Dashiell Hammett

Noir Pioneer and Hardboiled Detective Master

About Dashiell Hammett(1894 – 1961)

Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hardboiled crime fiction, best known for 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'The Thin Man', shaping the noir detective genre.

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Selected Shorts

FBFW
1. For Better and for Worse(By: Symphony Space) (1993) –Description or Buy on Amazon
EMLJ
2. Even More Laughs(By: Jonathan Lethem,T.C. Boyle,Philip Roth,Stephen Colbert,Miranda July,Christine Baranski,Alec Baldwin,Robert Sean Leonard,Symphony Space,Jerry Zaks,Julia Slavin,Harry Mathews,Thomas Meehan,Marian Seldes,Parker Posey) (1998) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TCSJ
3. Timeless Classics(By: Shirley Jackson,James Thurber,Raymond Carver,John Shea,Jack London,Edith Wharton,D.H. Lawrence,Richard Connell,Maria Tucci,James Naughton,Charles Keating,Symphony Space,Marian Seldes,Isaiah Sheffer,Steven Gilborn) (2006) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FLEN
4. Falling in Love(By: E. Nesbit,Padgett Powell,Maile Meloy,Rick Bass,Edna O'Brien,Fionnula Flanagan,Hope Davis,Laurie Colwin,Ted Marcoux,Christina Pickles,Jane Curtin,William Hurt,Symphony Space) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FFSS
5. Food Fictions(By: Symphony Space) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TTSS
6. Travel Tales(By: Symphony Space) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
EWSS
7. Edith Wharton(By: Symphony Space) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PSS
8. Pets!(By: Symphony Space) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TBJC
9. Tales of Betrayal(By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FMSS
10. Family Matters(By: Symphony Space) (2007) –Description or Buy on Amazon
AWTY
11. Are We There Yet?(By: Symphony Space) (2008) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TMRB
12. A Touch of Magic(By: Ray Bradbury,T.C. Boyle,Maria Tucci,James Naughton,Haruki Murakami,Jonathan Safran Foer,Kevin Brockmeier,Donald Barthelme,Stephen Colbert,John Lithgow,Anthony Rapp,Daniel Gerroll,Symphony Space,Andrew Lam,Jerry Zaks) (2009) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WHCR
13. The William Hurt Collection(By: Richard Ford,Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space) (2009) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WEMJ
14. Whodunit?(With: Ed McBain,Shirley Jackson,John Shea,Louise Erdrich,Nadine Gordimer,René Auberjonois,Fionnula Flanagan,Robert Sean Leonard,C.S. Montanye,Symphony Space,Isaiah Sheffer,Hattie Winston) (2009) –Description or Buy on Amazon
ACEA
15. American Classics(By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space) (2010) –Description or Buy on Amazon
NASS
16. New American Stories(By: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,Symphony Space) (2011) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PSS
17. Poe!(By: Symphony Space) (2012) –Description or Buy on Amazon

Dashiell Hammett Books and Series – Structured Keywords

Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett. Complete reading order and series order.

American Classics(By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Are We There Yet?(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

A Touch of Magic(By: Ray Bradbury,T.C. Boyle,Maria Tucci,James Naughton,Haruki Murakami,Jonathan Safran Foer,Kevin Brockmeier,Donald Barthelme,Stephen Colbert,John Lithgow,Anthony Rapp,Daniel Gerroll,Symphony Space,Andrew Lam,Jerry Zaks) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Edith Wharton(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Even More Laughs(By: Jonathan Lethem,T.C. Boyle,Philip Roth,Stephen Colbert,Miranda July,Christine Baranski,Alec Baldwin,Robert Sean Leonard,Symphony Space,Jerry Zaks,Julia Slavin,Harry Mathews,Thomas Meehan,Marian Seldes,Parker Posey) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Falling in Love(By: E. Nesbit,Padgett Powell,Maile Meloy,Rick Bass,Edna O'Brien,Fionnula Flanagan,Hope Davis,Laurie Colwin,Ted Marcoux,Christina Pickles,Jane Curtin,William Hurt,Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Family Matters(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Food Fictions(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

For Better and for Worse(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

New American Stories(By: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Pets!(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Poe!(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Tales of Betrayal(By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

The William Hurt Collection(By: Richard Ford,Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Timeless Classics(By: Shirley Jackson,James Thurber,Raymond Carver,John Shea,Jack London,Edith Wharton,D.H. Lawrence,Richard Connell,Maria Tucci,James Naughton,Charles Keating,Symphony Space,Marian Seldes,Isaiah Sheffer,Steven Gilborn) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Travel Tales(By: Symphony Space) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.

Whodunit?(With: Ed McBain,Shirley Jackson,John Shea,Louise Erdrich,Nadine Gordimer,René Auberjonois,Fionnula Flanagan,Robert Sean Leonard,C.S. Montanye,Symphony Space,Isaiah Sheffer,Hattie Winston) – Book in the Selected Shorts series by Dashiell Hammett.