Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Nine Mile Walk | 1967 | Buy |
The Rabbi Small Mysteries Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Friday the Rabbi Slept Late | 1964 | Buy |
| Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry | 1966 | Buy |
| Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home | 1969 | Buy |
| Monday the Rabbi Took Off | 1972 | Buy |
| Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red | 1973 | Buy |
| Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet | 1976 | Buy |
| Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out | 1978 | Buy |
| Conversations with Rabbi Small | 1981 | Buy |
| Someday the Rabbi Will Leave | 1985 | Buy |
| One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross | 1987 | Buy |
| The Day the Rabbi Resigned | 1992 | Buy |
| That Day the Rabbi Left Town | 1996 | Buy |
Harry Kemelman was an American mystery writer best known for The Rabbi Small Mysteries, a series of twelve novels published between 1964 and 1996. The series features Rabbi David Small, a Conservative rabbi in the fictional Massachusetts town of Barnard’s Crossing, who applies Talmudic reasoning to solve murders.
Kemelman’s debut, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1965 and became a bestseller. Each subsequent book in the series is titled with a different day of the week, a pattern he maintained through the first seven novels before shifting to other title formats. Beyond the series, Kemelman published The Nine Mile Walk, a collection of short stories featuring Professor Nicky Welt, another character who relies on logical deduction.