Ed McBain

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.

Author Bio

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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Details	Readers Count
Cop Hater Cop Hater Ed McBain	8 reads
The Mugger The Mugger Ed McBain	5 reads
Tricks Ed McBain	3 reads
Blood relatives Ed McBain	3 reads
The Pusher Ed McBain	4 reads
The Con Man The Con Man Ed McBain	2 reads
Killer's Choice Ed McBain	3 reads
Ax Ed McBain	1 read
So Nude, So Dead Evan Hunter Ed McBain	0 reads
Shotgun Shotgun Ed McBain	1 read
The Gutter and the Grave The Gutter and the Grave Ed McBain	1 read
Cut Me In Ed McBain	0 reads
Hark! Ed McBain	1 read
Ten Plus One Ed McBain	2 reads
Where There's Smoke Ed McBain Evan Hunter	1 read
Killer's Wedge Ed McBain	1 read
'Til Death Ed McBain	1 read
Ghosts Ed McBain	2 reads
Eight Black Horses Eight Black Horses Ed McBain Mark T. Sullivan	1 read
Fuzz Fuzz Ed McBain	2 reads
Lady, Lady, I Did It! Lady, Lady, I Did It! Ed McBain	2 reads
Heat Heat Ed McBain	1 read
Lightning Ed McBain	1 read
King's Ransom Ed McBain	2 reads
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime And Suspense Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime And Suspense	0 reads
Lady Killer Lady Killer Ed McBain	1 read
Goldilocks Ed McBain	2 reads
Come Winter Ed McBain Evan Hunter	1 read
The Ransome Women; The Things They Left Behind Stephen King John Farris	0 reads
The Gutter and the Grave (Hard Case Crime) Ed McBain	0 reads
The Blackboard Jungle Ed McBain	1 read
Gladly the cross-eyed bear Ed McBain	1 read
Learning to kill Ed McBain	1 read
Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct Ed McBain	0 reads
Ice Ed McBain	1 read
Sadie when she died Ed McBain	1 read
Nocturne Ed McBain	0 reads
Downtown Downtown Ed McBain	1 read
Give The Boys a Great Big Hand Give The Boys a Great Big Hand Ed McBain	1 read
Rumpelstiltskin Ed McBain	1 read
Beauty And The Beast Ed McBain	1 read
Jack and the Beanstalk Ed McBain	1 read
Mary, Mary Mary, Mary Ed McBain	1 read
The Last Best Hope The Last Best Hope Ed McBain	1 read
Doors Doors Ed McBain	0 reads
Big Man Ed McBain	0 reads
Vespers Ed McBain	0 reads
The April Robin Murders Craig Rice Ed McBain Scott Rice	0 reads
Bread Bread Ed McBain	0 reads
The Heckler Ed McBain	0 reads
Calypso Ed McBain	0 reads
He Who Hesitates Ed McBain	0 reads
And All Through The House And All Through The House Ed McBain	0 reads
The Empty Hours The Empty Hours Ed McBain	0 reads
Fiddlers Ed McBain	0 reads
Even the Wicked Richard Marsten Ed McBain	1 read
Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 Geoffrey O'Brien Margaret Millar Ed McBain Chester Himes Patricia Highsmith	0 reads
McBain's Ladies McBain's Ladies: The Women of the 87th Precinct Ed McBain	1 read
Hail to the Chief Hail to the Chief Ed McBain	1 read
Like Love Ed McBain	1 read
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times The New York Times	0 reads
Jigsaw Jigsaw Ed McBain	1 read
Snow White and Rose Red Snow White and Rose Red Ed McBain	1 read
Doll Ed McBain	1 read
Killer's Payoff Killer's Payoff Ed McBain	1 read
Eighty Million Eyes Ed McBain	1 read
Lullaby Lullaby Ed McBain	1 read
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man Ed McBain	1 read
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics Alan Moore Alex Raymond Bernard Krigstein Terry Beatty Johnny Craig Jack Cole Joe Simon Jack Kirby Jordi Bernet Ed McBain Max Allan Collins Lloyd Thatcher Enrique Sánchez Abulí Dominique Grange Gianluigi Gonano Gianni De Luca Colin McLoughlin Dennis Mcloughlin Carlos Sampayo José Muñoz Will Eisner Bill Everett Paul Grist Fred Guardineer Harry Sahle Ed Robbins Warren Pleece Oscar Zárate Neil Gaiman Alex Toth Dashiell Hammett Mickey Spillane Lesley Charteris Raymond Chandler Charles Burns Jacques Tardi	1 read
Tomorrow and Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow Ed McBain	0 reads
The Last Dance Ed McBain	0 reads
The Frumious Bandersnatch Ed McBain	0 reads
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years Stuart M. Kaminsky Jerome Charyn Archer Mayor Margaret Maron James Crumley Joe R. Lansdale Lindsey Davis Robert Greer Charlotte Carter Beth Saulnier Donald E. Westlake Loren D. Estleman Joe Gores Peter Lovesey William Marshall Marcia Muller Ed McBain M.C. Beaton	1 read
Nobody Knew They Were There! Ed McBain Evan Hunter	0 reads
Jeux de mots Ed McBain	0 reads
Alice in Jeopardy Alice in Jeopardy Ed McBain	0 reads
The Jungle Kids Ed McBain	0 reads
Nocturne Ed McBain	0 reads
Gladly the cross-eyed bear Ed McBain	0 reads
Candyland Ed McBain	0 reads
McBain's ladies, too Ed McBain	0 reads
Romance Ed McBain	0 reads
Nocturne Ed McBain	0 reads
Ice Ed McBain	0 reads
Gladly the cross-eyed bear Ed McBain	0 reads
Learning to kill Ed McBain	0 reads
Hark! Ed McBain	0 reads
Me and Mr. Stenner Ed McBain Evan Hunter	0 reads
Transgressions Ed McBain	0 reads
A Matter of Conviction Ed McBain	0 reads

Details	Readers Count
Cop Hater Cop Hater Ed McBain	8 reads
The Mugger The Mugger Ed McBain	5 reads
Tricks Ed McBain	3 reads
Blood relatives Ed McBain	3 reads
The Pusher Ed McBain	4 reads
The Con Man The Con Man Ed McBain	2 reads
Killer's Choice Ed McBain	3 reads
Ax Ed McBain	1 read
So Nude, So Dead Evan Hunter Ed McBain	0 reads
Shotgun Shotgun Ed McBain	1 read
The Gutter and the Grave The Gutter and the Grave Ed McBain	1 read
Cut Me In Ed McBain	0 reads
Hark! Ed McBain	1 read
Ten Plus One Ed McBain	2 reads
Where There's Smoke Ed McBain Evan Hunter	1 read
Killer's Wedge Ed McBain	1 read
'Til Death Ed McBain	1 read
Ghosts Ed McBain	2 reads
Eight Black Horses Eight Black Horses Ed McBain Mark T. Sullivan	1 read
Fuzz Fuzz Ed McBain	2 reads
Lady, Lady, I Did It! Lady, Lady, I Did It! Ed McBain	2 reads
Heat Heat Ed McBain	1 read
Lightning Ed McBain	1 read
King's Ransom Ed McBain	2 reads
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime And Suspense Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime And Suspense	0 reads
Lady Killer Lady Killer Ed McBain	1 read
Goldilocks Ed McBain	2 reads
Come Winter Ed McBain Evan Hunter	1 read
The Ransome Women; The Things They Left Behind Stephen King John Farris	0 reads
The Gutter and the Grave (Hard Case Crime) Ed McBain	0 reads
The Blackboard Jungle Ed McBain	1 read
Gladly the cross-eyed bear Ed McBain	1 read
Learning to kill Ed McBain	1 read
Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct Ed McBain	0 reads
Ice Ed McBain	1 read
Sadie when she died Ed McBain	1 read
Nocturne Ed McBain	0 reads
Downtown Downtown Ed McBain	1 read
Give The Boys a Great Big Hand Give The Boys a Great Big Hand Ed McBain	1 read
Rumpelstiltskin Ed McBain	1 read
Beauty And The Beast Ed McBain	1 read
Jack and the Beanstalk Ed McBain	1 read
Mary, Mary Mary, Mary Ed McBain	1 read
The Last Best Hope The Last Best Hope Ed McBain	1 read
Doors Doors Ed McBain	0 reads
Big Man Ed McBain	0 reads
Vespers Ed McBain	0 reads
The April Robin Murders Craig Rice Ed McBain Scott Rice	0 reads
Bread Bread Ed McBain	0 reads
The Heckler Ed McBain	0 reads
Calypso Ed McBain	0 reads
He Who Hesitates Ed McBain	0 reads
And All Through The House And All Through The House Ed McBain	0 reads
The Empty Hours The Empty Hours Ed McBain	0 reads
Fiddlers Ed McBain	0 reads
Even the Wicked Richard Marsten Ed McBain	1 read
Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 Geoffrey O'Brien Margaret Millar Ed McBain Chester Himes Patricia Highsmith	0 reads
McBain's Ladies McBain's Ladies: The Women of the 87th Precinct Ed McBain	1 read
Hail to the Chief Hail to the Chief Ed McBain	1 read
Like Love Ed McBain	1 read
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times The New York Times	0 reads
Jigsaw Jigsaw Ed McBain	1 read
Snow White and Rose Red Snow White and Rose Red Ed McBain	1 read
Doll Ed McBain	1 read
Killer's Payoff Killer's Payoff Ed McBain	1 read
Eighty Million Eyes Ed McBain	1 read
Lullaby Lullaby Ed McBain	1 read
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man Ed McBain	1 read
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics Alan Moore Alex Raymond Bernard Krigstein Terry Beatty Johnny Craig Jack Cole Joe Simon Jack Kirby Jordi Bernet Ed McBain Max Allan Collins Lloyd Thatcher Enrique Sánchez Abulí Dominique Grange Gianluigi Gonano Gianni De Luca Colin McLoughlin Dennis Mcloughlin Carlos Sampayo José Muñoz Will Eisner Bill Everett Paul Grist Fred Guardineer Harry Sahle Ed Robbins Warren Pleece Oscar Zárate Neil Gaiman Alex Toth Dashiell Hammett Mickey Spillane Lesley Charteris Raymond Chandler Charles Burns Jacques Tardi	1 read
Tomorrow and Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow Ed McBain	0 reads
The Last Dance Ed McBain	0 reads
The Frumious Bandersnatch Ed McBain	0 reads
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years Stuart M. Kaminsky Jerome Charyn Archer Mayor Margaret Maron James Crumley Joe R. Lansdale Lindsey Davis Robert Greer Charlotte Carter Beth Saulnier Donald E. Westlake Loren D. Estleman Joe Gores Peter Lovesey William Marshall Marcia Muller Ed McBain M.C. Beaton	1 read
Nobody Knew They Were There! Ed McBain Evan Hunter	0 reads
Jeux de mots Ed McBain	0 reads
Alice in Jeopardy Alice in Jeopardy Ed McBain	0 reads
The Jungle Kids Ed McBain	0 reads
Nocturne Ed McBain	0 reads
Gladly the cross-eyed bear Ed McBain	0 reads
Candyland Ed McBain	0 reads
McBain's ladies, too Ed McBain	0 reads
Romance Ed McBain	0 reads
Nocturne Ed McBain	0 reads
Ice Ed McBain	0 reads
Gladly the cross-eyed bear Ed McBain	0 reads
Learning to kill Ed McBain	0 reads
Hark! Ed McBain	0 reads
Me and Mr. Stenner Ed McBain Evan Hunter	0 reads
Transgressions Ed McBain	0 reads
A Matter of Conviction Ed McBain	0 reads

Ed McBain

Author Bio

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