Ed McBain

Ed McBain

Ed McBain has written at least 99 books. Their most popular book is Cop Hater with 31 saves with an average rating of 3.56⭐.

Author Bio

Ed McBain was a pen name of [Evan Hunter](/a/OL27895A). These are treated as separate authors in OpenLibrary.

Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.

VIAF

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

45 primary books

Authored 98% of series

87th Precinct

87th Precinct is a 45-book series with 45 released primary works first released in 1956 with contributions by Ed McBain, Mark T. Sullivan, and Denys Johnson-Davies.

#1
Cop Hater
#2
The Mugger
#3
The Pusher
#4
The Con Man
#5
Killer's Choice

Series

7 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Matthew Hope

Matthew Hope is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1981 with contributions by Ed McBain.

Series

2 primary books

Authored 50% of series

Ilves-sarja

Ilves-sarja is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1952 with contributions by Ed McBain and Gil Brewer.

Series

16 primary books17 released books

Authored 6% of series

Yellowthread Street

Yellowthread Street is a 17-book series with 16 released primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by William Marshall, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and Jerome Charyn.

#1
Yellowthread Street
#2
The Hatchet Man
#3
Gelignite
#4
Thin Air
#5
Skulduggery

Series

3 primary books

Authored 33% of series

Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak

Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1942 with contributions by Craig Rice, Ed McBain, and Scott Rice.

#1
The Sunday Pigeon Murders
#2
The Thursday Turkey Murders
#3
The April Robin Murders

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Last Summer

Last Summer is a 1-book series first released in 1973 with contributions by Ed McBain and Evan Hunter.

#2
Come Winter

Series

2 primary books0 released books

Authored 0% of series

Transgressions

Transgressions is a 0-book series first released in 2006 .