For our meeting in September, read–at least–The Burglar in the Closet … by Block and The Hot Rock by Westlake.  You many read as many other in these series as you wish.

Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhoderbarr)

1. Burglars Can’t Be Choosers (1977)
2. The Burglar in the Closet (1978)
3. The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (1979)
4. The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1980)
5. The Burglar Who Painted like Mondrian (1983)
6. The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (1994)
7. The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (1995)
8. The Burglar in the Library (1997)
9. The Burglar in the Rye (1999)
10. The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis (1999) Out of Print/Hard to Find
11. The Burglar on the Prowl (2004)

Donald Westlake (Dortmunder)

Dortmunder
1. The Hot Rock (1970)
2. Bank Shot (1972) NOBLE
3. Jimmy the Kid (1974) NOBLE
4. Nobody’s Perfect (1977)
5. Why Me? (1983) NOBLE
6. Good Behaviour (1987)
7. Drowned Hopes (1990)
8. Don’t Ask (1993)
9. What’s the Worst That Could Happen? (1996)
10. Bad News (2001)
11. The Road to Ruin (2004)
12. Thieves’ Dozen (2004)
13. Watch Your Back! (2005)
14. What’s So Funny? (2007)
15. Get Real (2009)

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