The Nero Wolfe Not-so-Mini Challenge

The Nero Wolfe Not-so-Mini Challenge (hosted by: Becky's Book Reviews)

"I would love to encourage others to read some of these mysteries. And, of course, to watch some episodes of A Nero Wolfe Mystery.

How many books (or movies or TV shows or radio shows) are 'required' for the challenge? Well, that's up to you. ... Remember this is more than just a reading challenge. The TV show is QUITE ADDICTIVE. Extremely addictive.

Every participant can have their own goals for the challenge."

Start date: any time in 2011 End date: any time you want. You can sign up for the challenge by leaving a comment. (and Becky has helpfully listed all the novels as well as the radio and TV episodes.)

I have been a Nero Wolfe fan since I can remember, but I have read few of the novels. Perhaps this is the incentive I need to get them read.   

UPDATE 2/5/14: Gotta find em before I can read em, and that is actually turning out to be more difficult than I thought. I will, however, keep plugging away.

The Nero Wolfe novels:

• Fer-de-Lance (1934)
• The League of Frightened Men (1935)
• The Rubber Band (1936)
• The Red Box (1937)
• Too Many Cooks (1938)
• Some Buried Caesar (1939)
• Over My Dead Body (1940)
• Where There's A Will (1940)
• Black Orchids (1942)
• Not Quite Dead Enough (1944)
• The Silent Speaker (1946)
• Too Many Women (1947)
• And Be A Villain (aka More Deaths Than One) (1948)
• Trouble in Triplicate (1949)
• The Second Confession (1949)
• Three Doors to Death (1950)
• In The Best Families (aka Even in the Best Families) (1950)
• Curtains for Three (1951)
• Murder by the Book (1951)
• Triple Jeopardy (1952)
• Prisoner's Base (aka Out Goes She) (1952)
• The Golden Spiders (1953)
• Three Men Out (1954)
• Before Midnight (1955)
• Three Witnesses (1956)
• Might As Well Be Dead (1956)
• The Black Mountain
• Three for the Chair (1957)
• If Death Ever Slept (1957)
• And Four to Go (1958)
• Champagne for One (1958)
• Plot it Yourself (aka Murder in Style) (1959)
• Three At Wolfe's Door (1960)
• Too Many Clients (1960)
• The Final Deduction (1961)
• Homicide Trinity (1962)
• Gambit (1962)
• The Mother Hunt (1963)
• Trio for Blunt Instruments (1964)
• A Right to Die (1964)
• The Doorbell Rang (1965)
• Death of a Doxy (1966)
• The Father Hunt (1968)
• Death of a Dude (1969)
• Please Pass the Guilt (1973)
• A Family Affair (1975)
• Death Times Three (1985)

Nero Wolfe Novellas:

• Bitter End (1940)
• Black Orchids (1941)
• Cordially Invited to Meet Death (1942)
• Not Quite Dead Enough (1942)
• Booby Trap (1944)
• Help Wanted, Male (1945)
• Instead of Evidence (1946)
• Before I Die (1947)
• Man Alive (1947)
• Bullet for One (1948)
• Omit Flowers (1948)
• Door to Death (1949)
• The Gun With Wings (1949)
• Disguise for Murder (1950)
• The Cop-Killer (1951)
• The Squirt and the Monkey (1951)
• Home to Roost (1952)
• This Won't Kill You (1952)
• Invitation to Murder (1953)
• The Zero Clue (1953)
• When a Man Murders... (1954)
• Die Like a Dog (1954)
• The Next Witness (1955)
• Immune to Murder (1955)
• A Window for death (1956)
• Too Many Detectives (1956)
• Christmas Party (1957)
• Easter Parade (1957)
• Fourth of July Picnic (1957)
• Murder is No Joke (aka Frame-Up for Murder) (1958)
• Method Three For Murder (1960)
• Poison a la Carte (1960)
• The Rodeo Murder (1960)
• Counterfeit for Murder (1961)
• Death of a Demon (1961)
• Kill Now--Pay Later  (1961)
• Eeny Meeny Murder Mo (1962)
• Blood Will Tell (1963)
• Murder is Corny (1964)
• Assault on a Brownstone (1985)

Episodes of A Nero Wolfe Mystery

• The Golden Spiders
• The Doorbell Rang
• Champagne for One
• Prisoner's Base
• Eeny Meeny Murder Moe
• Disguise for Murder
• Door to Death
• Christmas Party
• Over My Dead Body
• Death of a Doxy
• The Next Witness
• Die Like a Dog
• Murder is Corny
• Motherhunt
• Poison a la Carte
• Too Many Clients
• Before I Die
• Help Wanted, Male
• The Silent Speaker
• Cop Killer
• Immune to Murder

Nero Wolfe was also adapted for radio. I found a link to listen to The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe--these programs were from 1950-1951. (Also on this site.)

• Stamped for Murder
• The Case of the Careworn Cuff
• The Case of the Dear, Dead Lady
• The Case of the Headless Hunter
• The Case of the Careless Cleaner
• The Case of the Beautiful Archer
• The Case of the Brave Rabbit
• The Case of the Impolite Corpse
• The Case of the Girl Who Cried Wolfe
• The Case of the Slaughtered Santas
• The Case of the Bashful Body
• The Case of the Deadly Sell-Out
• The Case of the Killer Cards
• The Case of the Calculated Risk
• The Case of the Phantom Fingers
• The Case of the Vanishing Shells
• The Case of the Party for Death
• The Case of the Malevolent Medic
• The Case of the Hasty Will
• The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds 
• The Case of the Midnight Ride
• The Case of the Final Page
• The Case of the Tell-Tale Ribbon
• The Case of the Shot in the Dark
• The Case of the Lost Heir
• The Case of Room 304