James M. Cain

56 books

The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Edward Everett Hale, O. Henry, W.J. Lampton, Richard Malcolm Johnston, Grace MacGowan Cooke, George Randolph Chester, Mark Twain, Harry Stillwell Edwards, George Pope Morris, Wells Hastings, George William Curtis, Edgar Allan Poe, H.C. Bunner, Eliza Leslie, Bret Harte, Caroline Kirkland, Frank R. Stockton, Alexander Jessup

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Edward Everett Hale, O. Henry, W.J. Lampton, Richard Malcolm Johnston, Grace MacGowan Cooke, George Randolph Chester, Mark Twain, Harry Stillwell Edwards, George Pope Morris, Wells Hastings, George William Curtis, Edgar Allan Poe, H.C. Bunner, Eliza Leslie, Bret Harte, Caroline Kirkland, Frank R. Stockton, Alexander Jessup

fiction classics short stories adventurous funny slow-paced

529 pages | first published 1920

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century by Pearl S. Buck, Sue Grafton, John D. MacDonald, Harlan Ellison, Margaret Millar, Ross Macdonald, O. Henry, Evan Hunter, Joyce Carol Oates, Willa Cather, Patricia Highsmith, James M. Cain, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Otto Penzler, Frederick Irving Anderson, Ben Ray Redman, Susan Glaspell, Tom Franklin, Brendan DuBois, Lawrence Block, Damon Runyon, Robert L. Fish, Jerome Weidman, Donald E. Westlake, Tony Hillerman, Cornell Woolrich, Stephen Greenleaf, James Crumley, John Steinbeck, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Joe Gores, Stanley Ellin, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Dennis Lehane, Michael Malone, Dashiell Hammett, Flannery O'Connor, Melville Davisson Post, Shirley Jackson, William Faulkner, Jack Ritchie, Ring Lardner, Raymond Chandler, Harry Kemelman, Henry Slesar, Jacques Futrelle

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

The Best American Mystery Stories

Pearl S. Buck, Sue Grafton, John D. MacDonald, Harlan Ellison, Margaret Millar, Ross Macdonald, O. Henry, Evan Hunter, Joyce Carol Oates, Willa Cather, Patricia Highsmith, James M. Cain, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Otto Penzler, Frederick Irving Anderson, Ben Ray Redman, Susan Glaspell, Tom Franklin, Brendan DuBois, Lawrence Block, Damon Runyon, Robert L. Fish, Jerome Weidman, Donald E. Westlake, Tony Hillerman, Cornell Woolrich, Stephen Greenleaf, James Crumley, John Steinbeck, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Joe Gores, Stanley Ellin, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Dennis Lehane, Michael Malone, Dashiell Hammett, Flannery O'Connor, Melville Davisson Post, Shirley Jackson, William Faulkner, Jack Ritchie, Ring Lardner, Raymond Chandler, Harry Kemelman, Henry Slesar, Jacques Futrelle

fiction mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced

832 pages | first published 2000

The Butterfly by James M. Cain

The Butterfly

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced

127 pages | first published 1949

A Century of Great Suspense Stories by John D. MacDonald, Harlan Ellison, Janwillem van de Wetering, Jeffery Deaver, Reginald Hill, Erle Stanley Gardner, Margaret Millar, Anthony Boucher, Marcia Muller, Ross Macdonald, Evan Hunter, Bill Pronzini, Lisa Scottoline, Patricia Highsmith, James M. Cain, Robert Bloch, John Lutz, Fredric Brown, Anna Katharine Green, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E. Westlake, Georges Simenon, Tony Hillerman, Robert Barnard, Steve Martini, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Max Allan Collins, Stanley Ellin, Ed Gorman, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Jeremiah Healy, Michael Malone, Ed McBain, Ruth Rendell

A Century of Great Suspense Stories

John D. MacDonald, Harlan Ellison, Janwillem van de Wetering, Jeffery Deaver, Reginald Hill, Erle Stanley Gardner, Margaret Millar, Anthony Boucher, Marcia Muller, Ross Macdonald, Evan Hunter, Bill Pronzini, Lisa Scottoline, Patricia Highsmith, James M. Cain, Robert Bloch, John Lutz, Fredric Brown, Anna Katharine Green, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, Sharyn McCrumb, Donald E. Westlake, Georges Simenon, Tony Hillerman, Robert Barnard, Steve Martini, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Max Allan Collins, Stanley Ellin, Ed Gorman, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Jeremiah Healy, Michael Malone, Ed McBain, Ruth Rendell

fiction mystery short stories thriller mysterious slow-paced

608 pages | first published 2001

The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain

The Cocktail Waitress

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

270 pages | first published 2012

The Complete Crime Stories by James M. Cain

The Complete Crime Stories

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced

422 pages | first published 1936

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced

115 pages | first published 1936

The Enchanted Isle by James M. Cain

The Enchanted Isle

James M. Cain

fiction mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

169 pages | first published 1985

The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain by James M. Cain

The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain

James M. Cain

fiction classics crime dark tense medium-paced

633 pages | first published 1985

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories by Robert Sampson, Paul Cain, John D. MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, Norbert Davis, Brett Halliday, Ross Macdonald, Margaret Maron, Evan Hunter, Jonathan Craig, Gil Brewer, Bill Pronzini, Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, William Coe, Faye Kellerman, Jack Adrian, H.A. DeRosso, Lawrence Block, James Hannah, W.R. Burnett, James Reasoner, Jim Thompson, Leigh Brackett, Mickey Spillane, David Alexander, Benjamin Appel, Andrew Vachss, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Helen Nielsen, Dashiell Hammett, Daniel Mainwaring, James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Robert Sampson, Paul Cain, John D. MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, Norbert Davis, Brett Halliday, Ross Macdonald, Margaret Maron, Evan Hunter, Jonathan Craig, Gil Brewer, Bill Pronzini, Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, William Coe, Faye Kellerman, Jack Adrian, H.A. DeRosso, Lawrence Block, James Hannah, W.R. Burnett, James Reasoner, Jim Thompson, Leigh Brackett, Mickey Spillane, David Alexander, Benjamin Appel, Andrew Vachss, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Helen Nielsen, Dashiell Hammett, Daniel Mainwaring, James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious fast-paced

544 pages | first published 1995