Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett — 3 titles in the rankings, first published between 1929 and 1934. They average 7.6, below the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. One series has a reading order worth keeping to.
Editor’s note American writer who worked as a Pinkerton detective before he wrote crime fiction, and it shows: his stories for Black Mask magazine set the hard-boiled style. Red Harvest (1929) sends the nameless Continental Op into a corrupt mining town; The Maltese Falcon (1930) introduced Sam Spade; The Thin Man (1934), lighter and boozier, gave us Nick and Nora Charles. In 1951 he went to prison for refusing to name the contributors to a bail fund. Start with The Maltese Falcon.
- Ranked titles
- 3 books
- Average score
- 7.6
- Total ratings
- 477
- First published
- 1929–1934
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Series by Dashiell Hammett
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1 series with a set order — each one opens on the volume to read first.
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Other books by Dashiell Hammett
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- 1925The Gutting of Couffignal
- 1929The Dain Curse
- 1931The Glass Key
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