Chester Himes

48 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
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes

A Rage in Harlem

Harlem Cycle #1

Chester Himes

160 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-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
Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by David L. Ulin

Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America)

David L. Ulin

880 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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

Beyond the Angry Black

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

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

missing page info • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction mystery challenging dark informative 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