About
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was an American novelist and short story writer known for his hardboiled detective fiction. Born in Chicago, he moved to England as a teenager and returned to the US in 1912. After a brief career as an oil industry executive, he turned to writing in the 1930s. Chandler's breakthrough came with the novel "The Big Sleep" (1939), featuring his iconic detective Philip Marlowe. He published six more Marlowe novels, including "Farewell, My Lovely" (1940) and "The Long Goodbye" (1953), known for their complex plots, atmospheric settings, and cynical humor. Chandler received critical acclaim for his innovative prose style and psychological insight into his characters. In 1954, he won the Edgar Award for Best Novel for "The Long Goodbye." His works have been widely translated and adapted for film and television, cementing his legacy as one of the masters of detective fiction.
Book Series by Raymond Chandler
Philip Marlowe Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Sleep | 1939 | Buy on Amazon |
| Farewell, My Lovely | 1940 | Buy on Amazon |
| The High Window | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lady in the Lake | 1943 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Sister | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Goodbye | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Playback | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Poodle Springs ( With: Robert B. Parker) | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Perchance to Dream ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe ( By: Benjamin Black) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Only to Sleep ( By: Lawrence Osborne) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Goodbye Coast ( By: Joe Ide) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Second Murderer ( By: Denise Mina) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Curtain | 1936 | Buy on Amazon |
| Try The Girl | 1937 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mandarin's Jade | 1937 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bay City Blues (Short Story) | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bronze Door | 1939 | Buy on Amazon |
| No Crimes In The Mountains | 1941 | Buy on Amazon |
| Professor Bingo's Snuff | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| English Summer (Short Story) | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Goldfish (Short Story) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Man Who Liked Dogs (Short Story) | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| I’ll Be Waiting (Short Story) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Five Murders | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| Five Sinister Characters | 1945 | Buy on Amazon |
| Red Wind | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| Spanish Blood | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Finger Man | 1947 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Simple Art of Murder | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trouble is My Business | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pickup on Noon Street | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Smart-Aleck Kill | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pearls are a Nuisance | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killer in the Rain | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Smell of Fear | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Screenplays
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Double Indemnity ( With: Billy Wilder) | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Blue Dahlia | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Selected Letters | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| The World of Raymond Chandler | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Hard-Boiled Detectives | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Great Law and Order Stories | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Writing Los Angeles | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pulp Fiction - The Dames | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Books to Die For | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Writers: Their Lives and Works | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
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