1. Dee Goong An (Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (1949)*
2. The Chinese Maze Murders (1956)*-
3. The Chinese Bell Murders (1958)**
4. New Year's Eve In Lan-Fang (1958)
5. The Chinese Gold Murders (1959)**
6. The Chinese Lake Murders (1960)**
7. The Chinese Nail Murders (1961)*-
8. The Haunted Monastery (1961)***
9. The Red Pavilion (1961)**-
10. The Lacquer Screen (1962)**-
11. The Emperor's Pearl (1963)*-
12. The Monkey and the Tiger (1965)*
13. The Willow Pattern (1965)*
14. Murder in Canton (1966)*-
15. The Phantom of the Temple (1966)*
16. Judge Dee at Work (1967)**
17. Necklace and Calabash (1967)**
18. Poets and Murder or The Fox-Magic Murders (1968)*
19. Judge Dee Plays His Lute (1997)*
20. Tales of Judge Dee (2006)*

    Biography of Robert H. van Gulik by Henry Wessells