Reading Order
7 series · 153 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Big Sleep | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Farewell, My Lovely | 1940 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The High Window | 1942 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Lady in the Lake | 1943 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Little Sister | 1949 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Long Goodbye | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Playback | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Poodle Springs ( With: Robert B. Parker) | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Perchance to Dream ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe ( By: Benjamin Black) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Only to Sleep ( By: Lawrence Osborne) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Goodbye Coast ( By: Joe Ide) | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Second Murderer ( By: Denise Mina) | 2023 | Buy from Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Short Stories/Novellas
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Curtain | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Try The Girl | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Mandarin's Jade | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Bay City Blues (Short Story) | 1938 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Bronze Door | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | No Crimes In The Mountains | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Professor Bingo's Snuff | 1951 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | English Summer (Short Story) | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Goldfish (Short Story) | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Man Who Liked Dogs (Short Story) | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | I’ll Be Waiting (Short Story) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Short Story Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Five Murders | 1944 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Five Sinister Characters | 1945 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Red Wind | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Spanish Blood | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Finger Man | 1947 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Simple Art of Murder | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Trouble is My Business | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Pickup on Noon Street | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Smart-Aleck Kill | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Pearls are a Nuisance | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Killer in the Rain | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Smell of Fear | 1965 | Buy from Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Screenplays
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Double Indemnity ( With: Billy Wilder) | 1944 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Blue Dahlia | 1976 | Buy from Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Selected Letters | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The World of Raymond Chandler | 2014 | Buy from Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 44 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 45 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 46 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 47 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 48 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 49 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 50 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 51 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 52 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 53 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 54 | Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 55 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 56 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 57 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 58 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 59 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 60 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 61 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 62 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 63 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 64 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 65 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 66 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 67 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 68 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 69 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 70 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 71 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 72 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 73 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 74 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 75 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 76 | Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 77 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 78 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 79 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 80 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 81 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 82 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 83 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 84 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 85 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 86 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 87 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 88 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 89 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 90 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 91 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 92 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 93 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 94 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 95 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 96 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 97 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 98 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Raymond Chandler Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Hard-Boiled Detectives | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Great Law and Order Stories | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Writing Los Angeles | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Pulp Fiction - The Dames | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Writers: Their Lives and Works | 2018 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
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.