Standalone Books in Order

30
Books
1929
First Book
2025
Latest Book
97
Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Red Harvest

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1929

2

The Dain Curse

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1929

3

The Glass Key

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1931

4

Woman In The Dark

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1933

5

The Thin Man

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1934

6

They Can Only Hang You Once

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1944

7

The Barber and His Wife (As:Peter Collinson)

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1922

8

The Road Home (As:Peter Collinson)

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1922

9

The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody (As:Peter Collinson)

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1923

10

The Vicious Circle (As:Peter Collinson)

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1923

11

Arson Plus (As:Peter Collinson)

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1923

12

Slippery Fingers (As:Peter Collinson)

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1923

13

Laughing Masks / When Luck's Running Good (As:Peter Collinson)

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1923

14

Itchy / Itchy the Debonair (As:Peter Collinson)

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1924

15

The Hunter

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2013

16

The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories

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1944

17

A Man Called Spade

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1944

18

Hammett Homicides

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1946

19

Dead Yellow Woman

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1947

20

Creeping Siamese and Other Stories

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1950

21

Nightmare Town and Other Stories

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1950

22

The Big Knockover

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1966

23

The Continental Op

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1974

24

Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories and Other Writings

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2001

25

Dashiell Hammett: A Retrospective Anthology (With: Jack Adrian)

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2004

26

Vintage Hammett

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2005

27

Lost Stories (With: Joe Gores)

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2005

28

Return of the Thin Man (With: Julie M. Rivett)

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2012

29

The Hunter and Other Stories

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2013

30

The Continental Op Casebook, Vol. 1

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2025

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Red Harvest (1929), 2. The Dain Curse (1929), 3. The Glass Key (1931), 4. Woman In The Dark (1933), 5. The Thin Man (1934), and 25 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Standalone series by Dashiell Hammett contains 30 books. The series began in 1929 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Standalone series is written by Dashiell Hammett. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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