Stuart M. Kaminsky

Stuart M. Kaminsky was an American author best known for writing the Toby Peters series of detective novels, the Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov series, the Abe Lieberman series, and the Lew Fonesca series. During his career, Stuart wrote sixty-three novels and eleven non-fiction books. Each of the series features a unique protagonist in a unique time and place.

The best place to start is the Kolchak: The Night Stalker series, the earliest of Stuart M. Kaminsky's multi-book series: it opens with The Night Stalker (1973) and runs to 22 books across 1973–2016, ending with Passages of the Macabre (2016). Stuart M. Kaminsky's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Stuart M. Kaminsky has 237 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1973 and 2025. 207 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Toby Peters series with 24 books — and 30 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Stuart M. Kaminsky's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1973–2016, 22 books), Toby Peters (1977–2004, 24 books) and Porfiry Rostnikov (1981–2009, 16 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Stuart M. Kaminsky's 237 books into 9 named series and 30 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Toby Peters (24 books, 1977–2004); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (22 books, 1973–2016); Porfiry Rostnikov (16 books, 1981–2009); Abe Lieberman (10 books, 1991–2007); Lew Fonesca (7 books, 1999–2010), plus 4 further series.