Robert van Gulik Reading List

Judge Dee Series

In order of plot chronology:

• Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (not part of the later continuity)
• The Chinese Gold Murders (663)
• Five Auspicious Clouds (663; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• The Red Tape Murders (663; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• He came with the Rain (663; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• The Lacquer Screen (663)
• The Chinese Lake Murders (666)
• The Morning of the Monkey (666; from “The Monkey and the Tiger”)
• The Haunted Monastery (666)
• The Murder on the Lotus Pond (666; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• The Chinese Bell Murders (668)
• The Two Beggers (668; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• The Wrong Sword (668; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• The Red Pavilion (668)
• The Emperor’s Pearl (668)
• Necklace and Calabash (668)
• Poets and Murder (668)
• The Chinese Maze Murders (670)
• The Phantom of the Temple (670)
• The Coffins of the Emperor (670; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• Murder on New Year’s Eve (670; from “Judge Dee at Work”)
• The Chinese Nail Murders (676)
• The Night of the Tiger (676; from “The Monkey and the Tiger”)
• The Willow Pattern (677)
• Murder in Canton (681)