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 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 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 read by Rick Heli. Print this out and use the [] to check off the Hammett works you have personally read.

See also these Notes on Dashiell Hammett Fiction.

A Washington Post article details Hammett's ultimate importance.

Thanks to William Denton's web page Bibliographies: Dashiell Hammett for inspiration and a lot of information.

If you like Dashiell Hammett mysteries in part because they are set in a different time period than our own, you may also like my page on mysteries set in Ancient Rome: The Detective & the Toga.