Dashiell Hammett
(1894 – 1961)
Bibliography
Novels
- Red Harvest (1929)
– Previously published in 4 individual parts:
- The Cleansing of Poisonville (1927)
- Crime Wanted – Male or Female (1927)
- Dynamite (1928)
- The 19th Murder (1928)
- The Dain Curse (1929)
– Previously published in 4 individual parts:
- Black Lives (1928)
- The Hollow Temple (1928)
- Black Honeymoon (1929)
- Black Riddle (1929)
- The Maltese Falcon (1930)
– Previously published in 5 individual parts, all entitled The Maltese Falcon (1929).
- The Glass Key (1931)
– Previously published in 4 individual parts:
- The Glass Key (1930)
- The Cyclone Shot (1930)
- Dagger Point (1930)
- The Shattered Key (1930)
- Woman in the Dark (1933)
– Originally serialized in "Liberty;" posthumously published in book form in 1989.
- The Thin Man (1934)
– First draft 1930 (set in San Francisco), first published posthumously in 1975.
- Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (1935)
- The Complete Dashiell Hammett (1942)
- The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (1950)
- The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (1965)
- Library of America: Dashiell Hammett – Complete Novels (1999)
Short Story Collections
- $106,000 Blood Money (1943)
- The Big Knockover
- $106,000 Blood Money
- The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (1944)
A/K/A: They Can Only Hang You Once
- Too Many Have Lived
- They Can Only Hang You Once
- A Man Called Spade
- The Assistant Murder
- Nightshade
- The Judge Laughed Last
- His Brother's Keeper
- The Continental Op (1945)
- Fly Paper
- Death on Pine Street
- Zigzags of Treachery
- The Farewell Murder
- The Return of the Continental Op (1945)
- The Whosis Kid
- The Gutting of Couffignal
- Death and Company
- One Hour
- The Tenth Clew
- Hammett Homicides (1946)
- The House in Turk Street
- The Girl with the Silver Eyes
- Night Shots
- The Main Death
- Two Sharp Knives
- Ruffian's Wife
- Dead Yellow Women (1947)
- Dead Yellow Women
- The Golden Horshoe
- House Dick
- Who Killed Bob Teal?
- The Green Elephant
- The Hairy One
- Nightmare Town (1948)
– Edited by Ellery Queen.
- Nightmare Town
- The Scorched Face
- Albert Pastor at Home
- Corkscrew
- The Creeping Siamese (1950)
– Edited by Ellery Queen.
- The Creeping Siamese
- The Man Who Killed Dan Odams
- The Nails in Mr. Cayterer
- The Joke on Eloise Morey
- Tom, Dick or Harry
- This King Business
- The Woman in the Dark (1951)
– Edited by Ellery Queen.
- Arson Plus
– First published 1923 under the name Peter Collinson.
- Slippery Fingers
– First published 1923 under the name Peter Collinson.
- The Black Hat That Wasn't There
- Woman in the Dark
- Afraid of a Gun
- Holiday
- The Man Who Stood in the Way
– First published in 1923 as The Vicious Circle under the name Peter Collinson.
- A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (1962)
– Edited by Ellery Queen.
- A Man Named Thin
- Wages of Crime
- The Gatewood Caper
- The Barber and His Wife
– First published in 1922 under the name Peter Collinson.
- Itchy the Debonair
- The Second-Story Angel
- In the Morgue
- When Luck's Running Good
- The Big Knockover (1966)
– Edited by Lillian Hellman.
- The Gutting of Couffignal
- Fly Paper
- The Scorched Face
- This King Business
- The Gatewood Caper
- Dead Yellow Women
- Corkscrew
- Tulip
– Unfinished novel.
- The Big Knockover
- $106,000 Blood Money
- The Continental Op (1974)
– Edited by Steven Marcus.
- The Tenth Clew
- The Golden Horseshoe
- The House in Turk Street
- The Girl with the Silver Eyes
- The Whosis Kid
- The Main Death
- The Farewell Murder
- Nightmare Town (1999)
– Edited by Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman.
- Nightmare Town
- House Dick
- Ruffian's Wife
- The Man Who Killed Dan Odams
- Night Shots
- Zigzags of Treachery
- The Assistant Murderer
- His Brother's Keeper
- Two Sharp Knives
- Death on Pine Street
- The Second-Story Angel
- Afraid of a Gun
- Tom, Dick or Harry
- One Hour
- Who Killed Bob Teal?
- A Man Called Spade
- Too Many Have Lived
- They Can Only Hang You Once
- A Man Named Thin
- The First Thin Man
- Library of America: Dashiell Hammett – Crime Stories and Other Writings (2001)
- Arson Plus (1923)
- The Assistant Murderer (1926)
- The Big Knockover (1927)
- The Creeping Siamese (1926)
- Crooked Souls (1923)
A/K/A: The Gatewood Caper
- Dead Yellow Women (1925)
- The Farewell Murder (1930)
- Fly Paper (1929)
- The Girl with Silver Eyes (1924)
- The Golden Horseshoe (1924)
- The Gutting of Couffignal (1925)
- The House in Turk Street (1924)
- The Main Death (1927)
- Nightmare Town (1924)
- The Scorched Face (1925)
- Slippery Fingers (1923)
- The Tenth Clew (1924)
- The Thin Man (first draft, 1930)
- This King Business (1928)
- Two Sharp Knives (1934)
- The Whosis Kid (1925)
- Woman in the Dark (1933)
- Women, Politics and Murder (1924)
A/K/A: Death on Pine Street
- Zigzags of Treachery (1924)
Anthology Contributions
- Creeps By Night (1931)
A/K/A Modern Tales of Horror
– Introduction by Dashiell Hammett.
– Reprinted and amplified 1961.
Uncollected Short Stories
- The Crusader (1923)
- Ester Entertains (1924)
- The Man Who Loved Ugly Women (1924 or 1925)
- Diamond Wager (1929)
- On the Way (1932)
- This Little Pig1 (1934)
- First Aide to Murder
- A Tale of Two Women
Short Stories Published Under Assumed Names
- Immortality" (10 Story Book, November 1922)
– As Daghull Hammett.
- The Road Home" (The Black Mask, December 1922)
– As Peter Collinson.
- The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody (Brief Stories, February 1923)
A/K/A Wages of Crime
– As Peter Collinson.
- The Crusader" (The Smart Set, August 1923)
– As Mary Jane Hammett.
- Diamond Wager" (Detective Fiction Weekly, 19 October 1929)
– As Samuel Dashiell.
Screenplays
- City Streets (1931)
– With Oliver H.P. Garrett and Max Marcin.
- Mister Dynamite (1935)
– With Doris Malloy and Harry Clork.
- After the Thin Man (1936)
– With Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
- Another Thin Man (1939)
– With Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
- Watch on the Rhine (1943)
– With Lillian Hellman.
Poetry
- Caution to Travelers (The Lariat, November 1925)
- Goodbye to a Lady (Stratford Magazine, June 1927)
- Curse in the Old Manner (The Bookman, September 1927)
Cartoons
- Secret Agent X-9, Book 1 (1934)
- Secret Agent X-9, Book 2 (1934)
Nonfiction and Correspondence
- The Battle of the Aleutians (1944)
– With Robert Colodny.
- Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett 1921 – 1960 (2001)
– Edited by Richard Layman with Julie M. Rivett.
For further information consult:
Themis-Athena's "The Maltese Falcon" movie page
Dashiell Hammett's biography at the Kirjasto Authors' Calendar
Themis-Athena's select noir and neo-noir mysteries audiography
Themis-Athena's guide to California
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