David Liss

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2000
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Benjamin Weaver

1 - A Conspiracy of Paper (Feb-2000)
2 - A Spectacle of Corruption (Mar-2004)
3 - The Double Dealer (Jun-2006)
4 - The Devil's Company (Jul-2009)

Randoms

1 - Randoms (Aug-2015)
2 - Rebels (Sep-2016)
3 - Renegades (Sep-2017)

Multi-Author Series List

Marvel's Black Panther

Black Panther: The Man Without Fear Volume 1: Urban Jungle (Jul-2011)
Fear Itself: Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (Mar-2012)
Black Panther - The Most Dangerous Man Alive: The Kingpin of Wakanda (Apr-2012)
Black Panther: The Man Without Fear: Fear Itself (Oct-2012)
Black Panther: The Man Without Fear - The Complete Collection (Jan-2018)

Marvel's Spider-Man

Hostile Takeover (Aug-2018)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • A Conspiracy of Paper

    Benjamin Weaver - 1

    THE HISTORICAL THRILLER OF THE YEARBenjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit ...

  • The Coffee Trader

    In his richly suspenseful second novel, author David Liss once again travels back in time to a crucial moment in cultural and financial history. His destination: Amsterdam, 1659--a mysterious world of trade populated by schemers and rogues, where dec...

  • A Spectacle of Corruption

    Benjamin Weaver - 2

    Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a stranger who cunningly slips a lockpick and a file into his hands. In an instant he under...

  • The Ethical Assassin

    No one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns out he's actually good at peddling encyclopedias door to door. He hates the predatory world of sales, but he needs the money to pay for college. Then things go horribly wrong. In a sweltering tra...

  • The Double Dealer

    in Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night
    Benjamin Weaver - 3

    PREPARE TO BE THRILLED AS YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE. THRILLER is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-w...

  • The Whiskey Rebels

    David Liss's bestselling historical thrillers, including A Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, have been called remarkable and rousing: the perfect combination of scrupulous research and breathless excitement. Now Liss delivers his best novel ...

  • The Devil's Company

    Benjamin Weaver - 4

    From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a stunning new thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire and master of disguise Benjamin ...

  • Black Panther: The Man Without Fear Volume 1: Urban Jungle

    Marvel's Black Panther

    In the wake of SHADOWLAND, there's a new protector of Hell's Kitchen! He has no kingdom, no Vibranium and no high-tech safety net - just bloody knuckles and the will to prove himself in a foreign land where the fiercest of jungle predators stalks the...

  • The Twelfth Enchantment

    Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor finances. After the death of her beloved father, she is forced to maintain a shabby dignity as the unwanted boarder of her tyrannical uncle, fending off marriage to a local mill owner. But just ...



  • What Maisie Knew

    Previously published as part of The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology.Praise for WHAT MAISIE KNEW and the THE NEW DEAD:"Provocative, haunting, and genuinely unsettling… David Liss's novelette What Maisie Knew is a stunning and gruesome meditation on the...

  • Mystery Men

    Introducing Marvel's all-new, never-before-seen heroes of the 1930s! With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York City, the Operative, the Aviatrix, the Surgeon, the Revenant and Achilles blast through dangers from blood-soaked mob warehouse...

  • Fear Itself: Black Panther: The Man Without Fear

    Marvel's Black Panther

    Why is Spider-Man's deadly foe Kraven the Hunter stalking T'Challa across the city ... and how long until the prey targets the pursuer? And will the world's greatest predators have anywhere to hide when T'Challa's wife Ororo arrives and rips the skie...

  • Black Panther - The Most Dangerous Man Alive: The Kingpin of Wakanda

    Marvel's Black Panther

    Who is murdering the citizens of Hell's Kitchen that The Panther has previously rescued? That's what T'Challa wants to know-and he only has hours to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again! Find out why IGN says "David liss' revamped BLACK ...

  • Black Panther: The Man Without Fear: Fear Itself

    Marvel's Black Panther

    The horrifying events of Fear Itself and Spider-Island propel T'Challa through a grueling gauntlet of challenges as Kraven the Hunter, a new Hate Monger and Lady Bullseye come gunning for the lone guardian of Hell's Kitchen. A series of brutal face-o...

  • The Spider Vol 1: Terror of the Zombie Queen

    Written by bestselling novelist David Liss (Black Panther, Mystery Men) with stunning art by Colton Worley (Dracula, Lobster Johnson), The Spider is dark, hard-hitting neo-pulp at its best. Collecting issues #1-6 of the critically acclaimed series, T...

  • The Spider, Volume 1: Terror of the Zombie Queen

    • One of the most celebrated pulp heroes of all time is back, and re-launched into the 21st century! Richard Wentworth is a decorated war hero who has sacrificed everything, including the woman he loves, for duty. But the New York City Wentwor...

  • A Bad Season for Necromancy

    in Four Summoner's Tales

    What if the dead could be summoned from their graves -- for a price? What if a quartet of distinctive storytellers took a stab at this deceptively simple idea -- on a dare? It’s all in the execution. . . In merry old England, a rascally con man ...

  • The Spider Vol 2: The Businessman From Hell

    Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to destroy the Spider? The Fly, a playboy with all the resources of Richard Wentworth's masked alter-ego! Dedicated to criminal perfection, the Fly targets the outlaw hero and the city itself in the ...

  • The Spider, Volume 2

    • The Spider, a grim and relentless vigilante stalking the criminals of New York City, faces a terrifying new threat! Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to destroy the Spider? The Fly, a wealthy playboy with all the resources a...



  • The Spider, Volume 3

    • Richard Wentworth has been brought low, but his costumed alter-ego, The Spider, must still protect New York! As a terrible new wave of violence sweeps across the city, the Spider faces a ring of crooked cops, a deadly uptown gang, and a terr...

  • Day of Atonement

    In The Day of Atonement, David Liss blends meticulous period detail with crackling adventure in the tale of one man’s quest for justice -- and retribution. Sebastião Raposa is only thirteen when his parents are unjustly imprisoned, never to ...

  • The Shadow Now

    Having spent decades in the east to rejuvenate himself, the greatest pulp hero of them all, The Shadow, returns to New York in modern times. Lamont Cranston seeks to resume his old life, and his heroic alter-ego is ready to stand once more as an enem...

  • Randoms

    Randoms - 1

    A science fiction superfan finds himself on his very own space adventure when he’s randomly selected to join an alien confederacy in this hilarious middle grade debut novel. Zeke Reynolds comes from a long line of proud science fiction geeks. He...

  • Sherlock Holmes Vol. 3: Moriarty Lives

    His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as The Napoleon of Crime and the master of a vast association of thieves, extortionists, smugglers, fences, and ladies of questionable virtue. And, over Reichenbach Falls in 1891, he fell to his do...

  • Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3: Moriarty Lives

    His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as "The Napoleon of Crime" and the master of a vast association of thieves, extortionists, smugglers, fences, and ladies of questionable virtue. And, over Reichenbach Falls in 1891, he fell to his ...

  • Rebels

    Randoms - 2

    A science fiction superfan is heading back to space on a new mission to save Earth in this hilarious follow-up to Randoms. It’s difficult to return to Earth and live a simple, unadventurous life after having seen the wonders of the universe -- e...

  • Green Hornet: Reign Of The Demon: Reign Of The Demon

    Britt Reid, the masked crimefighter known as The Green Hornet, and his inseparable ally Kato return in an all-new tale by David Liss (Black Panther, The Spider) and Kewber Baal (Kiss)! If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it could be the d...

  • Green Hornet: Reign of the Demon

    Britt Reid, the masked crimefighter known as The Green Hornet, and his inseparable ally Kato return in an all-new tale by David Liss (Black Panther, The Spider) and Kewber Baal (Kiss)! If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it could be the d...

  • Renegades

    Randoms - 3

    Science fiction super fan Zeke is back in action as he and his friends work to finally take down the evil Phands in this hilarious and exciting conclusion to the Randoms series. Zeke has returned to Earth and, as usual, nothing is going like he pl...



  • Black Panther: The Man Without Fear - The Complete Collection

    Marvel's Black Panther

    In the wake of Shadowland, Hell's Kitchen has a new protector - the Black Panther! He has no kingdom, no Vibranium and no high-tech safety net - just bloody knuckles and the will to prove himself in a foreign land. T'Challa will create a new life, a ...

  • Mystery Men: The Golden Age

    Collects Mystery Men #1-5, Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1. Meet Marvel’s never-before-seen heroes of the 1930s! With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York City, the Operative, the Aviatrix, the Surgeon, the Revenant an...

  • Hostile Takeover

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    The official prequel to MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN, the PS4 exclusive video game from Marvel and Insomniac Games, with a thrilling adventure that leads directly into the game narrative itselfTHE OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE BLOCKBUSTER ACTION VIDEO GAME!PETER PA...

  • The Peculiarities

    A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Month From popular historical fiction author David Liss (A Conspiracy of Paper) comes the tale of a clueless young man embroiled in a deadly supernatural mystery in Victorian London. Rooted in strange conspiracies and sec...

  • Jewish Easter

    • / Mystery
    • Buy

    Barb Goffman Presents is a new line of mystery short-reads selected by acclaimed author and editor Barb Goffman. Each one is her personal choice of one of her favorite stories published over the last few years. This volume selects Jewish Easter by Da...

Award-Winning Books by David Liss

A Conspiracy of Paper
2001 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- First Novel
2001 Macavity Award -- First Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Liss has published 34 books.

David Liss does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Peculiarities, was published in September 2021.

The first book by David Liss, A Conspiracy of Paper, was published in February 2000.

Yes. David Liss has 2 series.
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