Chester Himes

52 books

All Shot Up by Chester Himes

All Shot Up

Harlem Cycle #5

Chester Himes

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced

192 pages | first published 1960

A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes

A Rage in Harlem

Harlem Cycle #1

Chester Himes

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced

160 pages | first published 1957

Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers by Gary Phillips, Walter Mosley, Paula L. Woods, Charles W. Chesnutt, Gar Anthony Haywood, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Rudolph Fisher, Otto Penzler, Edward P. Jones, Ann Petry, George S. Schuyler, Robert Greer, Hughes Allison, Chester Himes

Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers

Gary Phillips, Walter Mosley, Paula L. Woods, Charles W. Chesnutt, Gar Anthony Haywood, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Rudolph Fisher, Otto Penzler, Edward P. Jones, Ann Petry, George S. Schuyler, Robert Greer, Hughes Allison, Chester Himes

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious slow-paced

336 pages | first published 2009

Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Harlem Cycle #7

Chester Himes

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced

160 pages | first published 1964

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s by Patricia Highsmith, Robert Polito, Charles Willeford, Jim Thompson, David Goodis, Chester Himes

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s

Library of America Noir Collection #2

Patricia Highsmith, Robert Polito, Charles Willeford, Jim Thompson, David Goodis, Chester Himes

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced

892 pages | first published 1997

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

If He Hollers Let Him Go by Hilton Als, Chester Himes

If He Hollers Let Him Go

Hilton Als, Chester Himes

fiction race emotional mysterious medium-paced

203 pages | first published 1945

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

Plan B by Robert Skinner, Michel Fabre, Chester Himes

Plan B

Harlem Cycle #9

Robert Skinner, Michel Fabre, Chester Himes

fiction mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

203 pages | first published 1993

Pow Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience by Susanne Lee, Ray Smith, Langston Hughes, Kristin Hunter, Danny Romero, Ishmael Reed, Walter K. Lew, Zora Neale Hurston, E. Donald Two-Rivers, Yuri Kageyama, Vivian Demuth, Lucha Corpi, Robert Hass, Hillel Heinstein, Bharati Mukherjee, Sholeh Wolpé, Paule Marshall, Mitch Berman, Victor Sejour, Floyd Salas, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Russell C. Leong, Wajahat Ali, Aphrodite Desiree Navab, Gerald Vizenor, Cecil Brown, Mark Twain, Leon Surmelian, Russell Banks, Robert Coover, Wanda Coleman, Nancy Mercado, Edgardo Vega Yunqué, Fielding Dawson, Conyus (Calhoun), John O. Killens, James T. Farrell, Minjon LeNoir-Irwin, Ty Pak, Al Young, Frank Yerby, Roberta Hill, Anna Nelson Harry, John A. Williams, Grace Paley, George S. Schuyler, Gertrude Stein, Carla Blank, Alejandro Murguía, Mary Tallmountain, Wakako Yamauchi, Ellen Geist, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles Wright, Ntozake Shange, James Alan McPherson, Stanley Elkin, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Benjamin Franklin, Chester Himes, Nash Candelaria, Corie Rosen

Pow Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience

Susanne Lee, Ray Smith, Langston Hughes, Kristin Hunter, Danny Romero, Ishmael Reed, Walter K. Lew, Zora Neale Hurston, E. Donald Two-Rivers, Yuri Kageyama, Vivian Demuth, Lucha Corpi, Robert Hass, Hillel Heinstein, Bharati Mukherjee, Sholeh Wolpé, Paule Marshall, Mitch Berman, Victor Sejour, Floyd Salas, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Russell C. Leong, Wajahat Ali, Aphrodite Desiree Navab, Gerald Vizenor, Cecil Brown, Mark Twain, Leon Surmelian, Russell Banks, Robert Coover, Wanda Coleman, Nancy Mercado, Edgardo Vega Yunqué, Fielding Dawson, Conyus (Calhoun), John O. Killens, James T. Farrell, Minjon LeNoir-Irwin, Ty Pak, Al Young, Frank Yerby, Roberta Hill, Anna Nelson Harry, John A. Williams, Grace Paley, George S. Schuyler, Gertrude Stein, Carla Blank, Alejandro Murguía, Mary Tallmountain, Wakako Yamauchi, Ellen Geist, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles Wright, Ntozake Shange, James Alan McPherson, Stanley Elkin, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Benjamin Franklin, Chester Himes, Nash Candelaria, Corie Rosen

fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced

536 pages | first published 2008