Harry Kemelman

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books - 1 Series
  • First Book:
    January 1964
  • Latest Book:
    August 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Rabbi David Small

1 - Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964)
2 - Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (1966)
3 - Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (Jun-1969)
4 - Monday the Rabbi Took Off (Feb-1972)
5 - Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (Dec-1973)
6 - Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet (1976)
7 - Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (Aug-1978)
8 - Someday the Rabbi Will Leave (Mar-1985)
9 - One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross (Mar-1987)
10 - The Day the Rabbi Resigned (Jan-1992)
11 - That Day the Rabbi Left Town (Feb-1996)
Conversations With Rabbi Small (Jul-1981)

Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Friday the Rabbi Slept Late

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    Rabbi David Small, the new leader of Barnard's Crossing's Jewish community, can't even enjoy his Sabbath without things getting stirred up in a most unorthodox manner. It seems a young nanny is found strangled less than a hundred yards from the Templ...

  • Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry

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    The answer to the prayers of mystery fans everywhere? A Rabbi Small mystery?full of the wit and wisdom, persistence and chuzpah that put the Rabbi on bestseller lists every day of the week! Ever since he made his debut in FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE,...

  • Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home

    On Sunday, Rabbi David Small uncovers a Passover plot than undeniably raises more than Four Questions -- threatening to ruin not only his holiday seder but his role as leader of Bernard's Crossing's Jewish community. But there's no time to appeal to ...

  • Monday the Rabbi Took Off

    Rabbi David Small is back. The man who can see the third side of any question. This time he's on a private exodus to Israel to soothe his soul. He just wants to soak up the local scene, sit in the park, talk to the kids, go to the synagogue or (here...

  • Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red

    Murder Doesn't Make the Grade On Tuesday, Rabbi David Small takes a break from the Barnard's Crossing's pulpit to teach a course on Jewish Thought at a small community college. But he soon discovers that all is not idyllic behind the ivy-covered w...

  • Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet

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    Not in a generation has there appeared so unusual a master of detection as Rabbi David Small of Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts. His complex religious training enables him to see the third side of any question, and he operates on a special brand of...

  • Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out

    If the murder victim had not been a notorious anti-Semite, Rabbi Small might never have become involved. When several members of his congregation became suspects, Rabbi Small was forced to match wits with the killer. Here is another lively and eng...

  • Conversations With Rabbi Small

    The girl appeared, unannounced, at his cabin door, wanting to know if the Rabbi would convert her to Judaism. It was vital to her forthcoming marriage, she said. And so began Rabbi Small's investigation into the magic, the mysticism, the truths and t...

  • Someday the Rabbi Will Leave

    This time around, Rabbi Small faces one of the toughest cases in his career: political corruption, definitely non-kosher, brewed with a dash of dirty campaign tricks, blackmail, and a possible murder. All the while, Small is also facing millionaire H...



  • One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross

    On a pleasure trip to the Holy Land, Rabbi David Small looks in on the troubled son of friends. Young Jordan Goodman has embraced the extreme ideals of a controversial fundamentalist Jewish group. Now his newfound beliefs lead him to perform an act o...

  • The Day the Rabbi Resigned

    Although his years at Barnard's Crossing have never been dull, Rabbi Small is bored with clerical duties and wants to teach. But before he can say "alma mater;" the rabbi is enlisted by Police Chief Hugh Lanigan, his partner in crime solving, to set ...

  • That Day the Rabbi Left Town

    Having resigned as rabbi of Barnard's Crossing Temple, Rabbi David Small is delighted to accept the newly created post of Professor of Judaic Studies at Windermere College in Boston. When an elderly English professor disappears during a snowy Thanksg...

  • The Nine Mile Walk

    From the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of the Rabbi Small Mysteries: Eight tales about a witty, crime-solving college professor. Before creating the widely popular Jewish sleuth Rabbi Small, Harry Kemelman authored a series of short stories fea...

Award-Winning Books by Harry Kemelman

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
1965 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Harry Kemelman has published 13 books.

Harry Kemelman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Nine Mile Walk, was published in August 2015.

The first book by Harry Kemelman, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, was published in January 1964.

Yes. Harry Kemelman has 1 series.
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