Order of Doug Selby Books
Doug Selby is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction by American author Erle Stanley Gardner. Selby starts out as D.A. in the rural fictional town of Madison City, California. He is only worried about justice, rather than his winning percentage as a prosecuting attorney.
Erle Stanley Gardner began his Doug Selby series in 1937 with the novel The D.A. Calls it Murder. The novels are all distinguished by the prefix “The D.A.” in each of the books’ titles. The series lasted nine novels, concluding in 1949 with the novel The D.A. Breaks an Egg. Below is a list of Erle Stanley Gardner’s Doug Selby books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Doug Selby Books
| The D.A. Calls It Murder | (1937) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Holds a Candle | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Draws a Circle | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Goes to Trial | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D. A. Cooks a Goose | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Calls a Turn | (1944) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Breaks a Seal | (1946) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Takes a Chance | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The D.A. Breaks An Egg | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: The D.A. Calls it Murder was first published using the title of This is Murder.
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