James M. Cain

48 books

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

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s by Horace McCoy, Edward Anderson, James M. Cain, William Lindsay Gresham, Robert Polito, Cornell Woolrich, Kenneth Fearing

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s

Library of America Noir Collection #1

Horace McCoy, Edward Anderson, James M. Cain, William Lindsay Gresham, Robert Polito, Cornell Woolrich, Kenneth Fearing

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced

990 pages | first published 1997

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced

115 pages | first published 1936

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

Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics by Walter Mosley, Paul Cain, Margaret Millar, Ross Macdonald, Kate Braverman, Denise Hamilton, Naomi Hirahara, James M. Cain, William Campbell Gault, Joseph Hansen, Jervey Tervalon, Yxta Maya Murray, Leigh Brackett, James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes

Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics

Walter Mosley, Paul Cain, Margaret Millar, Ross Macdonald, Kate Braverman, Denise Hamilton, Naomi Hirahara, James M. Cain, William Campbell Gault, Joseph Hansen, Jervey Tervalon, Yxta Maya Murray, Leigh Brackett, James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes

fiction mystery short stories mysterious slow-paced

332 pages | first published 2010

Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain

Mildred Pierce

James M. Cain

fiction classics mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

288 pages | first published 1941

Serenade by James M. Cain

Serenade

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced

183 pages | first published 1937

Sinful Woman by James M. Cain

Sinful Woman

James M. Cain

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced

144 pages | first published 1947

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