Reading order
Van Gulik's Judge Dee series — reading order
- The Chinese Maze Murders (1951)
- The Chinese Bell Murders (1958)
- The Chinese Gold Murders (1959)
- Six Cases for Judge Dee (1960)
- The Chinese Lake Murders (1960)
- The Chinese Nail Murders (1961)
- The Haunted Monastery (1961)
- The Red Pavilion (1961)
- The Lacquer Screen (1962)
- The Emperor's Pearl (1963)
- The Morning of the Monkey (1964)
- The Monkey and the Tiger (1965)
- Every volume in order (17) ↓
- 17 volumes
- Volumes
- 1951–1968
- Published
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
Start withThe Chinese Maze Murders
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Publication order
17 volumes1951–1968Completed
Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.
Every volume in order
Read: 0 of 17
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- 1951
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960Six Cases for Judge Dee
- 1960
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964The Morning of the Monkey
- 1965
- 1966
- 1966
- 1967
- 1967
- 1968
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