How to Read The Recommended Mystery Lists I only include in these lists novels and short stories which I admire and enjoyed. They are not complete bibliographies of an author's work. Most of the works listed in the Guide are mysteries. For authors Mary Roberts Rinehart and science fiction writers like Anthony Boucher and J.G. Ballard, I included all of the works by them which I admired, whether mystery fiction or not. If I liked only certain chapters of a novel, these are noted last, after the date.
Short stories are in bullet lists under the book in which they occur.
That story first appeared in the year 1921. Many mystery short stories have never been included in an author's collection. Sometimes these uncollected stories are listed as a group under their detective's name. Author Fishman wrote several stories about detective Old Calamity for pulp magazines. Dates are of first publication.