Checklist of Dashiell Hammett Fiction (original) (raw)

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Checklist of Dashiell Hammett Fiction
Novels, novellas and short stories sorted alphabetically by title

Last updated 16 April 2006.

• "The Advertising Man Writes a Love Letter" in Judge, 26 February 1927 []
• "Afraid of a Gun" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, March 1924
  • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "After the Thin Man" [] [x]
  • in The New Black Mask, Nos. 5-6 (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1986)
• "Albert Pastor at Home" []
  • in Esquire, Autumn 1933
  • in Nightmare Town (Spivak/Mercury Mystery, 1948)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Arson Plus" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, 1 October 1923)
  • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
• "The Assistant Murderer" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, February 1926
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Barber and His Wife" []
  • in Brief Stories, December 1922
  • in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962)
  • in Lost Stories (Vincent Emery, 2005)
    
• "Ber-Bulu"
• "The Big Knockover" [] [x]
  • in Black Mask, February 1927)
  • in $106,000 Blood Money (Spivak, 1943)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "The Black Hat That Wasn't There" [] [x]
  • as "It" in The Black Mask, 1 November 1923)
  • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
• "Black Honeymoon"
• "Black Lives"
• "Black Riddle"
• "Bodies Piled Up"
• "The Cleansing of Poisonville"
• "Corkscrew" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, September 1925
  • in Nightmare Town (Spivak/Mercury Mystery, 1948)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Creeping Siamese" []
  • in The Black Mask, March 1926
  • in The Creeping Siamese (Spivak, 1950)
• "Crime Wanted - Male or Female"
• "Crooked Souls"
• "The Crusader" in The Smart Set, August 1923 []
• "The Cyclone Shot"
• "Dagger Point"
• The Dain Curse [] [x]
  • as part 1: "Black Lives" in Black Mask, November 1928
  • as part 2: "The Hollow Temple" in Black Mask, December 1928
  • as part 3: "Black Honeymoon" in Black Mask, January 1929
  • as part 4: "Black Riddle" in Black Mask, February 1929
  • Knopf, 1929
  • in Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Knopf, 1935)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Knopf, 1965)
  • Vintage Books, 1989
  • Isis Audio, 1996
  • in Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (Library of America, 1999)
• "Dead Yellow Women" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, November 1925
  • in Dead Yellow Women (Spivak, 1947)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "Death and Company" [] [x]
  • in Black Mask, November 1930
  • in The Return of the Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
• "Death on Pine Street" [] [x]
  • as "Women, Politics and Murder" in The Black Mask, September 1924)
  • in The Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Diamond Wager" in Detective Fiction Weekly, 19 October 1929 []
• "The Dimple" in Saucy Stories, 15 October 1923 []
• "Dynamite"
• "Ester Entertains" in Brief Stories, February 1924 []
• "The Farewell Murder" [] [x]
  • in Black Mask, February 1930
  • in The Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• "First Aide to Murder" in Saturday Home Magazine, ? []
• "The First Thin Man" [] []
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Fly Paper" [] [x]
  • in Black Mask, August 1929
  • in The Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "The Gatewood Caper" [] [x]
  • as "Crooked Souls" in The Black Mask (15 October 1923)
  • in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "The Girl with the Silver Eyes" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, June 1924
  • in Hammett Homicides (Spivak, 1946)
  • in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• The Glass Key [] [x]
  • as part 1: "The Glass Key" in Black Mask, March 1930
  • as part 2: "The Cyclone Shot" in Black Mask, April 1930
  • as part 3: "Dagger Point" in Black Mask, May 1930
  • as part 4: "The Shattered Key" in Black Mask, June 1930
  • Knopf, 1931
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Knopf, 1965)
  • Vintage Books, 1989
  • in Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (Library of America, 1999)
• "The Glass Key"
• "The Golden Horshoe" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, November 1924
  • in Dead Yellow Women (Spivak, 1947)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• "The Green Elephant" []
  • in The Smart Set, October 1923
  • in Dead Yellow Women (Spivak, 1947)
  • in Lost Stories (Vincent Emery, 2005)
    
• "The Gutting of Couffignal" [] [x]
  in The Black Mask, December 1925in The Return of the Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "The Hairy One" []
  • as "Ber-Bulu" in Sunset Magazine, March 1925
  • in Dead Yellow Women (Spivak, 1947)
• "His Brother's Keeper" [] [x]
  • in Collier's, 17 February 1934
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Holiday" [] [x]
  • in The New Pearsons, July 1923)
  • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
• "The Hollow Temple"
• "House Dick" [] [x]
  • as "Bodies Piled Up" in The Black Mask, 1 December 1923)
  • in Dead Yellow Women (Spivak, 1947)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The House in Turk Street" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, 15 April 1924
  • in Hammett Homicides (Spivak, 1946)
  • in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• "Immortality" in 10 Story Book, November 1922 []
• "In the Morgue" in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962) []
• "It"
• "Itchy the Debonair" []
  • in Brief Stories, January 1924
  • in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962)
• "The Joke on Eloise Morey" []
  • in Brief Stories 8, No. 4, June 1923
  • in The Creeping Siamese (Spivak, 1950)
• "The Judge Laughed Last" [] [x]
  • as "The New Racket" in The Black Mask, 15 February 1924
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
• "Laughing Masks" in Action Stories, November 1923) []
• "This Little Pig" []
  • in Collier's, 24 March 1934
  • in Lost Stories (Vincent Emery, 2005)
    
• "The Main Death" [] [x]
  in Black Mask, June 1927in Hammett Homicides (Spivak, 1946)in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• "A Man Named Thin" [] [x]
  • in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1961
  • in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• The Maltese Falcon [] [x]
  • as part 1: "The Maltese Falcon" in Black Mask, September 1929
  • as part 2: "The Maltese Falcon" in Black Mask, October 1929
  • as part 3: "The Maltese Falcon" in Black Mask, November 1929
  • as part 4: "The Maltese Falcon" in Black Mask, December 1929
  • as part 5: "The Maltese Falcon" in Black Mask, January 1930
  • Knopf, 1930
  • in Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Knopf, 1935)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Knopf, 1965)
  • Vintage Books, 1992
  • in Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (Library of America, 1999)
• The Maltese Falcon
• "A Man Called Spade" [] [x]
  • in American Magazine, July 1932)
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Man Who Killed Dan Odams" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, 15 January 1924
  • in The Creeping Siamese (Spivak, 1950)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Man Who Loved Ugly Women" in Experience, ? - pre May 1925 []
• "The Man Who Stood in the Way" in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951) [] [x]
• ""Mike, Alec or Rufus?"
• "The Nails in Mr. Cayterer" []
  • in Mr. Cayterer" in The Black Mask, January 1926
  • in The Creeping Siamese (Spivak, 1950)
• "The New Racket"
• "Nightmare Town" [] [x]
  • in Argosy All-Story Weekly, December 27, 1924
  • in Nightmare Town (Spivak/Mercury Mystery, 1948)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Nightshade" [] [x]
  • in Mystery League Magazine, October 1, 1933
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
• "Night Shots" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, February 1924)
  • in Hammett Homicides (Spivak, 1946)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The 19th Murder"
• "One Hour" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, April 1924)
  • in The Return of the Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "$106,000 Blood Money" [] [x]
  • in Black Mask, May 1927
  • in $106,000 Blood Money (Spivak, 1943)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "On the Way" in Harper's Bazaar, March 1932 []
• "Another Perfect Crime" in Experience, ? - pre May 1925 []
• Red Harvest [] [x]
  • as part 1: "The Cleansing of Poisonville" in Black Mask, November 1927
  • as part 2: "Crime Wanted - Male or Female" in Black Mask, December 1927
  • as part 3: "Dynamite" in Black Mask, January 1928
  • as part 4: "The 19th Murder" in Black Mask, February 1928
  • Knopf, 1929
  • in Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Knopf, 1935)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Knopf, 1965)
  • Vintage Books, 1992
  • in Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (Library of America, 1999)
• "The Road Home" in The Black Mask, December 1922) []
• "Ruffian's Wife" [] [x]
  • in Hammett Homicides (Spivak, 1946)
  • in Sunset Magazine, October 1925
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody" in Brief Stories, February 1923 []
• "The Scorched Face" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, May 1925)
  • in Nightmare Town (Spivak/Mercury Mystery, 1948)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Second-Story Angel" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, 15 November 1923
  • in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Shattered Key" []
• "Slippery Fingers" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask 15 October 1923)
  • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
• "A Tale of Two Women" in Saturday Home Magazine, ? []
• "The Tenth Clew" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, 1 January 1924)
  • in The Return of the Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• "They Can Only Hang You Once" [] [x]
  • in Collier's, November 1932
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
  • in Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories (New York: Oxford Press, 1996)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• The Thin Man (Knopf, 1934) [] [x]
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Knopf, 1965)
  • Vintage Books, 1992
  • Caedmon Audio Cassette, 1995
  • in Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (Library of America, 1999)
• "The Thin Man" in Redbook, December 1933 []
• "The Thin Man" in City of San Francisco, 4 November 1975 (previously unpublished first draft, set in San Francisco) []
• "This King Business" [] [x]
  • in Mystery Stories, January 1928
  • in The Creeping Siamese (Spivak, 1950)
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "Tom, Dick or Harry" [] [x]
  • as "Mike, Alec or Rufus?" in The Black Mask, January 1925
  • in The Creeping Siamese (Spivak, 1950)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Too Many Have Lived" [] [x]
  • in American Magazine, October 1932
  • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
  • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "Tulip" [] [x]
  • in The Big Knockover (Random House, 1966)
  • in The Big Knockover (Vintage Books, 1994)
• "Two Sharp Knives" [] [x]
  • in Collier's, 13 January 1934
  • in Hammett Homicides (Spivak, 1946)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Vicious Circle" in The Black Mask, 15 June 1923) []
• "Wages of Crime" in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962) []
• "When Luck's Running Good" in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962) []
• "Who Killed Bob Teal?" [] [x]
  • in True Detective Stories, November, 1924
  • in Dead Yellow Women (Spivak, 1947)
  • in The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Cassell, 1950)
  • in Murder Plus (1993)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
• "The Whosis Kid" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, March 1925
  • in The Return of the Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in The Continental Op (Random House, 1974)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
• "Woman in the Dark" [] [x]
  • in Liberty, 8, 15, 22 April 1933
  • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
  • in Woman in the Dark (Random House, 1989)
• "Women, Politics and Murder"
• "Zigzags of Treachery" [] [x]
  • in The Black Mask, 1 March 1924
  • in The Continental Op (Spivak, 1945)
  • in The Continental Op (Vintage Books, 1992)
  • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999) [x] denotes works I have read. Print this out and use the [] to check off the Hammett works you have personally read.

See also theseNotes on Dashiell Hammett Fiction.

A Washington Post articledetails Hammett's ultimate importance.

Thanks to William Denton's web pageBibliographies: Dashiell Hammettfor inspiration and a lot of information.

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