Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two Names for Death | 1945 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 2 | Stranger at Home | 1946 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 3 | The Persian Cat | 1950 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 4 | My Old Man’s Badge | 1950 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 5 | You’ll Get Yours | 1952 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 6 | Tears are for Angels | 1952 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 7 | Little Sister | 1952 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 8 | Stool Pigeon | 1953 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 9 | Madball | 1953 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 10 | She Got What She Wanted | 1954 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 11 | The Woman on the Roof | 1954 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 12 | The Men From the Boys | 1956 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 13 | Never Say No to a Killer | 1956 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 14 | The Hoods Take Over | 1957 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 15 | The Living End | 1957 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 16 | Dead Wrong | 1957 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 17 | The Last Notch | 1958 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 18 | End of the Line | 1958 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 19 | Angel’s Flight | 1960 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 20 | Frantic | 1961 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 21 | A Haven for the Damned | 1962 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 22 | Frenzy of Evil | 1963 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
| 23 | Eddie’s World | 2001 | Clifton Adams | Buy |
The Black Gat series by Clifton Adams covers 23 books, beginning with Two Names for Death in 1945 and running through to Eddie’s World in 2001. The core of the series was written across roughly two decades — from the mid-1940s through the early 1960s — with titles like Stranger at Home, The Persian Cat, Stool Pigeon, and Frenzy of Evil that all carry the sharp, hard-boiled tone the genre is known for.
The years 1952 through 1958 were the most productive stretch, accounting for the majority of the books. A long gap follows before Eddie’s World appeared in 2001, more than three decades after Frenzy of Evil. Readers new to the series can start with Two Names for Death and read through in order, or pick up individual titles as standalone crime fiction from the mid-twentieth century.