Hammett
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was an American author of hardboiled crime fiction. He is best known for creating the characters Sam Spade, Nick & Nora Charles and the Continental Op. Before becoming an author, Hammett was a Pinkerton agent, which he drew upon as an author. He said, “all my characters were based on people I’ve known personally, or known about.” Although he died in 1961, his career was over in 1934. He dedicated the remainder of his life to left-wing activism and anti-fascism.

Dashiell Hammett’s first published story was The Gatewood Caper, published in 1923. His first novel was Red Harvest, published in 1929. His final novel, The Thin Man, was published in 1934. All of his novels were originally published in 3-to-5 part serials in pulp magazines. Below is a list of Dashiell Hammett’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Red Harvest (1929)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dain Curse (1929)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Maltese Falcon (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Glass Key (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Woman In The Dark (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thin Man (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
They Can Only Hang You Once (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Man Called Spade (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hammett Homicides (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Yellow Woman (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Creeping Siamese and Other Stories (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nightmare Town and Other Stories (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Knockover (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Continental Op (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories and Other Writings (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dashiell Hammett: A Retrospective Anthology (With: Jack Adrian) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vintage Hammett (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lost Stories (With: Joe Gores) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Return of the Thin Man (With: Julie M. Rivett) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hunter and Other Stories (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960 (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crime Wave (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Red Brain and Other Thrillers(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Breakdown and Other Thrillers(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales of Mystery(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
City Sleuths and Tough Guys(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Great Tales of Crime and Detection(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Plus(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
San Francisco Noir 2(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Books to Die For(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Creeps by Night(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Big Knockover was also published as $106,000 Blood Money. Lost Stories also contains contributions by Vince Emery and Joe Gores. Creeps by Night was also published as Modern Tales of Horror.

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