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Raymond Chandler

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

July 23, 1888

Died

March 26, 1959

Genre

Hard Boiled, Mystery, Thriller

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Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter.

In 1932, at age forty-four, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven full novels during his lifetime (though an eighth in progress at his death was completed by Robert B. Parker). All but Playback have been realized into motion pictures, some several times. In the year before he died, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died on ...more

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Raymond Chandler’s books

Average rating: 4.02 · 346,136 ratings · 18,929 reviews · 478 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 151,113 ratings — published 1939 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 41,145 ratings — published 1953 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 38,515 ratings — published 1940 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 24,627 ratings — published 1943 — 518 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 22,453 ratings — published 1942 — 571 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 16,699 ratings — published 1949 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8) 4.06 avg rating — 12,051 ratings — published 1939 — 808 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) 3.79 avg rating — 9,893 ratings — published 1958 — 378 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Simple Art of Murder 4.14 avg rating — 5,954 ratings — published 1944 — 730 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Sleep and Other Novels (Philip Marlowe #1-2, 6) 4.31 avg rating — 3,156 ratings — published 1939 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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August 2021 New School Classic Group Read Poll

Orlando by Virginia Woolf, 1928, 272 pages

54 votes, 25.1%

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, 1940, 222 pages

32 votes, 14.9%

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, 1972, 172 pages

29 votes, 13.5%

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, 1979, 396 pages

26 votes, 12.1%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 1939, 231 pages

25 votes, 11.6%

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, 1969, 327 pages

22 votes, 10.2%

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić, 1945, 314 pages

14 votes, 6.5%

The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello, 1904, 272 pages

7 votes, 3.3%

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green, 1964, 288 pages

6 votes, 2.8%

215 total votes

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