Ed McBain has written at least 90 books. Their most popular book is Cop Hater with 12 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fiction, Mystery, and Police.
Ed McBain was a pen name of [Evan Hunter](/a/OL27895A). These are treated as separate authors in OpenLibrary.
Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.
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7 primary booksAuthored 100% of series
Matthew Hope is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1981 with contributions by Ed McBain.
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1 primary bookAuthored 100% of series
Last Summer is a 1-book series first released in 1973 with contributions by Ed McBain and Evan Hunter.
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38 primary booksAuthored 97% of series
87th Precinct is a 38-book series with 38 primary works first released in 1956 with contributions by Ed McBain, Mark T. Sullivan, and Denys Johnson-Davies.
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2 primary booksAuthored 50% of series
Ilves-sarja is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1952 with contributions by Ed McBain and Gil Brewer.
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3 primary booksAuthored 33% of series
Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1942 with contributions by Craig Rice, Ed McBain, and Scott Rice.
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16 primary books17 released booksAuthored 6% of series
Yellowthread Street is a 17-book series with 16 primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by William Marshall, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and 16 others.
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1 primary bookAuthored 0% of series
Transgressions is a 1-book series first released in 2006 with contributions by Stephen King and John Farris.