Erle Stanley Gardner’s Cool and Lam Series

1.  The Bigger They Come (1939)
2.  Turn on the Heat (1940)
3.  Gold Comes in Bricks (1940)
4.  Spill the Jackpot (1941)
5.  Double or Quits (1941)
6.  Owls Don’t Blink (1942)
7.  Bats Fly at Dusk (1942)
8.  Cats Prowl at Night (1943)
9.  Give ’Em the Ax (1944)
10. Crows Can’t Count (1946)
11. Fools Die on Friday (1947)
12. Bedrooms Have Windows (1949)
13. Top of the Heap (1952)
14. Some Women Won’t Wait (1953)
15. Beware the Curves (1956)
16. You Can Die Laughing (1957)
17. Some Slips Don’t Show (1957)
18. The Count of Nine (1958)
19. Pass the Gravy (1959)
20. Kept Women Can’t Quit (1960)
21. Bachelors Get Lonely (1961)
22. Shills Can’t Cash Chips (1961)
23. Try Anything Once (1962)
24. Fish or Cut Bait (1963)
25. Up for Grabs (1964)
26. Cut Thin to Win (1965)
27. Widows Wear Weeds (1966)
28. Traps Need Fresh Bait (1967)
29. All Grass Isn’t Green (1970)
30. The Knife Slipped (written in 1939, but not published until 2016)

READ MORE: “My Top 5 Cool and Lam Titles,” by Jeffrey Marks (The Corpse Steps Out); “The Whole Deck of Cards: Reading Paperback Noir with My Mom,” by Scott Bradfield (Los Angeles Review of Books); “Cool and Lam Series” (Pulp, Crime & Mystery Books).