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Dashiell Hammett Books in Order
Every Dashiell Hammett book in publication order — 27 in total, spanning 1929–2020.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Dain Curse | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Maltese Falcon | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Glass Key | 1931 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Woman In The Dark | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Thin Man | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  They Can Only Hang You Once | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Nightmare Town | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | A Man Called Spade | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Hammett Homicides | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Dead Yellow Woman | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Big Knockover | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  The Continental Op | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Nightmare Town | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories and Other Writings | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Dashiell Hammett: A Retrospective Anthology | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Vintage Hammett | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Lost Stories | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Return of the Thin Man | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dashiell Hammett | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Crime Wave | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Brain and Other Thrillers | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Breakdown and Other Thrillers | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Creeps by Night | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 27, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dain Curse | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Maltese Falcon | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Glass Key | 1931 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Woman In The Dark | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Thin Man | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | They Can Only Hang You Once | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | A Man Called Spade | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Hammett Homicides | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Dead Yellow Woman | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Nightmare Town | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Red Brain and Other Thrillers | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Big Knockover | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Breakdown and Other Thrillers | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Continental Op | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Nightmare Town | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories and Other Writings | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Dashiell Hammett | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Dashiell Hammett: A Retrospective Anthology | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Vintage Hammett | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Lost Stories | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Crime Wave | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Return of the Thin Man | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Books to Die For | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Creeps by Night | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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