Chester Himes Reading Order
1 series · 175 books
Chester Himes was an American writer who became renowned for his hard-boiled detective fiction set in 1950s Harlem, particularly his acclaimed series featuring Black police detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. His sharp social commentary and gritty noir style earned him international recognition, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France in 1958. Beyond his detective work, Himes authored numerous standalone novels including the powerful If He Hollers Let Him Go, establishing himself as a significant voice in twentieth-century American crime fiction.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete175 books
Start with Yesterday will make you cry, the first of 175 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Case of Rape |
| 2 | A Maldição Do Dinheiro (Em Portuguese do Brasil) |
| 3 | A Rage in Harlem |
| 4 | A Rage in Harlem |
| 5 | A case of rape |
| 6 | A case of rape |
| 7 | A rage in Harlem |
| 8 | Affaire de viol |
| 9 | All Shot Up |
| 10 | All Shot Up |
| 11 | All Shot Up |
| 12 | All shot up |
| 13 | Back to Africa |
| 14 | Big Gold Dream |
| 15 | Big Gold Dream |
| 16 | Black on Black |
| 17 | Blind Man With a Pistol (American Crime) |
| 18 | Blind Man with a Pistol |
| 19 | Blind man with a pistol |
| 20 | Blind man with a pistol |
| 21 | Blind, mit einer Pistole |
| 22 | Cast The First Stone |
| 23 | Cast the First Stone |
| 24 | Cast the first stone |
| 25 | Cast the first stone |
| 26 | Collected Short Stories |
| 27 | Collected Stories of Chester Himes |
| 28 | Come Back Charleston Blue |
| 29 | Come back Charleston Blue |
| 30 | Conversations with Chester Himes |
| 31 | Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| 32 | Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| 33 | Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| 34 | Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| 35 | Cotton comes to Harlem |
| 36 | Couche dans le Pain |
| 37 | Couché dans le pain |
| 38 | Crime Novels : Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 |
| 39 | Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s |
| 40 | Crime novels |
| 41 | Dare-dare |
| 42 | Dare-dare |
| 43 | Dear Chester, Dear John |
| 44 | Dear Chester, Dear John |
| 45 | Der Traum vom großen Geld |
| 46 | Die Geldmacher von Harlem |
| 47 | Die Geldmacher von Harlem |
| 48 | El gran sueño de oro ; Por amor a Imabelle ; Algodón en Harlem |
| 49 | Empieza el Calor |
| 50 | End of a Primitive |
| 51 | Essential Harlem Detectives |
| 52 | Faut etre negre pur faire ca... |
| 53 | Faut être nègre pour faire c̨a |
| 54 | Fenstersturz in Harlem |
| 55 | For love of Imabelle |
| 56 | Heat's On |
| 57 | Heiße Nacht für kühle Killer |
| 58 | Hier te fera pleurer |
| 59 | If He Hollers Let Him Go |
| 60 | If He Hollers Let Him Go |
| 61 | If He Hollers Let Him Go |
| 62 | If he hollers let him go |
| 63 | Il pleut des coups durs |
| 64 | Il pleut des coups durs |
| 65 | Il pleut des coups durs |
| 66 | Imbroglio Negro |
| 67 | Imbroglio negro |
| 68 | Imbroglio negro |
| 69 | Jealous man can't win |
| 70 | L'Aveugle au pistolet |
| 71 | L'\Aveugle au Pistolet |
| 72 | La Croisade solitaire |
| 73 | La Reine des Pommes |
| 74 | La Reine des pommes |
| 75 | La Tercera Generacion |
| 76 | La croisade de Lee Gordon |
| 77 | La croisade de Lee Gordon |
| 78 | La fin d'un primitif |
| 79 | La troisième génération |
| 80 | La\Fin d'un Primatif |
| 81 | La\Troisieme Generation |
| 82 | Lauf, Mann, lauf |
| 83 | Le Manteau de rêve |
| 84 | Le manteau de rêve |
| 85 | Le paradis des côtes de porc |
| 86 | Lonely crusade |
| 87 | Lonely crusade |
| 88 | Mamie Mason, ou, Un exercice de la bonne volonté |
| 89 | My Life of Absurdity |
| 90 | Ne Nous Enervons Pas! |
| 91 | Ne nous énervons pas! |
| 92 | Negro sobre negro |
| 93 | Pinktoes |
| 94 | Pinktoes |
| 95 | Pinktoes |
| 96 | Pinktoes |
| 97 | Pinktoes |
| 98 | Pinktoes |
| 99 | Pinktoes |
| 100 | Pinktoes, a Novel |
| 101 | Plan B |
| 102 | Plan B |
| 103 | Pleut De Coups Durs II |
| 104 | Por el pasado, llorarás |
| 105 | Primitive |
| 106 | Qu'on Lui Jette La Première Pierre |
| 107 | Qu'on lui jette la première pierre |
| 108 | Qu'on lui jette la première pierre |
| 109 | Quality of Hurt |
| 110 | Quality of Hurt, The : The Autobiography of Chester Himes, The |
| 111 | Rage in Harlem |
| 112 | Rage in Harlem (Canongate Crime Classics) |
| 113 | Rage in Harlem (Special Edition) |
| 114 | Real Cool Killers |
| 115 | Regrets sans repentir |
| 116 | Regrets sans repentir |
| 117 | Retour en Afrique |
| 118 | Run Man Run |
| 119 | Run Man Run |
| 120 | Run man run |
| 121 | Run man, run |
| 122 | Run, man, run |
| 123 | S'il Braille/ LacheLe |
| 124 | S'il braille, lâche-le-- |
| 125 | Short stories |
| 126 | TOUT POUR PLAIRE. ("THE BIG GOLD DREAM.") |
| 127 | The Big Gold Dream |
| 128 | The Crazy Kill |
| 129 | The Crazy Kill |
| 130 | The End of a Primitive |
| 131 | The Harlem Cycle |
| 132 | The Heat's On |
| 133 | The Heat's On |
| 134 | The Lonley Crusade |
| 135 | The Primitive |
| 136 | The Quality of Hurt |
| 137 | The Quality of Hurt |
| 138 | The Quality of Hurt |
| 139 | The Real Cool Killers |
| 140 | The Real Cool Killers |
| 141 | The Real cool killers |
| 142 | The Third Generation |
| 143 | The autobiography of Chester Himes |
| 144 | The big gold dream |
| 145 | The big gold dream |
| 146 | The big gold dream |
| 147 | The big gold dream |
| 148 | The collected stories of Chester Himes |
| 149 | The collected stories of Chester Himes |
| 150 | The end of a primitive |
| 151 | The end of a primitive |
| 152 | The heat's on |
| 153 | The heat's on |
| 154 | The heat's on |
| 155 | The primitive |
| 156 | The primitive |
| 157 | The quality of hurt |
| 158 | The real cool killers |
| 159 | The real cool killers |
| 160 | The third generation |
| 161 | The third generation |
| 162 | Third Generation |
| 163 | Third Generation |
| 164 | Todos Muertos/All Shot Up |
| 165 | Tout pour Plaire |
| 166 | Tout pour plaire |
| 167 | Un ciego con una pistola |
| 168 | Un ciego con una pistola |
| 169 | Un joli coup de lune |
| 170 | Un joli coup de lune |
| 171 | Une affaire de viol |
| 172 | Une messe en prison |
| 173 | Une messe en prison |
| 174 | Yesterday will make you cry |
| 175 | Yesterday will make you cry 1999 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Chester Himes written?
- Chester Himes has written 175 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1999 to 1999.
- Are Chester Himes's series complete?
- Chester Himes has 1 completed series.