There are 15 books in the The Dortmunder Novels series. The newest book is Get Real which came out in 2009.

1
The Hot Rock

Book cover of The Hot Rock
Edgar Award Finalist: A comical crime caper “filled with action and imagination” (The New York Times Book Review).
 John Dortmunder leaves jail with ten dollars, a train ticket, and nothing to make money on but his good name. Thankfully, his reputation goes far. No one plans a caper better than…
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2
Bank Shot

Book cover of Bank Shot
A crew of thieves hopes to hijack a mobile home full of money in this crime caper from “the funniest man in the world” (The Washington Post).

John Dortmunder has been working an encyclopedia-selling scam while waiting for his next big heist. Unfortunately, his latest mark seems to be wise…

3
Jimmy the Kid

Jimmy the Kid
A kidnapping plan cribbed from a crime novel goes hilariously wrong for gang boss John Dortmunder-from the Edgar Award-winning author of Bank Shot.

When his "friend" Andy Kelp has a plan, career criminal John Dortmunder knows that means trouble. Kelp's schemes, no matter how well intentioned, tend to spiral quickly…

4
Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect
The hapless Dortmunder gang, hired to hoist a priceless oil painting from a fashionable East Side Manhattan townhouse, runs into trouble after meeting up with a group of drunken Scots, tourists and several strange Jet Setters

5
Why Me?

Why Me?
Having unsuspectingly lifted the hottest rock in town, John Dortmunder is the prey of the FBI, the New York City police, terrorist groups from three nations, and all of New York's petty and not-so-petty crooks

6
Good Behavior

Good Behavior
A bungled burglary leaves master thief John Archibald Dortmunder at the mercy of a congregation of hard-nosed devout nuns who charge him to recover the kidnapped Sister Mary Grace in exchange for their silence

7
Drowned Hopes

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Dortmunder, a bungling burglar, is roped into a scheme to help a former cellmate, Tom Jimson, retrieve a cache of stolen money buried under a reservoir, when Jimson threatens to blow up the reservoir dam to get his loot

9
What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Book cover of What's the Worst That Could Happen?
It started with a ring. A cheap ring. The yellow metal said brass, not gold, and the sparkly bits were certainly not diamonds. But the ring belonged to May's horseplaying uncle, who swore it brought good luck. Dortmunder, who wouldn't kick a little good luck out of bed, puts it…

10
Bad News

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Master crook John Dortmunder is offered a grand to dig up a grave in a Queens cemetery and switch the bodies of two 70-years-dead Indians. Ex-Vegas showgirl Little Feather Redcorn, one of the Indian's great-granddaughter, plans to pose as the last of the Pottaknobbee tribe, one-third owners of the largest…

11
The Road to Ruin

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Having set up a con on Monroe Hall, a fabulously wealthy and corrupt CEO, John Dortmunder and his hapless gang of crooks suddenly find themselves caught in the deadly crossfire between their would-be mark Hall and his own victims, a group of angry union members and blue-blooded suckers who have…

12
Thieves' Dozen

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Selected from hundreds of stories and spanning decades of work, this entertaining collection of suspenseful adventures featuring the irrepressible John Dortmunder includes "Ask a Silly Question," "A Midsummer's Daydream," "Party Animal," "Jumble Sale," "Horse Laugh," and "Fugue for Felons," among ot

13
Watch Your Back!

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It's the score of a lifetime: easy access to a lavish New York City apartment, hordes of valuables, and an absentee owner avoiding the lawyers of his unhappy ex-wives. But before they pull the job, Dortmunder's crew is startled to find their beloved gin joint, the OJ, in the clutches…

14
What's So Funny?

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Donald Westlake turns the world of crime and criminals upside down and has the last laugh in WHAT'S SO FUNNY?, his latest comic caper novel. His perennially depressed master thief, John Dortmunder, finds himself involved an impossible crime, one he doesn't want and doesn't believe in and which he'd rather…

15
Get Real

Book cover of Get Real

In Westlake's brilliantly bizarre and always amusing world, it's usually the thief who comes out on top. But times could be changing.

When a TV producer convinces our roguish crook Dortmunder and his gang to star in a reality TV show that captures their next heist, being caught red-handed seems…