Order of Raymond Chandler Books
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was an American novelist as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his hardboiled detective novels and stories (largely featuring Philip Marlowe) and influenced many people in different mediums, including authors Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly and filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers.
Although his first novel wasn’t published until 1939 (The Big Sleep), Chandler’s first work of fiction was the short story Blackmailers Don’t Shoot in 1933. Below is a list of all of Raymond Chandler’s novels in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Philip Marlowe Books
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The Big Sleep |
(1939) |
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Farewell, My Lovely |
(1940) |
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The High Window |
(1942) |
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The Lady in the Lake |
(1943) |
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The Little Sister |
(1949) |
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The Long Goodbye |
(1953) |
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Playback |
(1958) |
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Poodle Springs |
(1989) |
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Perchance to Dream |
(1991) |
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The Black-Eyed Blonde |
(2014) |
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Only to Sleep |
(2018) |
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The Goodbye Coast |
(2022) |
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The Second Murderer |
(2023) |
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Curtain |
(1936) |
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Try The Girl |
(1937) |
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Mandarin’s Jade |
(1937) |
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Bay City Blues |
(1938) |
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The Bronze Door |
(1939) |
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No Crimes In The Mountains |
(1941) |
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Professor Bingo’s Snuff |
(1951) |
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English Summer |
(1976) |
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Goldfish |
(1981) |
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The Man Who Liked Dogs |
(1996) |
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I’ll Be Waiting |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Five Murders |
(1944) |
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Five Sinister Characters |
(1945) |
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Red Wind |
(1946) |
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Spanish Blood |
(1946) |
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The Finger Man |
(1947) |
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The Simple Art of Murder |
(1950) |
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Trouble is My Business |
(1950) |
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Pickup on Noon Street |
(1952) |
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Smart-Aleck Kill |
(1953) |
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Pearls are a Nuisance |
(1958) |
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Killer in the Rain |
(1964) |
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The Smell of Fear |
(1965) |
Publication Order of Screenplays Books
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Double Indemnity |
(1944) |
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The Blue Dahlia |
(1976) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler |
(1976) |
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Selected Letters |
(1981) |
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The World of Raymond Chandler |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Hard-Boiled Detectives |
(1953) |
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The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories |
(1988) |
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Great Law and Order Stories |
(1990) |
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The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror |
(1992) |
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Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories |
(1996) |
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The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories |
(1996) |
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The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 |
(1999) |
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The Oxford Book of Detective Stories |
(2000) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century |
(2000) |
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Writing Los Angeles |
(2002) |
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The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction |
(2004) |
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Pulp Fiction – The Dames |
(2008) |
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Los Angeles Noir 2 |
(2010) |
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Books to Die For |
(2012) |
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Writers: Their Lives and Works |
(2018) |
Note: Poodle Springs was completed by Robert B. Parker.