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Gideon Fell books in order

John Dickson Carr

Gideon Fell is a series of 16 books by John Dickson Carr: 815 pages in the 3 with a known length, about 15 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

16
books
815
pages in 3 of them
15 hours
to read those 3
30 days
at 30 minutes a day
The Blind Barber 1934 4.7 h
The Eight of Swords 1934 length not known
The Hollow Man 1935 length not known
The Arabian Nights Murder 1936 length not known
The Crooked Hinge 1938 length not known
To Wake the Dead 1938 length not known
The Black Spectacles 1939 4.4 h
The Problem of the Wire Cage 1939 length not known
The Man Who Could Not Shudder 1940 length not known
Death Turns the Tables 1941 length not known
The Case of the Constant Suicides 1941 length not known
Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories 1947 length not known
The Devil in Velvet 1951 length not known
The Dead Man's Knock 1958 length not known
In Spite of Thunder 1960 length not known
The House at Satan's Elbow 1965 5.8 h

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. The Blind Barber 1934 4.7 h

  2. The Eight of Swords 1934 length not known

  3. The Hollow Man 1935 length not known

  4. The Arabian Nights Murder 1936 length not known

  5. The Crooked Hinge 1938 length not known

  6. To Wake the Dead 1938 length not known

  7. The Black Spectacles 1939 4.4 h

    Published in the United States as The Problem of the Green Capsule A Dr Gideon Fell mystery >"Most people," declared Marcus Chesney, "are absolutely incapable of describing…

  8. The Problem of the Wire Cage 1939 length not known

  9. The Man Who Could Not Shudder 1940 length not known

  10. Death Turns the Tables 1941 length not known

  11. The Case of the Constant Suicides 1941 length not known

  12. Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories 1947 length not known

  13. The Devil in Velvet 1951 length not known

  14. The Dead Man's Knock 1958 length not known

  15. In Spite of Thunder 1960 length not known

  16. The House at Satan's Elbow 1965 5.8 h

How much is left

After The Blind Barber about 10 hours left, not counting 13 books of unknown length
After The Eight of Swords about 10 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length
After The Hollow Man about 10 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length
After The Arabian Nights Murder about 10 hours left, not counting 10 books of unknown length
After The Crooked Hinge about 10 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length
After To Wake the Dead about 10 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length
After The Black Spectacles about 6 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length
After The Problem of the Wire Cage about 6 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After The Man Who Could Not Shudder about 6 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After Death Turns the Tables about 6 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After The Case of the Constant Suicides about 6 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories about 6 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After The Devil in Velvet about 6 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After The Dead Man's Knock about 6 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After In Spite of Thunder about 6 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 14 hours 57 minutes

3 of 16 books, 815 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

30 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.