List of Ace Miscellaneous Numeric-Series Single Titles
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Ace Books
have published hundreds of western
, mystery
and science fiction
titles, but have also published many books that do not fall into any of those three genres, including gothic novels, nurse romances, literature, and non-fiction. A small number of these were in Ace Double
format, but the majority are single volumes. Between 1952 and 1968, the books had a letter-series identifier; after that date they were given five digit numeric serial numbers, and it is these books that are listed below. The list is probably very incomplete.
The list given here gives a date of publication; in all cases this refers to the date of publication by Ace, and not the date of original publication of the novels. For more information about the history of these titles, see Ace Books
, which includes a discussion of the serial numbering conventions used and an explanation of the letter-code system.
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
have published hundreds of western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
, mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
titles, but have also published many books that do not fall into any of those three genres, including gothic novels, nurse romances, literature, and non-fiction. A small number of these were in Ace Double
Dos-à-dos binding
In bookbinding, a dos-à-dos binding is a binding structure in which two separate books are bound together such that the fore edge of one is adjacent to the spine of the other, with a shared lower board between them serving as the back cover of both...
format, but the majority are single volumes. Between 1952 and 1968, the books had a letter-series identifier; after that date they were given five digit numeric serial numbers, and it is these books that are listed below. The list is probably very incomplete.
The list given here gives a date of publication; in all cases this refers to the date of publication by Ace, and not the date of original publication of the novels. For more information about the history of these titles, see Ace Books
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
, which includes a discussion of the serial numbering conventions used and an explanation of the letter-code system.
- 00241 NA Jack Luzzatto Ace Crossword Puzzle Book #2 (1969)
- 01625 NA Dick LupoffRichard A. LupoffRichard Allen Lupoff is an American science fiction and mystery author, who has also written humor, satire, non-fiction and reviews. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 short stories, he has also edited science-fantasy anthologies. He is an expert on the writing of Edgar Rice...
and Don Thompson (ed.) All In Color For A Dime (1970) - 02900 NA John JakesJohn JakesJohn William Jakes is an American writer, best known for American historical fiction.-Early life and education:...
(as Jay Scotland) Arena - 02940 NA Rona Randall The Arrogant Duke (1972)
- 04745 NA Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
The Bandit of Hell's Bend - 04755 NA E. KeltonElmer KeltonElmer Stephen Kelton was an American journalist and writer, known particularly for his Western novels.-Biography:...
Barbed Wire - 05785 NA Shepherd MeadShepherd MeadShepherd Mead, born Edward Mead, , was an American writer. He is best known as the author of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which was adapted into a hit Broadway show and motion picture....
The Big Ball of Wax - 06505 NA Cornell WoolrichCornell WoolrichCornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
The Black Angel (1965) - 06715 NA Charles Lefebure The Blood Cults (1969)
- 07080 NA Joyce Keener Border-Line (1979)
- 07921 NA Cornell WoolrichCornell WoolrichCornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
Bride Wore Black - 09102 NA Nancy BuckinghamNancy BuckinghamNancy Joyce Buckingham is a British co-writer of gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer . They wrote novels under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham, and under the pseudonyms Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John and Hilary London...
Call of Glengarron - 09128 NA Kenneth Von Gunden K-9 Corps
- 10471 NA Sam Bowie Chisum (1970)
- 11222 NA Nancy BuckinghamNancy BuckinghamNancy Joyce Buckingham is a British co-writer of gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer . They wrote novels under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham, and under the pseudonyms Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John and Hilary London...
Cloud Over Malverton - 13681 NA Marie Garratt Dangerous Enchantment
- 14153 NA Cornell WoolrichCornell WoolrichCornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
(as William Irish) Deadline at Dawn - 14165 NA Jack VanceJack VanceJohn Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
(as James Holbrook Vance) The Deadly Isles - 14198 NA John Bickham Decker's Campaign
- 14240 NA Wayne C. Lee Die-Hard
- 14247 NA Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
The Deputy Sheriff of Commanche County (1940) - 14256 NA Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
Demonology & Witchcraft - 14258 NA David Rome The Depraved (1968)
- 17810 NA Jan Hoffman A Dying in the Night (1975)
- 19640 NA Eliot AsinofEliot AsinofEliot Asinof was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction best known for his writing about baseball. His most famous book was Eight Men Out, a nonfiction reconstruction of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.-Biography:...
Eight Men Out (1963) - 22327 NA Hans HolzerHans HolzerHans Holzer was an Austrian-born, American pioneering paranormal researcher and author. He wrote well over 100 books on supernatural and occult subjects for the popular market as well as several plays, musicals, films, and documentaries, and hosted a television show, "Ghost Hunter".- Career...
ESP and You - 22680 NA Richard L. Hershatter Fallout for a Spy
- 22742 NA Margaret ErskineMargaret ErskineLady Margaret Erskine was a mistress of King James V of Scotland.She was a daughter of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and Margaret Campbell.James V had a number of mistresses in his time, but some accounts describe her as his favourite...
The Family at Tammerton - 24302 NA W. Johnston The Underground Picnic: The Flying Nun #5 (1970)
- 24415 NA John MichellJohn Michell (writer)John Frederick Carden Michell was an English writer whose key sources of inspiration were Plato and Charles Fort...
The Flying Saucer Vision (1967) - 24975 NA Jack VanceJack VanceJohn Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
(as John Holbrook Vance) The Fox Valley Murders (1968) - 25165 NA Michael Hervey Fraternity of the Weird (1969)
- 25300 NA Georgette HeyerGeorgette HeyerGeorgette Heyer was a British historical romance and detective fiction novelist. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer...
Friday's Child (1946) - 28911 NA Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
The Girl from Hollywood - 28914 NA Michael AvalloneMichael AvalloneMichael Avallone was a prolific American author of mystery and secret agent fiction, as well as many novels based upon various television series and films...
The Girls in Television (1974) - 29350 NA Harlan EllisonHarlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...
The Glass Teat (1970) - 29741 NA Todhunter BallardTodhunter BallardWillis Todhunter Ballard was a Cleveland, Ohio-born American author, known for his Westerns and mystery novels.-Pseudonyms:...
Gold in California (1965) - 29743 NA Todhunter BallardTodhunter BallardWillis Todhunter Ballard was a Cleveland, Ohio-born American author, known for his Westerns and mystery novels.-Pseudonyms:...
Gold in California (1965) - 29786 NA Peter BournePeter BournePeter Bourne is a physician, anthropologist, biographer, author and international civil servant with experience in several senior government positions. He is currently chairman of the board of the American Association for World Health, and Professor and Vice Chancellor Emeritus at St...
The Golden Pagans - 31725 NA Shirley JacksonShirley JacksonShirley Jackson was an American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years...
Hangsaman - 31781 NA Leal Hayes Harlequin House
- 31930 NA Jane Blackmore Hawkridge (1976)
- 31940 NA John Swenson Headliners: Kiss: The Greatest Rock Show on Earth! (1978)
- 31941 NA Charley WaltersCharley WaltersCharles Leonard Walters was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1969 and is currently a sports columnist and reporter for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press newspaper.-Professional baseball:...
Headliners: Fleetwood Mac (1979) - 32335 NA William JohnstonWilliam JohnstonWilliam Johnston may refer to:*William Johnston , U.S. Representative from Ohio*William Johnston , Irish politician and Orangeman...
The Young Rebels: The Hedgerow Incident (1970) - 32575 NA Charles O. Locke The Hell Bent Kid
- 34250 NA N. Fredrik Hollywood And The Academy Awards (1970)
- 34260 NA Mair Unsworth Home To My Love (1973)
- 34361 NA Nancy BuckinghamNancy BuckinghamNancy Joyce Buckingham is a British co-writer of gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer . They wrote novels under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham, and under the pseudonyms Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John and Hilary London...
The Hour Before Moonrise - 34440 NA Barbara Lane Housewife Hookers (1973)
- 34441 NA Barbara Lane Housewife Hookers, Part II (1974)
- 36300 NA Ron GoulartRon GoulartRon Goulart is an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author.The prolific Goulart wrote many novelizations and other routine work under various pseudonyms: Kenneth Robeson , Con Steffanson , Chad Calhoun, R.T...
If Dying Was All (1971) - 37381 NA P. Agan Is That Who I Think It Is? Volume 1 (1975)
- 37382 NA P. Agan Is That Who I Think It Is? Volume 3 (1976)
- 37421 NA H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
The Island of Dr Moreau (1977) - 37598 NA Gil Brewer The Devil in Davos: It Takes a Thief #1 (1969)
- 37599 NA Gil Brewer Mediterranean Caper: It Takes a Thief #2 (1969)
- 37600 NA Gil Brewer Appointment In Cairo: It Takes a Thief #3 (1970)
- 40590 NA Ron GoulartRon GoulartRon Goulart is an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author.The prolific Goulart wrote many novelizations and other routine work under various pseudonyms: Kenneth Robeson , Con Steffanson , Chad Calhoun, R.T...
Too Sweet to Die (1972) - 41550 NA Jerry Bladwin Kept Man (1975)
- 41841 NA William BurroughsWilliam S. BurroughsWilliam Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th...
JunkieJunkie (novel)Junkie is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs. It was his first published novel and has come to be considered a seminal text on the lifestyle of heroin addicts in the early 1950s. Burroughs' working title was Junk.-Inspiration:The novel was considered unpublishable more than...
(1964) - 44512 NA Bernhardt Hurwood Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
- 48862 NA Charles FortCharles FortCharles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print today.-Biography:Charles Hoy Fort was born in 1874 in Albany, New York, of Dutch...
Lo! - 51550 NA Adeline McElfresh The Magic of Dr. Farrar (1965)
- 51626 NA Rachel Cosgrove PayesRachel Cosgrove PayesRachel R. Cosgrove Payes, also known as E.L. Arch and Joanne Kaye was an American genre novelist, and author of books on the Land of Oz...
Malverne Hall (1970) - 51700 NA David McDanielDavid McDanielDavid Edward McDaniel was a US science fiction author, who also wrote spy fiction, including several novels based upon the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..- Biography :...
The Hollow Crown Affair (1969) - 51701 NA Peter Leslie The Unfair Fare Affair (1968)
- 51702 NA John T. PhillifentJohn T. PhillifentJohn Thomas Phillifent was an English science fiction author. He wrote as John T. Phillifent and under the pen name John Rackham...
The Power Cube Affair - 51703 NA John T. PhillifentJohn T. PhillifentJohn Thomas Phillifent was an English science fiction author. He wrote as John T. Phillifent and under the pen name John Rackham...
The Corfu Affair (1967) - 51704 NA Joel Bernard The Thinking Machine Affair (1967)
- 51705 NA John Oram Thomas (as John Oram) The Stone-Cold Dead in the Market Affair
- 51706 NA Peter Leslie The Finger in the Spy Affair (1966)
- 51941 NA Bruce CassidayBruce CassidayBruce Cassiday was an American writer and editor. He was the author and editor of pulp fiction, suspense and espionage stories, Gothics, medical melodramas, radio and TV dramas and novelizations, "how-to" books on landscaping, home carpentry, solar houses, ghostwritten biographies, and reader's...
The Fire's Center; Marcus Welby #3 (1971) - 52110 NA Jennifer Sills Massage Parlor (1973)
- 54325 NA Rona Randall Mountain of Fear (1971)
- 54378 NA Virginia Coffman Moura (1963)
- 54380 NA Virginia Coffman Moura (1963)
- 54460 NA Edgar Rice Burrough The Mucker (1974)
- 57975 NA Margaret Summerton Nightingale at Noon
- 58875 NA Jesse Kornbluth Notes from the New Underground (1968)
- 61480 NA The Editors Of Science & Mechanics (compilers) The Official Guide To UFO's (1968)
- 64512 NA Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
The Outlaw of Torn - 65442 NA Anne Maybury The Pavilion at Monkshood (1973)
- 65873 NA Eliot AsinofEliot AsinofEliot Asinof was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction best known for his writing about baseball. His most famous book was Eight Men Out, a nonfiction reconstruction of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.-Biography:...
People vs. Blutcher (1971) - 66050 NA Cornell WoolrichCornell WoolrichCornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
Phantom Lady - 67110 NA Jack VanceJack VanceJohn Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
(as John Holbrook Vance) The Pleasant Grove Murder (1967) - 67131 NA L. L. Foreman Plundering Gun
- 71000 NA Manfred von RichthofenManfred von RichthofenManfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...
The Red Baron (1969) - 71001 NA Manfred von RichthofenManfred von RichthofenManfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...
The Red Baron - 71076 NA Clifton Adams Reckless Men
- 71816 NA Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
The Return of the Mucker - 72280 NA Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
The Rider (1915) - 73471 NA Monica DickensMonica DickensMonica Enid Dickens, MBE was an English writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.-Biography:...
The Room Upstairs - 75181 NA Jean Vicary Saverstall
- 75617 NA Ray HoganRay HoganRay Hogan born 21 November 1981 in Limerick, Ireland is a former rugby union player for Bristol Rugby in the Guinness Premiership. After several seasons with Irish province Connacht Ray signed for Bristol in the summer of 2007....
Showdown on Texas Flat - 75750 NA Sax RohmerSax RohmerArthur Henry Sarsfield Ward , better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr...
The Secret Of Holm Peel And Other Strange Stories (1970) - 75945 NA Ron GoulartRon GoulartRon Goulart is an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author.The prolific Goulart wrote many novelizations and other routine work under various pseudonyms: Kenneth Robeson , Con Steffanson , Chad Calhoun, R.T...
The Same Lie Twice (1973) - 75958 NA Brad SteigerBrad SteigerBrad Steiger is an American author who has written or co-written over 170 books, a number of which focus on paranormal subjects.-Childhood:...
Sex and Satanism (1969) - 75980 NA Barbara Levins Sexual Power of Marijuana
- 75987 NA Ruth AbbeyRuth AbbeyRuth Abbey is an Australian political philosopher with interests in contemporary political theory, history of political thought and feminist political thought.She is a John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C...
The Shadow Between (1974) - 76181 NA Louis L'AmourLouis L'AmourLouis Dearborn L'Amour was an American author. His books consisted primarily of Western fiction novels , however he also wrote historical fiction , science fiction , nonfiction , as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into movies...
(as Jim Mayo) Showdown at Yellow Butte - 76972 NA Dorothy EdenDorothy EdenDorothy Enid Eden was a novelist and short story writer. She was born on 3 April 1912 in Canterbury Plains, New Zealand, where she attended school and worked as a legal secretary before moving to England in 1954. She died of cancer in London on 4 March 1982.Eden was best known for her writings in...
Sleep in the Woods (1967) - 77051 NA Margaret ErskineMargaret ErskineLady Margaret Erskine was a mistress of King James V of Scotland.She was a daughter of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and Margaret Campbell.James V had a number of mistresses in his time, but some accounts describe her as his favourite...
Sleep No More - 77425 NA Betty Deforrest The Shows of Yesterday
- 77471 NA Anne Maybury Someone Waiting (1961)
- 77520 NA Wayne Lee Son of a Gunman
- 77598 NA Kenneth Von Gunden The Sounding Stillness
- 77841 NA S. E. Stevenson Spring Magic
- 77905 NA Jane Blackmore The Square of Many Colours
- 78500 NA Warren SmithWarren Smith (author)Warren Smith, also known as Warren William Billy Smith, was an author from Iowa, who wrote books on cryptozoology and the hollow earth theory.-Life and career:...
Strange & Miraculous Cures (1969) - 78901 NA Brad SteigerBrad SteigerBrad Steiger is an American author who has written or co-written over 170 books, a number of which focus on paranormal subjects.-Childhood:...
Strange Guests (1966) - 79001 NA Bernhardt J. Hurwood Strange Talents
- 79805 NA Roy Manning Tangled Trail
- 79970 NA Isobel Lambot A Taste of Murder
- 80661 NA Mildred DavisMildred B. DavisMildred B. Davis is an American novelist whose books generally fall into the suspense/mystery genre.Katherine Roome, her daughter, and a published author herself, helped Mildred break a 30-year publishing silence by working with her to turn some previously unpublished manuscripts into the Murder...
The Third Half - 82401 NA Ernest HaycoxErnest HaycoxErnest James Haycox was a prolific American author of Western fiction.-Biography:Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899...
Trigger Trio' - 85460 NA Harold E. Hartney Up & At 'Em
- 86022 NA Virginia Coffman Vampire of Moura
- 87015 NA Philip LorainePhilip LoraineRobin Estridge, aka Robin York and Philip Loraine is a British author of suspense fiction and screenwriter. His date of birth is unknown....
One to Curtis (1967) - 87070 NA Daoma Winston Walk Around the Square (1975)
- 87101 NA Rona Randall Walk Into My Parlor
- 87370 NA Herman RaucherHerman RaucherHerman Raucher is an American author who has written several screenplays, among them the popular Summer of '42 and The Great Santini and several novels and plays...
Watermelon Man - 87718 NA Harlan Ellsion Web of the City (1983)
- 88075 NA Richard Lamparski Whatever Became Of.....? Volume I.
- 88076 NA Richard Lamparski Whatever Became Of.....? Volume II. (1970)
- 88440 NA Nelle McFather Whispering Island
- 88554 NA Dorothy EdenDorothy EdenDorothy Enid Eden was a novelist and short story writer. She was born on 3 April 1912 in Canterbury Plains, New Zealand, where she attended school and worked as a legal secretary before moving to England in 1954. She died of cancer in London on 4 March 1982.Eden was best known for her writings in...
Whistle for the Grows - 90050 NA Charles Lefebure Witness To Witchcraft (1970)
- 90110 NA Georgette HeyerGeorgette HeyerGeorgette Heyer was a British historical romance and detective fiction novelist. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer...
Venetia (1958) - 90426 NA Lee HoffmanLee HoffmanLee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, was an American science fiction fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels.In 1950-53, she edited and published the highly-regarded science fiction fanzine, Quandry...
Gunfight at Laramie - 90701 NA Robert J. Hogan The Wolver
- 95501 NA Arch Whitehouse The Zeppelin Fighters