Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Streets | 1986 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 2 | Matter of Crime | 1987 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 3 | The Black Moon | 1989 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 4 | The New Frontier | 1989 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 5 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 6 | 100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | 1991 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 7 | Invitation to Murder | 1991 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 8 | Deadly Allies | 1992 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 9 | Dark Crimes 2 | 1993 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 10 | Deadly Allies II | 1994 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 11 | New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories | 1994 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 12 | First Cases, Volume 1 | 1996 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 13 | How the West Was Read, Volume 2 | 1996 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 14 | The Night Awakens | 1998 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 15 | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 16 | The Best of the American West II | 1999 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 17 | The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | 1999 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 18 | American West | 2000 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 19 | The Shamus Game | 2000 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 20 | The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 21 | The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years | 2001 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 22 | A Century of Great Western Stories | 2001 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 23 | Murder, My Dear Watson | 2002 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 24 | A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime | 2003 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 25 | Lost Trails | 2007 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 26 | At the Scene of the Crime | 2008 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 27 | Ghost Towns | 2010 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 28 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 | 2011 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 29 | Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 30 | In Pursuit of Spenser | 2012 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 31 | Detroit Is Our Beat | 2015 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 32 | The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife | 2017 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
| 33 | The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe | 2020 | Loren D. Estleman | Buy |
Loren D. Estleman has been a regular presence in crime fiction and western anthologies since the mid-1980s. His contributions range from private eye stories in collections like Mean Streets (1986) and The Shamus Game (2000) to western fiction in New Trails (1994) and Ghost Towns (2010). Several anthologies feature his Sherlock Holmes pastiches, including Murder, My Dear Watson (2002) and The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999).
His anthology credits also include some notable best-of collections like The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 and The Best American Mystery Stories 2011. More recently, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe (2020) featured his take on Rex Stout’s famous detective. These anthology appearances show how widely Estleman’s work is respected across the crime fiction and western communities.