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American Mystery Classics, Updated 10/15/25

For several years Otto Penzler has been curating the American Mystery Classics series, which consists of previously out-of-print mystery novels and story collections from the 1920s into, roughly, the early 1950s. Also included are a few anthologies he's edited of stories from the same time period. Here's the list (in alphabetical order by title) as it is as of 10/17/25, 89 reissues so far, with six more scheduled for release into early 2026.
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The Adventures of Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen)
The Adventures of Ellery Queen
1
Ellery Queen
The Alarm of the Black Cat (Dolores Hitchens (As D. B. Olsen))
The Alarm of the Black Cat
2
Dolores Hitchens (As D. B. Olsen)
The Album (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Album
3
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The American Gun Mystery (Ellery Queen)
The American Gun Mystery
4
Ellery Queen
The Baffle Book (Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay)
The Baffle Book
5
Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay
The Bellamy Trial (Frances Noyes Hart)
The Bellamy Trial
6
Frances Noyes Hart
The Benson Murder Case (S. S. Van Dine)
The Benson Murder Case
7
S. S. Van Dine
The Bigger They Come (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Bigger They Come
8
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Birthday Murders (Lange Lewis)
The Birthday Murders
9
Lange Lewis
The Black Curtain (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Curtain
10
Cornell Woolrich
Blind Man's Bluff (Baynard H. Kendrick)
Blind Man's Bluff
11
Baynard H. Kendrick
Blood on the Cat (Nancy Rutledge)
Blood on the Cat
12
Nancy Rutledge
The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
13
Cornell Woolrich
The Burning Court (John Dickson Carr)
The Burning Court
14
John Dickson Carr
Cat of Many Tails (Ellery Queen)
Cat of Many Tails
15
Ellery Queen
The Cape Cod Mystery (Phoebe Atwood Taylor)
The Cape Cod Mystery
16
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The Case of the Baited Hook (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Baited Hook
17
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars
18
Anthony Boucher
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
19
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Hairless Kitten (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Hairless Kitten
20
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Rolling Bones (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Rolling Bones
21
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
22
Erle Stanley Gardner
Cat's Claw (Dolores Hitchens)
Cat's Claw
23
Dolores Hitchens
Cat's Paw (Roger Scarlett)
Cat's Paw
24
Roger Scarlett
Cats Don't Need Coffins (Dolores Hitchens)
Cats Don't Need Coffins
25
Dolores Hitchens
The Cat Saw Murder (Dolores Hitchens)
The Cat Saw Murder
26
Dolores Hitchens
The Cat Wears a Noose (Dolores Hitchens)
The Cat Wears a Noose
27
Dolores Hitchens
The Chinese Orange Mystery (Ellery Queen)
The Chinese Orange Mystery
28
Ellery Queen
The Chocolate Cobweb (Charlotte Armstrong)
The Chocolate Cobweb
29
Charlotte Armstrong
The Crooked Hinge (John Dickson Carr)
The Crooked Hinge
30
John Dickson Carr
The D. A. Calls It Murder (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The D. A. Calls It Murder
31
Erle Stanley Gardner
Dead Man Inside (Vincent Starrett)
Dead Man Inside
32
Vincent Starrett
Deadline at Dawn (Cornell Woolrich)
Deadline at Dawn
33
Cornell Woolrich
Death on the Aisle (Frances Lockridge)
Death on the Aisle
34
Frances Lockridge
Death From a Top Hat (Clayton Rawson)
Death From a Top Hat
35
Clayton Rawson
The Door (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Door
36
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Dread Journey (Dorothy B. Hughes)
Dread Journey
37
Dorothy B. Hughes
The Dutch Shoe Mystery (Ellery Queen)
The Dutch Shoe Mystery
38
Ellery Queen
The Egyptian Cross Mystery (Ellery Queen)
The Egyptian Cross Mystery
39
Ellery Queen
Eight Faces at Three (Craig Rice)
Eight Faces at Three
40
Craig Rice
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