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Dashiell Hammett

Born

in Saint Mary's county, Maryland, The United States

May 27, 1894

Died

January 10, 1961

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers,Crime

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Also wrote as Peter Collinson, Daghull Hammett, Samuel Dashiell, Mary Jane Hammett

Dashiell Hammett,an American, wrote highly acclaimed detective fiction, including The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Thin Man (1934).

Samuel Dashiell Hammett authored hardboiled novels and short stories. He created Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) among the enduring characters. In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in the New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction."

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Dashiell Hammett’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 219,036 ratings · 14,824 reviews ·524 distinct works •Similar authors

	The Maltese Falcon 3.88 avg rating — 108,142 ratings — published 1930 — 631 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 Thin Man 3.91 avg rating — 35,675 ratings — published 1933 — 706 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
	Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,851 ratings — published 1929 — 76 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 Glass Key 3.93 avg rating — 12,837 ratings — published 1931 — 190 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 Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2) 3.79 avg rating — 7,943 ratings — published 1929 — 194 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 Continental Op 4.15 avg rating — 6,664 ratings — published 1930 — 82 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 Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels by Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman(Editor), Jeff Stone(Goodreads Author)(Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 1927 — 57 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
	Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man 4.39 avg rating — 2,204 ratings — published 1942 — 51 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
	Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett, Colin Dexter(Introduction), William F. Nolan(Introduction) 4.04 avg rating — 2,300 ratings — published 1999 — 53 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 Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, Robert Polito 4.31 avg rating — 1,943 ratings — published 1987 — 10 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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Series by Dashiell Hammett

The Continental Op (2 books)
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Dashiell Hammett

3.97 avg rating — 50,462 ratings

The Continental Op (1 book)
by

Dashiell Hammett,

Lillian Hellman(Editor),

Jeff Stone(Goodreads Author)(Editor)

4.16 avg rating — 3,340 ratings

Quotes by Dashiell Hammett (?)

“The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man

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“Who shot him? I asked.
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.”
― Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest

tags: stating-the-obvious

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“He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon

tags: writing

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Polls

February 2024 New School Classic Poll

Cannery RowbyJohn Steinbeck,1945, 185 pages

41 votes, 24.6%

Cat's EyebyMargaret Atwood,1988, 462 pages

38 votes, 22.8%

My Mortal EnemybyWilla Cather,1926, 112 pages

27 votes, 16.2%

The Thin ManbyDashiell Hammett,1933, 201 pages

25 votes, 15.0%

Man's Search for MeaningbyViktor E. Frankl,1959, 165 pages

15 votes, 9.0%

Breath, Eyes, MemorybyEdwidge Danticat,1998, 234 pages

7 votes, 4.2%

Memed, My HawkbyYaşar Kemal,1955, 372 pages

7 votes, 4.2%

Jealousy,byAlain Robbe-Grillet,1957, 150 pages

7 votes, 4.2%

167 total votes

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