James M. Cain

72 books

The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Harry Stillwell Edwards, Richard Malcolm Johnston, W.J. Lampton, Alexander Jessup, Grace MacGowan Cooke, Edward Everett Hale, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., H.C. Bunner, George Pope Morris, George Randolph Chester, Eliza Leslie, Frank R. Stockton, O. Henry, George William Curtis, Caroline Kirkland, Edgar Allan Poe, Wells Hastings, Mark Twain, Bret Harte

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

Harry Stillwell Edwards, Richard Malcolm Johnston, W.J. Lampton, Alexander Jessup, Grace MacGowan Cooke, Edward Everett Hale, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., H.C. Bunner, George Pope Morris, George Randolph Chester, Eliza Leslie, Frank R. Stockton, O. Henry, George William Curtis, Caroline Kirkland, Edgar Allan Poe, Wells Hastings, Mark Twain, Bret Harte

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 Harlan Ellison, Reginald Hill, Ed Gorman, Ross Macdonald, Sharyn McCrumb, Lisa Scottoline, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Lawrence Block, Stephen King, Mickey Spillane, Jeremiah Healy, Max Allan Collins, Ed McBain, Rex Stout, Jeffery Deaver, James M. Cain, Robert Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Evan Hunter, Tony Hillerman, Margaret Millar, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Highsmith, Fredric Brown, Steve Martini, John D. MacDonald, Stanley Ellin, Anna Katharine Green, Donald E. Westlake, Janwillem van de Wetering, Robert Barnard, Michael Malone, Ruth Rendell, Ellery Queen, Georges Simenon, Erle Stanley Gardner, John Lutz

A Century of Great Suspense Stories

Harlan Ellison, Reginald Hill, Ed Gorman, Ross Macdonald, Sharyn McCrumb, Lisa Scottoline, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Lawrence Block, Stephen King, Mickey Spillane, Jeremiah Healy, Max Allan Collins, Ed McBain, Rex Stout, Jeffery Deaver, James M. Cain, Robert Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Evan Hunter, Tony Hillerman, Margaret Millar, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Highsmith, Fredric Brown, Steve Martini, John D. MacDonald, Stanley Ellin, Anna Katharine Green, Donald E. Westlake, Janwillem van de Wetering, Robert Barnard, Michael Malone, Ruth Rendell, Ellery Queen, Georges Simenon, Erle Stanley Gardner, John Lutz

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 Margaret Maron, Robert Sampson, Benjamin Appel, Gil Brewer, Jack Adrian, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Ross Macdonald, Elmore Leonard, Bill Pronzini, William Coe, Brett Halliday, Helen Nielsen, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, W.R. Burnett, Daniel Mainwaring, Andrew Vachss, Norbert Davis, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Leigh Brackett, Evan Hunter, H.A. DeRosso, James Hannah, Jim Thompson, Paul Cain, James Reasoner, Jonathan Craig, Faye Kellerman, John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, Frederick Nebel, James Ellroy, David Alexander, Chester Himes

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Margaret Maron, Robert Sampson, Benjamin Appel, Gil Brewer, Jack Adrian, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Ross Macdonald, Elmore Leonard, Bill Pronzini, William Coe, Brett Halliday, Helen Nielsen, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, W.R. Burnett, Daniel Mainwaring, Andrew Vachss, Norbert Davis, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Leigh Brackett, Evan Hunter, H.A. DeRosso, James Hannah, Jim Thompson, Paul Cain, James Reasoner, Jonathan Craig, Faye Kellerman, John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, Frederick Nebel, James Ellroy, David Alexander, Chester Himes

544 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious fast-paced