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Rex Stout


Born
in Noblesville, Indiana, The United States
December 01, 1886

Died
October 27, 1975

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Rex Todhunter Stout (1886–1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair).

The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.
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Average rating: 4.12 · 204,050 ratings · 12,809 reviews · 833 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

3.97 avg rating — 16,522 ratings — published 1934 — 135 editions
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The League of Frightened Me...

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4.09 avg rating — 7,898 ratings — published 1935 — 96 editions
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Some Buried Caesar (Nero Wo...

4.18 avg rating — 6,608 ratings — published 1938
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Black Orchids - A Nero Wolf...

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4.16 avg rating — 6,068 ratings — published 1942 — 42 editions
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Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe,...

4.10 avg rating — 6,150 ratings — published 1938 — 77 editions
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The Doorbell Rang (Nero Wol...

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4.22 avg rating — 5,711 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions
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And Be a Villain  (Nero Wol...

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4.17 avg rating — 5,461 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions
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Over My Dead Body (Nero Wol...

4.10 avg rating — 5,183 ratings — published 1940 — 86 editions
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In the Best Families (Nero ...

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4.30 avg rating — 4,641 ratings — published 1950 — 73 editions
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The Golden Spiders (Nero Wo...

4.10 avg rating — 4,718 ratings — published 1953 — 86 editions
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Fer-de-Lance The League of Frightened Men The Rubber Band The Red Box Too Many Cooks Some Buried Caesar Over My Dead Body
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4.13 avg rating — 190,891 ratings

Bitter End Black Orchids - A Nero Wolf... Invitation to Murder Omit Flowers The Cop Killer Disguise for Murder
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Double for Death Bad for Business The Broken Vase
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Quotes by Rex Stout  (?)
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“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”
Rex Stout, The Rubber Band

“[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.”
Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance

“Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.”
Rex Stout, The Red Box

Polls

January 2017 New School Classic Poll

 
  47 votes, 19.3%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - 218 pgs, 1996
 
  38 votes, 15.6%

 
  34 votes, 13.9%

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - 412 pgs, 1905
 
  25 votes, 10.2%

Ross Poldark by Winston Graham - 400 pgs, 1945
 
  17 votes, 7.0%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922
 
  15 votes, 6.1%

 
  15 votes, 6.1%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984
 
  12 votes, 4.9%

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson - 240 pgs, 1919
 
  10 votes, 4.1%

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati, 198 pgs, 1940
 
  8 votes, 3.3%

 
  7 votes, 2.9%

 
  6 votes, 2.5%

The Vagabond by Colette - 252 pgs, 1910
 
  6 votes, 2.5%

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, 285 pgs, 1934
 
  4 votes, 1.6%

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