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Philip Marlowe Series

8 primary works • 19 total works
Philip Marlowe was Los Angeles's toughest detective in the groundbreaking series by Raymond Chandler that helped establish the hard-boiled subgenre of dectective fiction. Each novel is a standalone story, and they don't need to be read in sequence.

Book 1

The Big Sleep
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3.94 · 168244 Ratings · 9060 Reviews · published 1939 · 84 editions
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to h…

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    Book 2

    Farewell, My Lovely
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    4.09     · 42780 Ratings · 2651 Reviews · published 1940 · 2 editions
    Alternative cover edition of ISBN 9780394758275

    Mar…

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    Book 3

    The High Window
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    4.04     · 25368 Ratings · 1427 Reviews · published 1942 · 3 editions
    Toby Stephens stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast …

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    Book 4

    The Lady in the Lake
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    4.06     · 28022 Ratings · 1734 Reviews · published 1943 · 2 editions
    A couple of missing wives—one a rich man's and one…

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    Book 5

    The Little Sister
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    3.98     · 18828 Ratings · 1118 Reviews · published 1949 · 10 editions
    Raymond Chandler's fifth novel has Philip Marlowe …

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    Book 6

    The Long Goodbye
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    4.19     · 46668 Ratings · 3228 Reviews · published 1953 · 2 editions
    Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his…

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    Book 7

    Playback
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    3.80     · 11080 Ratings · 722 Reviews · published 1958 · 14 editions
    Playback is a classic novel by Raymond Chandler, t…

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    Book 8

    Trouble Is My Business
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    4.06     · 13073 Ratings · 530 Reviews · published 1950 · 4 editions
    In the four long stories in this collection, Marlo…

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    The Finger Man
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    3.63     · 190 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1934 · 22 editions
    Philip Marlowe has just given evidence about a cor…

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    Book 1-2, 6

    The Big Sleep and Other Novels
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    4.31     · 3275 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 1939 · 15 editions
    Raymond Chandler created the fast talking, trouble…

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    Book 3-5

    The Lady in the Lake and Other Novels
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    4.32     · 407 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1949 · 5 editions
    An omnibus comprising Raymond Chandler's three Phi…

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    Book 1-3

    The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window
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    4.48     · 1457 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 1942 · 23 editions
    Raymond Chandler’s first three novels, published h…

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    Book 4-7

    The Lady in the Lake / The Little Sister / The Long Goodbye / Playback
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    4.45     · 322 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2002 · 4 editions
    Creator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chan…

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    Book 1-4

    The Raymond Chandler Omnibus
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    4.46     · 313 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 1943 · 53 editions
    A Raymond Chandler omnibus containing the first fo…

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    Book 5-7

    The Second Chandler Omnibus
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    4.25     · 8 Ratings · published 1962 · 6 editions
    Contains "The Little Sister", "The Long Goodbye", …

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    Book 1-7

    Todo Marlowe
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    4.36     · 162 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1953 · 22 editions
    Philip Marlowe is a fictional private detective cr…

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    Book 1, 3-4, 6

    Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe Series 4 Books Set
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    4.25     · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1953 · 1 edition
    'Chandlers books should be read and judged, not as…

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    Book 1-2

    The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely
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    4.22     · 957 Ratings · 65 Reviews · 19 editions
    These two classic novels featuring private eye Phi…

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    Book 1-4, 6-7

    The Big Sleep; The High Window; The Lady in the Lake; The Long Goodbye; Playback; Farewell, My Lovely
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    4.18     · 33 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1939 · 4 editions
    The best of Raymond Chandler

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