Chester Himes

57 books

The Quality of Hurt: The Early Years, the Autobiography of Chester Himes by Chester Himes

The Quality of Hurt: The Early Years, the Autobiography of Chester Himes

Chester Himes

360 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional reflective slow-paced
The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes

The Real Cool Killers

Harlem Cycle #2

Chester Himes

159 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
Yesterday Will Make You Cry by Chester Himes

Yesterday Will Make You Cry

Chester Himes

363 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction crime challenging reflective medium-paced
Beyond the Angry Black by Junius Edwards, Gloria Oden, Dennis Lynds, Lionel Ovesey, James Baldwin, John A. Williams, John Howard Griffin, Richard Wright, Carrie Allen Young, Paul Olsen, S.P. Lomax, Hoyt W. Fuller, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes, Shirley A. Jackson, John W. McReynolds, Gwendolyn Brooks, Seymour Krim, Chester Himes, Abram Kardiner
Beyond the Angry Black
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Junius Edwards, Gloria Oden, Dennis Lynds, Lionel Ovesey, James Baldwin, John A. Williams, John Howard Griffin, Richard Wright, Carrie Allen Young, Paul Olsen, S.P. Lomax, Hoyt W. Fuller, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes, Shirley A. Jackson, John W. McReynolds, Gwendolyn Brooks, Seymour Krim, Chester Himes, Abram Kardiner

Beyond the Angry Black

Junius Edwards, Gloria Oden, Dennis Lynds, Lionel Ovesey, James Baldwin, John A. Williams, John Howard Griffin, Richard Wright, Carrie Allen Young, Paul Olsen, S.P. Lomax, Hoyt W. Fuller, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes, Shirley A. Jackson, John W. McReynolds, Gwendolyn Brooks, Seymour Krim, Chester Himes, Abram Kardiner

198 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

medium-paced
The Big Gold Dream by Chester Himes

The Big Gold Dream

Harlem Cycle #4

Chester Himes

156 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes

Blind Man with a Pistol

Harlem Cycle #8

Chester Himes

192 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
A Case Of Rape by Chester Himes

A Case Of Rape

Chester Himes

105 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction mystery challenging dark informative medium-paced
A Case of Rape by James Sallis, Chester Himes
A Case of Rape
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James Sallis, Chester Himes

A Case of Rape

James Sallis, Chester Himes

missing page info • first pub 1963 (editions)

dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Cast the First Stone by Chester Himes

Cast the First Stone

Chester Himes

303 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Harlem Cycle #7

Chester Himes

160 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective fast-paced