Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler — 5 titles in the rankings, first published between 1939 and 1954. They average 7.7, below the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. One series has a reading order worth keeping to.
Editor’s note The poet of the hard-boiled detective novel. His Philip Marlowe, a weary, honourable private eye working a corrupt Los Angeles, speaks in some of the most quoted similes in American prose. The Big Sleep is the most read, though its plot is famously tangled; The Long Goodbye, his most ambitious and personal book, rates highest, ahead of Farewell, My Lovely. The novels stand alone; read them for the voice and the city as much as the mystery.
- Ranked titles
- 5 books
- Average score
- 7.7
- Total ratings
- 843
- First published
- 1939–1954
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Series by Raymond Chandler
Reading order of Raymond Chandler's series
1 series with a set order — each one opens on the volume to read first.
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Other books by Raymond Chandler
Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.
- 1943The Lady in the Lake
- 1950The Simple Art of Murder
- 1958Playback
- 1962Raymond Chandler Speaking
- 1964Killer in the Rain
- 1989Poodle Springs
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