Serialized in five issues of The American Magazine (December 1936 – April 1937) : 11–12 Serialized in six issues of The Saturday Evening Post (February 29–April 4, 1936) : 10 Serialized as 'The Frightened Men' in six issues of The Saturday Evening Post (June 15–July 20, 1935) : 9 Years link to year-in-literature articles.Ībridged as 'Point of Death' in The American Magazine (November 1934) : 7 For specific publication history, including original magazine appearances, see entries for individual titles.

Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books (novels and collections of novellas and short stories) are listed in order of publication. He was the longtime president of the Authors Guild and served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America. Stout served as head of the Writers' War Board during World War II, became a radio celebrity through his numerous broadcasts, and was later active in promoting World Federalism. He was active in the early years of the American Civil Liberties Union and a founder of the Vanguard Press. In addition to writing fiction, Stout was a prominent public intellectual for decades. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. In 1959, Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. His 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance introduced his best-known characters, detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas and short stories between 19. He wrote a pioneering political thriller, The President Vanishes (1934), before specializing in detective fiction. In 1929, he wrote his first published book, How Like a God, an unusual psychological story written in the second person.

He wrote no fiction for more than a decade, until the late 1920s, when he had saved enough money through his business activities to write when and what he pleased. He began his literary career in the 1910s, writing more than 40 stories that appeared primarily in pulp magazines between 19.

This is a bibliography of fiction by and works about the American writer Rex Stout (Decem– October 27, 1975), an American writer noted for his detective fiction.

Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout