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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 · 201,301 ratings · 12,641 reviews · 823 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

3.97 avg rating — 16,356 ratings — published 1934 — 134 editions
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The League of Frightened Me...

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4.09 avg rating — 7,784 ratings — published 1935 — 86 editions
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Some Buried Caesar (Nero Wo...

4.18 avg rating — 6,536 ratings — published 1938 — 96 editions
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Black Orchids - A Nero Wolf...

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4.15 avg rating — 6,012 ratings — published 1942 — 74 editions
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Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe,...

4.10 avg rating — 6,089 ratings — published 1938 — 77 editions
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The Doorbell Rang (Nero Wol...

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4.22 avg rating — 5,661 ratings — published 1965 — 105 editions
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And Be a Villain  (Nero Wol...

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4.17 avg rating — 5,409 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions
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Over My Dead Body (Nero Wol...

4.10 avg rating — 5,125 ratings — published 1940 — 2 editions
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In the Best Families (Nero ...

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4.29 avg rating — 4,583 ratings — published 1950 — 3 editions
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The Golden Spiders (Nero Wo...

4.10 avg rating — 4,652 ratings — published 1953 — 87 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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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

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