Perry Mason Stories by Erle Stanley Gardner

This is a complete list of the Perry Mason stories written by Erle Stanley Gardner (with GEMs highlighted).  For more interesting details on Erle Stanley Gardner, you can check out this post.

The list below includes links for several associated items which may be available online for each story: (a) Wikipedia page, (b) e-book, and (c) TV show.  Note that the list is sortable by each column. (Multiple levels of sorting are possible by sorting more than one column in succession, from lowest to highest.)  You can also do an instant filtering of the table by entering a character string in the ‘Search’ field.

Erle Stanley Gardner created a variation of the traditional ‘armchair detective’ in the form of Perry Mason, a no-nonsense dynamic lawyer who solved mysteries more by shoe-leather investigation than by deductive reasoning.  Gardner’s books moved at a rapid pace and were highly entertaining, though in many cases the plot was somewhat flimsy.  The Perry Mason novels are among the best-selling book series of all time.

Most of the Perry Mason novels were adapted into TV shows starring Raymond Burr as Perry Mason, and they were extremely popular when they aired from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.  The TV series ran for 9 seasons (over 270 episodes), and included many original plots that were not based on any novel.  Here is the TV show wiki link, which contains a lot of great info about each episode in the television series.  On the list below, I have included the Season # for each episode adapted from the Perry Mason book.  Most of these episodes  are available for free viewing on Pluto TV and they can also be found on DVDs which may be available at your local library as well as on Amazon Prime Video.

A few words about audiobooks of the Perry Mason novels.  Although there are practically no audio readings of Perry Mason books available on YouTube (the usual place where many free audiobooks can be found), a complete set of recordings of the Perry Mason books can be found on Audible for a small monthly fee.  On the list below, I have provided links to the appropriate sections of the Audible site where these audiobooks can be ordered.  If you are a big Perry Mason fan, I think it is well worth the subscription fee to access all these great recordings.

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