romance
1995
Go
48
7
Nocturne
1997
Go
49
7.5
The Big Bad City
1998
Go
50
7
The Last Dance
1999
Go
51
6
Money, Money, Money
2001
Go
52
6
Fat Ollie's Book
2002
Go
53
6
The Frumious Bandersnatch
2003
Go
54
6
Hark!
2004
Go
55
7
Fiddlers
2005
Go

List of Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Sunday Pigeon Murders ( By: Craig Rice)
1942
Go
2
The Thursday Turkey Murders ( By: Craig Rice)
1943
Go
3
The April Robin Murders (As: Ed McBain, Craig Rice)
1958
Go
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List of Last Summer Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Last Summer
1968
Go
2
8
Come Winter
1973
Go

List of Matthew Hope Books in Publication Order (as Ed McBain)

A soft hearted attorney defends clients in brutal, secret filled cases.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Goldilocks
1976
Go
2
6
Rumpelstiltskin
1981
Go
3
6
Beauty and the Beast
1982
Go
4
6
Jack and the Beanstalk
1984
Go
5
6
Snow White and Rose Red
1985
Go
6
7
Cinderella
1986
Go
7
6
Puss in Boots
1987
Go
8
6
The House That Jack Built
1988
Go
9
6
Three Blind Mice
1990
Go
10
6
Mary, Mary
1991
Go
11
6
There Was A Little Girl
1994
Go
12
6
Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear
1996
Go
13
7
The Last Best Hope
1998
Go

List of Children's Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top children's books are Me and Mr. Stenner, Find the Feathered Serpent, and The Remarkable Harry.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Find the Feathered Serpent ( As: Ed McBain)
1952
Go
2
The Remarkable Harry
1961
Go
3
The Wonderful Button
1961
Go
4
Me and Mr. Stenner
1976
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Downtown, Alice In Jeopardy, and Driving Lessons.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Don\'t Crowd Me / Paradise Party
1952
Go
2
The Big Fix ( As: Ed McBain)
1952
Go
3
Rocket to Luna ( As: Richard Marsten)
1952
Go
4
The Evil Sleep
1952
Go
5
8
Danger: Dinosaurs! ( As: Richard Marsten)
1953
Go
6
8
Cut Me In ( As: Ed McBain)
1954
Go
7
Runaway Black / Runaway ( As: Richard Marsten)
1954
Go
8
8
The Blackboard Jungle
1954
Go
9
Death of a Nurse ( As: Ed McBain)
1955
Go
10
Murder in the Navy ( As: Richard Marsten)
1955
Go
11
Second Ending
1956
Go
12
Tomorrow's World / Tomorrow & Tomorrow ( As: Hunt Collins)
1956
Go
13
6
So Nude, So Dead ( As: Richard Marsten)
1956
Go
14
8
Vanishing Ladies ( As: Richard Marsten)
1957
Go
15
The Spiked Heel ( As: Richard Marsten)
1957
Go
16
I'm Cannon--For Hire ( As: Curt Cannon)
1958
Go
17
Sucker ( As: Hunt Collins)
1958
Go
18
Strangers When We Meet
1958
Go
19
Even the Wicked ( As: Richard Marsten)
1958
Go
20
10
The Gutter and the Grave ( As: Ed McBain)
1958
Go
21
Big Man ( As: Richard Marsten)
1959
Go
22
A Matter of Conviction
1959
Go
23
Mothers and Daughters
1961
Go
24
Buddwing
1961
Go
25
6
The Sentries ( As: Ed McBain)
1965
Go
26
The Paper Dragon
1966
Go
27
A Horse's Head
1967
Go
28
Sons
1969
Go
29
Nobody Knew They Were There
1971
Go
30
Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972
Go
31
Seven ( As: Ed McBain)
1972
Go
32
Streets of Gold
1974
Go
33
8
Doors ( As: Ezra Hannon)
1975
Go
34
10
Where There's Smoke ( As: Ed McBain)
1975
Go
35
The Chisholms
1976
Go
36
Guns ( As: Ed McBain)
1976
Go
37
Gangs! / Walk Proud ( As: Ed McBain)
1979
Go
38
Love, Dad
1981
Go
39
Far from the Sea
1982
Go
40
Lizzie
1984
Go
41
Another Part of the City ( As: Ed McBain)
1986
Go
42
4
Downtown ( As: Ed McBain)
1989
Go
43
7
Scimitar ( As: John Abbott)
1992
Go
44
8
Criminal Conversation
1994
Go
45
Privileged Conversation
1995
Go
46
Me and Hitch
1997
Go
47
Driving Lessons ( As: Ed McBain)
1998
Go
48
6
Candyland
2001
Go
49
The Moment She Was Gone
2002
Go
50
6
Alice In Jeopardy ( As: Ed McBain)
2004
Go

List of Collections in Publication Order (as Curt Cannon)

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are The McBain Brief, Learning to Kill, and Running from Legs and Other Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Happy New Year, Herbie and Other Stories.
1963
Go
2
1
The McBain Brief
1982
Go
3
Barking at Butterflies and Other Stories
2000
Go
4
Running from Legs and Other Stories
2002
Go
5
Learning to Kill
2006
Go
6
Keller's Adjustment; Forever
2006
Go
7
I Like 'Em Tough ( As: Curt Cannon)
2016
Go
8
The Jungle Kids
2016
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Let's Talk
2005
Go

List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

Short stories from a variety of influential authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
1993
Go
2
Even More Laughs (By: Jonathan Lethem, T.C. Boyle, Philip Roth, Stephen Colbert, Miranda July, Christine Baranski, Alec Baldwin, Robert Sean Leonard, Symphony Space, Jerry Zaks, Julia Slavin, Harry Mathews, Thomas Meehan, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey)
1998
Go
3
Timeless Classics (By: Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, Raymond Carver, John Shea, Jack London, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Connell, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Charles Keating, Symphony Space, Marian Seldes, Isaiah Sheffer, Steven Gilborn)
2006
Go
4
Falling in Love (By: E. Nesbit, Padgett Powell, Maile Meloy, Rick Bass, Edna O'Brien, Fionnula Flanagan, Hope Davis, Laurie Colwin, Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Jane Curtin, William Hurt, Symphony Space)
2007
Go
5
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
6
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
7
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
8
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
9
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever, Tessa Hadley, John Biguenet, Adam Haslett, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Symphony Space, Galina Vromen)
2007
Go
10
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
11
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
2008
Go
12
A Touch of Magic (By: Ray Bradbury, T.C. Boyle, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kevin Brockmeier, Donald Barthelme, Daniel Gerroll, Symphony Space, Andrew Lam, Jerry Zaks)
2009
Go
13
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, Aleksandar Hemon, William Hurt, Ron Carlson, Symphony Space)
2009
Go
14
Whodunit? ( As: Ed McBain, With: Dashiell Hammett, Shirley Jackson, John Shea, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, C.S. Montanye, Symphony Space, Isaiah Sheffer, Hattie Winston)
2009
Go
15
10
American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Carol Oates, Eudora Welty, John Cheever, Alice Walker, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles, Amy Tan, Symphony Space)
2010
Go
16
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aleksandar Hemon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Symphony Space)
2011
Go
17
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
2012
Go
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List of Transgressions Books in Publication Order

Compiled by Ed McBain, features gripping novellas by top authors, offering new, engaging tales of crime and moral dilemmas.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Transgressions (With: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E. Westlake, Bonnie Jeanne Perry, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, John Farris)
2005
Go
2
6
Transgressions, Vol. 2 (With: Stephen King, Lawrence Block, John Farris)
2006
Go
3
Transgressions, Vol. 3 (With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Donald E. Westlake, John Farris)
2006
Go
4
Transgressions, Vol. 4 (With: Anne Perry, Sharyn McCrumb)
2006
Go

List of Evan Hunter Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense
1981
Go
2
Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils
1983
Go
3
Wickedest Show on Earth
1985
Go
4
Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels
1986
Go
5
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories
1988
Go
6
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
1988
Go
7
City Sleuths and Tough Guys
1989
Go
8
Crimes of Passion
1993
Go
9
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996
1995
Go
10
Murder For Love
1996
Go
11
Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories
1996
Go
12
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories
1996
Go
13
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
1998
Go
14
Crime After Crime
1999
Go
15
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999
1999
Go
16
Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them
2000
Go
17
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1
2000
Go
18
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2
2000
Go
19
Writers on Writing
2001
Go
20
Opening Shots, Vol. II
2001
Go
21
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years
2001
Go
22
7
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3
2002
Go
23
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction
2004
Go
24
Dangerous Women
2005
Go
25
Transgressions
2005
Go
26
Price of Desire
2005
Go
27
6
Transgressions, Vol. 2
2006
Go
28
Transgressions, Vol. 3
2006
Go
29
Transgressions, Vol. 4
2006
Go
30
Masters of Noir, Volume One
2010
Go
31
Masters of Noir, Volume Three
2010
Go
32
8
Books to Die For
2012
Go
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Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter was born on October 15th, 1926. Evan passed away July 6th, 2005 at 78 years old. Evan Hunter was born in New York City.

Evan Hunter was the author of the 87th Precinct series which consists of 55 novels. The 87th Precinct series started in 1956 with the novel Cop Hater. The most recently released novel in the 87th Precinct series was Fiddlers which was released in 2005. There are no upcoming novels for the 87th Precinct series.

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Evan Hunter: F.A.Q

When was Evan Hunter Born?

Evan Hunter was born on October 15th, 1926.

When did Evan Hunter die?

Evan Hunter died on July 6th, 2005 at 78 years old.

Where was Evan Hunter Born?

Evan Hunter was born in New York City, .

What was the first book Evan Hunter wrote?

The first book written by Evan Hunter was Find the Feathered Serpent, published in 1952.

What was the most recent book Evan Hunter wrote?

Their most recently released work was The Jungle Kids on October 25th, 2016.

What is the most popular book by Evan Hunter?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Evan Hunter book is Cop Hater. Here are their most popular books:
  1. Cop Hater (7.33)
  2. The Mugger (7.5)
  3. Killer's Choice (7.33)
  4. The Pusher (8)
  5. The Con Man (8)

How many books has Evan Hunter written?

Evan Hunter has written 137 books across 22 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 55 books in the 87th Precinct Series
  • 2 books in the 87th Precinct Collections Series
  • 1 book in the Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Series
  • 2 books in the Last Summer Series
  • 13 books in the Matthew Hope Series
  • 4 Children's Books
  • 50 Standalone Novels
  • 8 Collections
  • 1 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series
  • 33 Ed McBain Standalone Novels
  • 4 Ed McBain Short Story Collections
  • 4 Ed McBain Children's Books
  • 1 Ezra Hannon Standalone Novels
  • 1 John Abbott Standalone Novels
  • 2 Hunt Collins Standalone Novels
  • 9 Richard Marsten Standalone Novels
  • 1 Curt Cannon Standalone Novels
  • 1 Curt Cannon Short Story Collections

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