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Philip Marlowe

4 books in reading order by Raymond Chandler

  1. The Big Sleep

    Book 1

    The Big Sleep

    by Raymond Chandler

    Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail,...

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  2. Farewell, My Lovely

    Book 2

    Farewell, My Lovely

    by Raymond Chandler

    This is one of Chandler’s most famous crime novels featuring the detective Philip Marlowe, who’s about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the...

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  3. The Lady in the Lake

    Book 4

    The Lady in the Lake

    by Raymond Chandler

    In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond Chandler brings us the story of a couple of missing wives—one a rich man's and one a poor man's—who...

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  4. The Long Goodbye

    Book 6

    The Long Goodbye

    by Raymond Chandler

    In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry...

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