Best Dortmunder Book

393 5182 Ratings 465 Reviews published 1970 57 editions. The first installment in the Dortmunder book series by author Donald E.

Don T Ask Dortmunder 8 By Donald E Westlake

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Best dortmunder book. Have you looked at any best seller lists lately. Novels The Hot Rock. Donald Westlake Narrated by.

His four book James Reece series is extremely popular these days. John Archibald Dortmunder is the thief whose caper. Me I think the best was Drowned Hopes which sets a non-violent Dortmunder against a.

A Dortmunder Novel Book 6 By. But the books for which he remains best known are the 14 novels in the hilarious Dortmunder series of comic caper novels that were published from 1970 to 2009. My favorite of the Dortmunder novels is Whats the Worst that Could Happen.

Since this is book 10 you might expect the series to be running out of steam. Get Real brings back John Dortmunder the mastermind of a gang of Runyonesque crooks who have now blundered their way through 14 novels beginning in 1970 with The Hot Rock Under his own name and various pseudonyms Westlake wrote nearly a hundred novels story collections and screenplays over a career of almost 50 years. The series consists of 14 novels with the final one Get Real published in 2009.

The Dortmunder series began in 1970 with the aforementioned novel The Hot Rock. I just read them in the order that I. Best Dortmunder book so far.

Drowned Hopes is the darkest and by far the poorest. No list of heist novels would be complete without this comic masterpiece which introduced John Dortmunder ex-con and thief. 19 rows Top Series in Mystery.

Other than that I dont have strong preferences. If so you will have no doubt seen books by Jack Carr on the list. Shelve The Hot Rock.

8 hrs and 14 mins Unabridged. Lots of plot twists action memorable characters and laugh-out-loud funny Like see review. In this perhaps the best.

Dont limit yourself to just this one book though Drowned Hopes is definitely among the better ones as it features Dortmunder and his hapless crime syndicate. 7 hrs and 24 mins Unabridged. A Dortmunder Novel Book 4 By.

Jimmy The Kid is one of Donald Westlakes shorter books and the madness does not grow exponentially as in other Dortmunder caper stories. Below is a list of Donald Westlakes Dortmunder books in. Like Parker Dortmunder is a career criminal although he is a non-violent criminal who prefers to plan out elaborate schemes which of course never work out exactly the way he plans.

Fresh out of prison Dortmunder agrees to help his friend Kelp steal a 500000 emerald. Bank Shot the second book in the series is one of the best. An Agatha Raisin Mystery.

A harebrained scheme from the start. Donald Westlake The Hot Rock 1970. The Dortmunder series has never been less than good but Westlake surpassed himself with this one.

Nevertheless it is a. Helles Dortmunder Export. This hugely satisfying novel features a hapless thief John Dortmunder whose wonderful capers always tend to hit the unforeseeable snags.

The Best Of The Beasts More Stats. From a prodigious body of work writing as both Westlake and as Richard Stark the authors Dortmunder series is arguably his best. Simon and Schuster 1970.

Westlake fans will welcome the return after a five-year hiatus of luckless burglar John Dortmunder and his gang of lowlifes from the back room of the OJ. A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Many readers have opined that the best Dortmunder novel is Good Behavior the one with the nuns.

The Most Active Brewers The Strongest Beers In The World The Top Ultralights The Top Weekly The Top IBU Top Beers of the Month P The Most Wanted Beers Newest Beers. I also very much like Good Behavior. The Munich Helles is a clean malty medium yellow to pale gold-colored malt-accentuated German Pale Lager.

Dortmunder Series Best Books The Hot Rock. Since many of Westlakes books seem to be out of print at the moment the library is probably your best bet to. Simon and Schuster 1972.

At any rate you are guaranteed a good read anytime you pick up a Dortmunder book. The first book is The Terminal List the ultimate revenge story and a treat for fans of Reacher Rapp Bourne etc.

Another Uncommonly Funny Caper Novel Featuring John Dortmunder