Book Series Guide

Dashiell Hammett · character series

The Continental Op books in order

Works featuring Hammett's unnamed Continental Op, a detective for the Continental Detective Agency.

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Publication order

  1. 1 Cover of Red Harvest
    Red Harvest

    Book 1 · novel · 1929

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  2. 2 Cover of The Dain Curse
    The Dain Curse

    Book 2 · novel · 1929

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  3. 3 Cover of The Continental Op
    The Continental Op

    Book 3 · short-story collection · 1945

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  4. 4
    The Return of the Continental Op

    Book 4 · short-story collection · 1945

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  5. 5
    Hammett Homicides

    Book 5 · short-story collection · 1946

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  6. 6
    Dead Yellow Women

    Book 6 · short-story collection · 1947

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  7. 7
    The Creeping Siamese

    Book 7 · short-story collection · 1950

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  8. 8
    More Adventures of the Continental Op

    Book 8 · short-story collection · 1951

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