Ed Coffin and Gravedigger Jones - these novels are discussed
Himes' other books - these books are discussed
If He Hollers Let Him Go 1945
Lonely Crusade 1947
Cast the First Stone 1952 (orig. Black Sheep 1937)
The Third Generation 1954
The Primitive 1955
For Love of Imabelle = A Rage in Harlem 1957
The Crazy Kill 1959
The Real Cool Killers 1959
All Shot up 1960
The Big Gold Dream 1960
The Heat's On 1961
Pinktoes 1961
Cotton Comes to Harlem 1965
Blind Man With a Pistol = Hot Day, Hot Night 1969
Run Man Run 1966 (orig. Dare-Dare 1959)
The Quality of Hurt : The Autobiography of Chester Himes, The Early Years. (autobiography, 1972)
My Life As Absurdity : The Autobiography of Chester Himes, Volume Two (autobiography, 1976)