How many copies of Perry Mason novels have been sold?

• Perry Mason novels rank 3rd on the list of the best-selling book series of all time, with over 300 million copies sold.
• The series trails only Harry Potter (500 million copies sold) and Goosebumps (400 million).
• By the time of Gardner’s death in 1970, the series had sold over 170 million copies in the United States alone.
• During the 1960s, publishers of Perry Mason novels were selling 2,000 copies an hour every day, reaching 5.8 million copies sold every year.
• Our estimates show that Perry Mason novels generated between $1 billion and $1.4 billion of income by the 1970.
• Internationally, Perry Mason novels were selling at the rate of 7.8 million copies every year during the mid-60s.
• Each of the Perry Mason books reportedly sold over 1 million copies.
• This made Gardner the best-selling author of the 20th century.
• The average price of a Perry Mason novel at the time of its publishing was $8.6:the cheapest novel could be bought for $5.99
• The most expensive novel, The Case of the Negligent Nymph, was selling for $30.

How many Perry Mason books have been published?

• Perry Mason novels had been published for 4 decades, starting in 1933 and ending in 1973.
• The collection contains 88 titles, including:
  • 80 titles released between 1933 to 1970.
  • 2 titles released after Erle Stanley Gardner’s death in 1970.
  • 4 short stories, published between 1947 and 1953.
  • 2 stories written by Thomas Chastain in 1989 and 1990.
• The average Perry Mason novel is 229 pages long, it contains 57,175 words, and the average reader can complete it in 3 hours and 48 minutes.
• The total number of pages in the series stands at 19,443 and it contains 4.86 million words.
• It would take 13 days and 12 hours for the average reader to read all books from the Perry Mason series.
• The longest book in the Perry Mason series is The Case of the Glamorous Ghost with 384 pages.
• The shortest book in the Perry Mason series is The Case of the Worried Waitress, which is 140 pages long.
• The series has been translated into over 30 languages.

Which is the most popular Perry Mason novel?

• The average Perry Mason novel has a 3.9 user rating on Goodreads, received from 887 people:The Case of the Fugitive Nurse is the highest-rated novel in the series with the user rating of 4.06
• The Case of the Crying Swallow is the lowest-rated novel in the series with the average rating of 3.64.
• The most popular book in the Perry Mason series is The Case of the Velvet Claws, according to over 4k user votes on Goodreads
• The least popular book in the Perry Mason series is The Case of the Crimson Kiss, which received only 314 user votes.

Perry Mason novels author statistics

• Erle Stanley Gardner dropped out of law school before passing the bar on his own and stopped practicing law after being bored by the practice.
• During the 1930s, Erle Stanley Gardner was writing at least 6,500 words every day, or over 200,000 words per month.
• Albert Einstein reportedly held one of the Perry Mason novels on his bedside table and reached out for it during his last moments alive.

Perry Mason audiobooks statistics

• 54 books from the Perry Mason series have been recorded as audiobooks.
• The total length of the Perry Mason audiobooks is 12 days is 5 hours, while the average audiobook from the series is 5 hours and 31 minutes long.
• All audiobooks from the series have been narrated by Alexander Cendese.

Perry Mason books in order

Title	Published	Number of Pages
The Case of the Velvet Claws	Mar , 1933	141
The Case of the Sulky Girl	Sep , 1933	302
The Case of the Lucky Legs	Feb , 1934	320
The Case of the Howling Dog	Jun , 1934	176
The Case of the Curious Bride	Nov , 1934	296
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye	Apr , 1935	296
The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat	Sep , 1935	168
The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece	Mar , 1936	284
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	Sep , 1936	160
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager	Apr , 1937	188
The Case of the Lame Canary	Sep , 1937	281
The Case of the Substitute Face	Apr , 1938	337
The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe	Sep , 1938	272
The Case of the Perjured Parrot	Feb , 1939	202
The Case of the Rolling Bones	Nov , 1939	197
The Case of the Baited Hook	Mar , 1940	316
The Case of the Silent Partner	Nov , 1940	215
The Case of the Haunted Husband	Feb , 1941	224
The Case of the Empty Tin	Oct , 1941	276
The Case of the Drowning Duck	May , 1942	256
The Case of the Careless Kitten	Sep , 1942	264
The Case of the Buried Clock	May , 1943	303
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito	Sep , 1943	231
The Case of the Crooked Candle	May , 1944	230
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde	Nov , 1944	231
The Case of the Golddigger’s Purse	May , 1945	248
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife	Sep , 1945	231
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette	Nov , 1946	178
The Case of the Fan-Dancer’s Horse	Jun , 1947	201
The Case of the Lazy Lover	Oct , 1947	218
The Case of the Lonely Heiress	Feb , 1948	272
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin	Jul , 1948	256
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom	Feb , 1949	267
The Case of the Cautious Coquette	May , 1949	202
The Case of the Negligent Nymph	Jan , 1950	182
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness	Nov , 1950	240
The Case of the Fiery Fingers	May , 1951	192
The Case of the Angry Mourner	Oct , 1951	160
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink	Apr , 1952	376
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla	Nov , 1952	280
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess	Apr , 1953	244
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister	Nov , 1953	212
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse	Feb , 1954	208
The Case of the Runaway Corpse	Jun , 1954	210
The Case of the Restless Redhead	Oct , 1954	252
The Case of the Sun Bather’s Diary	May , 1955	244
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost	Jan , 1955	384
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice	Sep , 1955	210
The Case of the Terrified Typist	Jan , 1956	154
The Case of the Gilded Lily	Sep , 1956	244
The Case of the Demure Defendant	May , 1956	164
The Case of the Screaming Woman	May , 1957	192
The Case of the Lucky Loser	Jan , 1957	144
The Case of the Daring Decoy	Oct , 1957	171
The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll	May , 1958	208
The Case of the Long-Legged Models	Jan , 1958	184
The Case of the Calendar Girl	Oct , 1958	178
The Case of the Singing Skirt	Sep , 1959	313
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys	Jun , 1959	240
The Case of the Deadly Toy	Jan , 1959	173
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf	Jan , 1960	208
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter	Jun , 1960	194
The Case of the Shapely Shadow	Oct , 1960	181
The Case of the Spurious Spinster	Mar , 1961	212
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse	Aug , 1961	221
The Case of the Reluctant Model	Jan , 1962	197
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza	Jun , 1962	244
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands	Oct , 1962	190
The Case of the Amorous Aunt	Sep , 1963	288
The Case of the Stepdaughter’s Secret	Jun , 1963	208
The Case of the Mischievous Doll	Feb , 1963	194
The Case of the Phantom Fortune	May , 1964	194
The Case of the Horrified Heirs	Sep , 1964	192
The Case of the Daring Divorcee	Feb , 1964	251
The Case of the Troubled Trustee	Feb , 1965	256
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar	Jun , 1965	253
The Case of the Worried Waitress	Aug , 1966	140
The Case of the Queenly Contesant	May , 1967	333
The Case of the Careless Cupid	Mar , 1968	202
The Case of the Fabulous Fake	Nov , 1969	192
The Case of the Fenced-in Woman	Sep , 1972	224
The Case of the Postponed Murder	Jan , 1973	224
The Case of the Crying Swallow	Aug , 1947	266
The Case of the Crimson Kiss	Jun , 1948	189
The Case of the Irate Witness	Jan , 1953	192