James M. Cain

64 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

529 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics short stories adventurous funny slow-paced
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century by Otto Penzler, Tony Hillerman

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

The Best American Mystery Stories #1900-1999

Otto Penzler, Tony Hillerman

813 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced
The Butterfly by James M. Cain

The Butterfly

James M. Cain

127 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
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

608 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

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The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain

The Cocktail Waitress

James M. Cain

270 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Complete Crime Stories by James M. Cain

The Complete Crime Stories

James M. Cain

422 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

115 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Enchanted Isle by James M. Cain

The Enchanted Isle

James M. Cain

169 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain by James M. Cain

The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain

James M. Cain

633 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics crime dark tense medium-paced
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

544 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious fast-paced