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1. A volume of poetry by Mark Van Doren, And Be A Villian
2. Here and Now, by Herbert Block, And Four to Go
3.Beauty for Ashes, by Christopher LaFarge, Before Midnight
4.Party of One, by Clifton Fadiman, Before Midnight
5.Montaigne's Essays, Before Midnight
6.Casanova's Memoirs, by Jacques Casanova, Before Midnight
7.The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, Before Midnight
8.But We Were Born Free, by Elmer Davis, The Black Mountain
9.World Peace Through World Law, by Grenville Clark and Louis B. Sohn, Champagne for One
10.Invitation to an Inquest, by Walter and Miriam Schneir, Death of a Doxy
11.Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, Death of a Doxy, (Wolfe later removed this from his shelf because More had framed Richard III)
12.The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling, Death of a Doxy
13.Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State, by Peter Farb, Death of a Dude
14.The Greek Way, by Edith Hamilton, Death of a Dude
15.The First Circle, by Alexander Solshenitsyn, Death of a Dude
16.A volume of Macaulay's Essays (on Sir William Temple), Death of a Dude
17.The Treasure of our Tongue, by Lincoln Barnett, The Doorbell Rang
18.The Palace Guard, by Dan Rather and Gary Gates, A Family Affair
19.Fitzgerald's translation of the Illiad, A Family Affair
20.Herblock's Special Report, A Family Affair
21.The Southern Voyages, A Family Affair
22.Incredible Victory, by Walter Lord, The Father Hunt
23.The Future of Germany, by Karl Jaspers, The Father Hunt
24.The Lotus and the Robot, by Arthur Koestler, The Final Deduction
25.African Genesis, by Robert Ardrey, Gambit
26.The Native's Return, by Louis Mamie, The League of Frightened Men (Also read by Archie in Over My Dead Body)
27.Outline of Human Nature, by Alfred Rossiter, The League of Frightened Men
28.A volume of poetry by Spenser, The League of Frightened Men
29.A Secret Understanding, by Merle Miller, Might As Well Be Dead
30.Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck, The Mother Hunt
31.Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, The Mother Hunt
32.A volume of lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, Murder by the Book
33.Under Cover, by John Roy Carlson, Not Quite Dead Enough
34.United Yugoslavia, Over My Dead Body
35.Grant Takes Command, by Bruce Catton, Please Pass the Guilt
36.History of Human Marriage, by Westermarck, Please Pass the Guilt
37.The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by Lawrence, The Red Box
38.William Shakespeare, by A.L. Rowse, A Right, to Die
39.Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare, A Right to Die
40.Othello, by William Shakespeare, A Right to Die
41.The Minister and the Choir Singer, by Kunstler, A Right to Die
42.The Group, by Mary McCarthy (partially read and discarded), A Right to Die
43.Science: The Glorious Entertainment, by Jacques Barzun, A Right to Die
44.Lindenia, The Silent Speaker
45.Inside Russia Today, by John Gunther, Three at Wolfe's Door; Method Three for Murder
46.Power and Policy, by Thomas Finletter, Three for the Chair; Immune to Murder
47.An Outline of Man's Knowledge of the Modern World, edited by Lyman Bryson, Too Many Clients
48.The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster, Too Many Clients
49.Alcilia, by John Harington, Too Many Clients
50.Paracelsus, by Browning, Too Many Clients
51.Inside Europe, by John Gunther, Too Many Cooks
52.The Sudden Guest, by Christopher LaFarge, Too Many Women
53.Love from London, by Gilbert Gabriel, Too Many Women
54.A Survey of Symbolic Logic, by C. I. Lewis, Too Many Women
55.The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by Shirer, Trio for Blunt Instruments; Kill Now—Pay Later
56.My Life in Court, by Louis Nizer, Trio for Blunt Instruments; Murder is Corny
57.The Coming Fury, by Bruce Catton, (on shelf; interested Cramer, presumably read by Wolfe) Trio for Blunt Instruments; Murder is Corny
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