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Character · The brownstone on West 35th Street · 28 books

Lily Rowan

Heiress and Archie’s companion · Rex Stout

Lily Rowan is an heiress and Archie’s companion.

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Character facts

First appearance
Some Buried Caesar (1939)
Latest appearance
A Family Affair (1975)
Books
28 (1 major, 27 minor)
Series
Nero Wolfe
Author
Rex Stout
Circle
The brownstone on West 35th Street

Where to meet Lily Rowan

Lily Rowan first appears in Some Buried Caesar (1939), in a major role, book 6 of the Nero Wolfe series.

Buy Some Buried Caesar

Every book with Lily Rowan

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1939MSome Buried Caesarmajor role · Nero WolfeMeets ArchieBuy
  2. 1940·Over My Dead Bodyminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  3. 1940·Where There’s a Willminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  4. 1946·The Silent Speakerminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  5. 1947·Too Many Womenminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  6. 1948·And Be a Villainminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  7. 1949·The Second Confessionminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  8. 1950·In the Best Familiesminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  9. 1951·Murder by the Bookminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  10. 1952·Prisoner’s Baseminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  11. 1953·The Golden Spidersminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  12. 1954·The Black Mountainminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  13. 1955·Before Midnightminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  14. 1956·Might as Well Be Deadminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  15. 1957·If Death Ever Sleptminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  16. 1958·Champagne for Oneminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  17. 1959·Plot It Yourselfminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  18. 1960·Too Many Clientsminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  19. 1961·The Final Deductionminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  20. 1962·Gambitminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  21. 1963·The Mother Huntminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  22. 1964·A Right to Dieminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  23. 1965·The Doorbell Rangminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  24. 1966·Death of a Doxyminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  25. 1968·The Father Huntminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  26. 1969·Death of a Dudeminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  27. 1973·Please Pass the Guiltminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  28. 1975·A Family Affairminor role · Nero WolfeBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Archie GoodwinWolfe’s assistant, legman and narrator28
Fred Durkin and Orrie CatherFreelance operatives28
Fritz BrennerWolfe’s Swiss chef28
Lon CohenNewspaperman and Archie’s friend28
Nero WolfeDetective genius, orchid grower and gourmet28
Saul PanzerFreelance operative and the best in New York28