Philip Marlowe books in order
Philip Marlowe is a series of 8 books by Raymond Chandler: 2,014 pages, about 37 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.
- 8
- books
- 2,014
- pages
- 37 hours
- to read them all
- 74 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Big Sleep 4.2 h 
Farewell, My Lovely 4.9 h 
The High Window 4.2 h 
The Lady in the Lake 4.4 h 
The Little Sister 4.6 h 
The Long Goodbye 5.9 h 
Playback 3.8 h 
Poodle Springs 4.9 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
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The Big Sleep 1939 4.2 h
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…
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Farewell, My Lovely 1940 4.9 h
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 wrong…
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The High Window 1942 4.2 h
Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world.
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The Lady in the Lake 1943 4.4 h
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 have become…
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The Little Sister 1949 4.6 h
Her name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas to find her missing brother Orrin - or that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly…
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The Long Goodbye 1953 5.9 h
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.
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Playback 1958 3.8 h
In Chandler's final novel, Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but decides he prefers to help out the redhead.
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Poodle Springs 1989 4.9 h
Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settle down.
How much is left
| After The Big Sleep | about 33 hours left |
| After Farewell, My Lovely | about 28 hours left |
| After The High Window | about 24 hours left |
| After The Lady in the Lake | about 19 hours left |
| After The Little Sister | about 15 hours left |
| After The Long Goodbye | about 9 hours left |
| After Playback | about 5 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 36 hours 55 minutes
All 8 books, 2,014 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
74 days (about 11 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.