Reading California Fiction

ORANGE COUNTY NOVELS

      I received a query the other day asking if I could come up with some books set in Orange County. I didn’t have a lot of luck. The only books I’m sure are set there (because the authors say so) are The Adversary by H. H. Lynde and The Face of Evil by John McPartland. Probably set there are The Girl from Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Cress Delahanty by Jessamyn West (largely because she grew up near Yorba Linda). Other possibilities are Hilda Strafford by Beatrice Harraden and The Girl on the Beach by George Sumner Albee. I have reviews for all but the West book. That’s a pretty skimpy collection. I’m guessing that Orange County didn't have much of a literary scene before 1960.

INLAND EMPIRE NOVELS

I had an inquiry the other day about novels set in California’s Inland Empire. The best I could come up with was this list of titles for books set in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties:

• The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers (Barstow vic.)
• Clown of Hemlock by Richard Ashby (San Bernardino)
• The Deer Park by Norman Mailer (Palm Springs)
• Desert Town by Ramona Stewart (Barstow)
• The Doomsday Men by J. B. Priestley (Barstow)
• Enchanted Oasis by Faith Baldwin (Palm Springs)
• Fig Tree John by Edwin Corle (Mecca)
• If You Have Tears by Howard Browne (San Bernardino)
• Jacob Peek, Orange Grower by Sidney Burchall (Redlands)
• Takeoff by Cyril M. Kornbluth (Barstow vic.)
• The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason (Banning?)

Lots of variety, to say the least.

CALIFORNIA'S WOMEN AUTHORS

         In response to a recent query, I’ve compiled a list of the fiction I’ve read by women writers. Most are novels, though a few short story collections are included. All have California settings and were written between 1890 and 1959. Those I’ve reviewed (so far) have a 'Yes' in the right “column.” To find the reviews go to the sidebar and either have Google search the site or (in most cases) click on the author or construction date lists. This list is fairly comprehensive in its coverage of authors of serious fiction. All of their works are not included, however. Writers of romances and mysteries are underrepresented.

Albert, Katherine                   “Invasion of Privacy, An” (1948)                        Yes

Albert, Katherine                   Remember Valerie March (1939)                      Yes

Allen, Jane                            I Lost My Girlish Laughter (1938)                      Yes

Armstrong, Charlotte             Dram of Poison, A (1956)                                 Yes

Atherton, Gertrude                American Wives and English Husbands (1898)    No

Atherton, Gertrude                Avalanche, The: A Mystery Story (1919)            Yes

Austin, Mary                          Ford, The (1917)                                              No

Austin, Mary                          Santa Lucia (1908)                                           Yes

Baker, Dorothy                      Trio (1943)                                                      Yes

Baker, Dorothy                      Young Man with a Horn (1938)                          No

Baldwin, Faith                       Enchanted Oasis (1938)                                    Yes

Bangert, Ethel E.                   Her Best Man (1943)                                        Yes

Benson, Stella                       Poor Man, The (1922)                                       Yes

Bentham, Josephine              Bright Avenues (1928)                                      Yes

Bentham, Josephine              Outsiders (1929)                                              Yes

Brackett, Leigh                      No Good from a Corpse (1944)                          Yes

Bristow, Gwen                       Tomorrow Is Forever (1943)                             Yes

Burnham, Clara Louise           Leaven of Love, The (1908)                              Yes

Cameron, Eleanor                  Unheard Music, The (1950)                               Yes

Charles, Frances                    Siege of Youth, The (1903)                               Yes

Child, Nellise                         If I Come Home (1943)                                     Yes

Cornell, Hughes                     Born Rich (1924)                                              Yes

Cornell, Hughes                     Marketing Deb (1926)                                       Yes

Crum, Gertrude Bosworth      Strumpet Wind (1938)                                      Yes

Delmar, Viña                          About Mrs. Leslie (1950)                                  Yes

Delmar, Viña                          “Hollywood Dynasty” (1939)                              Yes

Dix, Beulah Marie                  Pity of God (1932)                                           Yes

Foote, Mary Hallock               Valley Road, The (1915)                                   Yes

Forbes, Kathryn                     Mama’s Bank Account (1943)                           Yes

Forbes, Kathryn                     Transfer Point (1947)                                       Yes

Harraden, Beatrice                Hilda Strafford (1897)                                      Yes

Hobart, Alice Tisdale             Cleft Rock, The (1948)                                     Yes

Holland, Marty                       Glass Heart, The (1946)                                   Yes

Hornblow, Leonora                Memory and Desire (1950)                                Yes

Hughes, Dorothy                    In a Lonely Place (1947)                                   Yes

Jackson, Shirley                     Road through the Wall, The (1948)                   Yes

Jessey, Cornelia                    Teach the Angry Spirit (1949)                           Yes

Johnson, Gladys                    Desire (1929)                                                   Yes

Johnson, Gladys                    Late September (1932)                                    Yes

Kramer, Martin                      Sons of the Fathers (1959)                               Yes

Lambert, Alice Elinor             Hospital Nocturne (1932)                                 Yes

Lane, Rose Wilder                  Diverging Roads (1919)                                     Yes

Lasswell, Mary                       Suds in Your Eye (1942)                                    Yes

Lederer, Virginia                   Married at Leisure (1944)                                 Yes

Lewis, Janet                          Against a Darkening Sky (1943)                         Yes

Loomis, Rae                          Luisita (1954)                                                  Yes

Loomis, Rae                          Marina Street Girls, The (1953)                        Yes

Lubou, Haynes                       Reckless Hollywood (1932)                               Yes

Lynde, H. H.                          Adversary, The (1957)                                      Yes

Lyon, Dana                            Tentacles, The (1950)                                      Yes

Marble, M. S.                         Die by Night (1947)                                          Yes

Marion, Frances                     Valley People (1935)                                        Yes

Martin, Nell                           Lovers Should Marry (1933)                              Yes

McKee, Ruth Eleanor              Under One Roof (1936)                                     Yes

Michelson, Miriam                  Anthony Overman (1906)                                  Yes

Michelson, Miriam                  Yellow Journalist, A (1905)                              Yes

Millar, Margaret                     Do Evil in Return (1950)                                   Yes

Millar, Margaret                     Wives and Lovers (1954)                                   Yes

Mitchell, Ruth Comfort          Play the Game! (1921)                                     Yes

Myers, Virginia                      Escape from Morales (1953)                             Yes

Nielsen, Helen                       Woman on the Roof, The (1954)                       Yes

Parkhurst, Genevieve             Headlong (1931)                                              Yes

Peattie, Louise Redfield         Lost Daughter (1938)                                       Yes

Roberts, Marjorie                  Webs in the Sky (1940)                                     Yes

Roberts, Marta                      Tumbleweeds (1940)                                        Yes

Rolfs, Mary Jane                    No Vacancy (1951)                                           Yes

Rosmanith, Olga                    Picture People (1934)                                      No

Salzscheider, F. Lucie            Pandora (1901)                                                Yes

Sela, Lora                              Push-Over (1958)                                             Yes

Shaw, Wilene                        Out for Kicks (1959)                                         No

Shedd, Margaret                    Return to the Beach (1950)                              Yes

Shedd, Margaret                    Run (1956)                                                       No

Shiras, Wilmar H.                   Children of the Atom (1953)                            Yes

Simpson, Lola Jean                Back Fire (1927)                                              No

Spadoni, Adriana                   Noise of the World, The (1921)                        No

Speare, Dorothy                    Road to Needles, The (1937)                            No

St. Johns, Adela Rogers          Free Soul, A (1927)                                          No

Stewart, Ramona                   Desert Town (1946)                                          Yes

Stine, Buena Vista                 Not a Joy Forever (1945)                                  No

Turnbull, Margaret                 Close-Up, The (1918)                                       Yes

Van Der Veer, Judy                November Grass (1940)                                    No

West, Jessamyn                     Cress Delahanty (1954)                                    No

Wiggin, Kate                         Marm Lisa (1896)                                             Yes

Wilhelm, Gale                       No Letters for the Dead (1936)                         No

Wilhelm, Gale                       Time Between, The (1942)                               No

Wilhelm, Gale                       Torchlight to Valhalla (1938)                           No

Wilhelm, Gale                       We Too Are Drifting (1935)                              No

Williams, Mona                      Marriage, The (1958)                                       Yes

Wolf, Alice S.                        House of Cards, A (1896)                                  Yes

Wolf, Emma                          Other Things Being Equal (1892)                       Yes

Wolff, Maritta                       Big Nickelodeon, The (1956)                             No

OAKLEY HALL

Oakley Hall (1920-2008) died on May 14. He wrote some two dozen novels over a period of nearly fifty years. He is best known today for his ground-breaking western, Warlock (1958). Hall’s earlier books were set in California, where he lived his entire life. With the exception of the semi-autobiographical Corpus of Joe Bailey, the stories took place at the time they were written. (Last year Hall revisited his Joe Bailey days in Love and War in California.)

Here, for the record, is a list of Hall’s pre-1960 California novels:

Murder City [as O. M. Hall] Farrar, Straus (1949), 223 pp.
So Many Doors. Random House (1950), 302 pp.
Corpus of Joe Bailey. Viking Press (1953), 479 pp.
Too Dead to Run [as Jason Manor]. Viking Press (1953), 186 pp
The Red Jaguar [as Jason Manor]. Viking Press (1954), 184 pp.
    paperback ed.: The Girl in the Red Jaguar. Popular Library (1955).
Mardios Beach. Viking Press (1955), 282 pp.
Pawns of Fear [as Jason Manor]. Viking Press (1955), 184 pp.
    paperback ed.: No Halo for Me. Popular Library (1956).
The Tramplers [as Jason Manor]. Viking Press (1956), 181 pp.

FLORENCE STONEBRAKER

    And now we come to Florence Stonebraker, who once was (I think) one of California’s busiest genre writers. For thirty years – between Pay for Your Pleasure (Phoenix, 1937) and Predatory Woman (Beacon, 1967) – she cranked out more than 80 novels of unsanctioned sex. Married or single, her characters were tempted by and often surrendered to their lustful desires. Stonebraker had a conventional side, too, and wrote a couple dozen stories of chaste young women finding love. But her forte was the risqué.

    I haven’t done enough research to find out much about Stonebraker’s life. She was born in 1896. She married someone whose surname was Stuart. It’s anybody’s guess what she did before publishing her first book at the age of 41. Her early novels are set on the East Coast, so she may have lived there. She doesn’t start using California settings until the early 1940s, suggesting that she moved west during the war. Her most prolific year was 1952, in which she published eleven novels. She stopped writing in the 1960s. She was residing in Glendale prior to her death in 1977.

    It’s unclear how many of her books are set in California. I’m sure about Private Practice (because I read it) and willing to bet on Frisco Dame and Love Life of a Hollywood Mistress (because of the titles). But I’m guessing the number is much higher. If she lived in the state and wrote a novel every three or four months, then she probably had little time to find exotic locales.

    Compiling a list of her novels is not an easy task. The Library of Congress only has hardcovers, all of which she wrote for Phoenix. Jon Warren’s Official Price Guide lists most of the paperbacks. No other library has more than a few of her books, but many are available at Book Finder or similar sites. Adding to the problem is Stonebraker’s fondness for pseudonyms. In addition to writing under her own name, she used Florence Stuart and Fern Shepard for her romances and Florenz Branch and Thomas Stone for her sex stories. What follows are two lists of her non-romance novels.

 

    This list shows the title, author name, original publisher, and original publication date of each novel. It also shows information on reprints.

   

• 50-50 Girl – Thomas Stone (Merit B-15, 1952)

• Almost a Lady – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1947)

• Analyst, The – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1946)

    Reprinted as Lessons in Love (Candid 23, 1949)

• Away from Sin – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1941)

• Baby Doctor – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1943)

• Bed She Made, The – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1946)

• Bedroom Agent – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1940)

• Boom Town Gals – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1942)

• Borrowed Love – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1949)

    Reprinted as Borrowed Husband (Derby 12, 1950)

• Camp Doctor – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1943)

• Camp Follower – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1942)

• Can Love Be Wrong – Florence Stonebraker (Lancer 72-666, 1963)

• Careless Caresses – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1946)

    Reprinted with the same title (Knickerbocker 29, 1946)

• Careless Hussy – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1939)

    Reprinted with the same title (Hanro 1, 1945)

• City Doctor – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1943)

    Reprinted with the same title (White Circle 484, 1951)

• Confessions of a Ladies’ Chauffeur – Florence Stonebraker (Croyden 70, 1954)

• Doctor Tony – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1944)

• Doctor Trouble – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1940)

• Dr. Breyton’s Wife – Florenz Branch (Intimate 39, 1953)

• Dr. Randolph’s Women – Thomas Stone (Intimate 21, 1952)

• Easy to Know – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1945)

• Embraceable – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1949)

• Ex-mistress – Thomas Stone (Intimate 23, 1952)

    Reprinted with the same title (Beacon B285, 1960)

• Flesh Is Weak, The – Florence Stonebraker (Quarter 85, 1951)

• Fleshpots, The – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1944)

    Reprinted with the same title (Century 93, 1947)

    Reprinted as Flesh Pots (Prize Books, 1947)

• Flirting Eyes – Florence Stonebraker (Quarter 90, 1951)

• Four Men and a Dame – Florence Stonebraker (Quarter 83, 1951)

• Frisco Dame – Florence Stonebraker (Quarter 80, 1950)

• Girl Crazy Professor – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 46, 1953)

• Her Desert Lover – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1943)

• Intimate Affairs of a French Nurse – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 30, 1953)

    Probably reprinted as Wild French Nurse (Magnet, 1959)

• Intimate Physician – Florenz Branch (Beacon B322, 1960)

• Kept Sisters – Florence Stonebraker (Beacon B388, 1961)

• Local Talent – Florence Stonebraker (Intimate 13, 1952)

• Love Artist, The – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1939)

    Reprinted as Love Siren (Griffin 8, 1950)

• Love Life of a Hollywood Mistress – Florence Stonebraker (Quarter 73, 1950)

• Love Shift, The – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1943)

• Love While You May – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1941)

• Love-Hungry Doctor – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 24, 1952)

• Lust for Love – Florence Stonebraker (Intimate 16, 1952)

    Reprinted with the same title (Beacon B321, 1960)

• Madelon – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1944)

• Male for Sale – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1950)

    Reprinted with the same title (Uni, 1951)

• Man Fever – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1944)

• Marriage Clinic, The – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1947)

• Marriage Exchange, The – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1946)

• Naughty Blonde – Florence Stonebraker (Cameo 304, 1951)

• No Man of Her Own – Florence Stonebraker (Cameo 300, 1951)

• One More Lover – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1947)

    Reprinted with the same title (Prize 61, 1947)

• Oriental Nights – Florence Stonebraker (Venus 140, 1952)

• Passion on the Potomac – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1943)

• Passion's Fool – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1943.)

• Passion’s Harvest – Florence Stonebraker (Cameo 315, 1952)

• Past Folly – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1948)

    Reprinted with the same title (Century 123, 1950)

• Pause for Passion, A – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1942)

• Pay for Your Pleasure – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1937)

• Playboy's Girl, The – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1942)

• Pleasure after Hours – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1947)

    Reprinted with the same title (News Stand First Ser 27, 1949)

• Private Practice – Thomas Stone (Intimate 35, 1953)

• Predatory Woman – Florence Stonebraker (Beacon 1028, 1967)

• Problem Girl – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1940)

• Program for Passion – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1948)

    Reprinted as Passion’s Program (Century 114, 1948)

• Raging Passions – Thomas Stone (Stork 7, 1950)

    Reprinted as Pawn of Love (Belmont B50-800, 1967)

    Reprinted twice as Shameful Love (Croydon 102, 1952 and 1954)

• Red for Passion – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1948)

    Reprinted with the same title (Century 117, 1949)

• Red-Headed Nurse – Thomas Stone (Intimate 47, 1953)

• Reno Tramp – Florence Stonebraker (Ecstasy 6, 1950)

    Reprinted with the same title (News Stand First Ser 139, 1950)

    Reprinted again with the same title (Rainbow 102, 1951)

• Shameless Play-girl – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 55, 1954)

• Shanty-Town Tease – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 89, 1954)

    Reprinted with the same title (Lancer 72-637, 1962)

• She Had What They Wanted – Florenz Branch (Phoenix, 1946)

• She Tried to Be Good – Florence Stonebraker (Venus 133, 1951)

• Sob Sister – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1940)

• Sinful Desires – Florence Stonebraker (Bedside 801, ca. 1959)

• Strange Passions – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 37, 1953)

    Reprinted as Who Knows Love? (Lancer 72-654, 1962)

• Strange Sinner – Florence Stonebraker (Stanley Library 73, 1959)

• Summer Widow – Florence Stonebraker (Beacon B394, 1961)

• Talent for Love, A – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1944)

    Reprinted with the same title (Knickerbocker 30, 1946)

    Reprinted as Red Lights in this Village (News Stand First Ser 21, 1949)

    Reprinted as Shameless Honeymoon (Pyramid 18, 1950)

• Taylor-Made Wives – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1950)

• This Year's Sin – Florence Stonebraker (Phoenix, 1945)

• Three Men and a Mistress – Florence Stonebraker (Exotic NO-8, 1950)

    Reprinted with the same title (Quarter 92, 1951)

• Three Times Sin – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1949)

• Tramp Girl – Thomas Stone (Intimate 27, 1952)

    Reprinted with the same title (Stallion 205, 1954)

    Reprinted again with the same title (Beacon B349, 1960)

• Two-time Girl – Thomas Stone (Phoenix, 1945)

    Reprinted with the same title (Knickerbocker 8, 1946)

• Whipping Room, The – Florenz Branch (Intimate 24, 1952)

• Wild Co-Ed – Florence Stonebraker (Croydon 95, 1955)

• Young Doctor Elliot – Florence Stonebraker (Modern Promotions, 1946)

    Reprinted with the same title (Belmont 90-270, 1962)

   

This list shows the title, author name, publisher, and publication date of each novel that is probably a reprint but can’t be attributed to an original source.

   

• Country Doctor – Thomas Stone (World, 1948)

• Doctor by Day – Thomas Stone (Harlequin 142, 1951)

• Help Wanted – Male – Thomas Stone (Novel Library 41, 1950)

• Love Doctor – Florence Stonebraker (Stanley Library 70, 1959)

• Love Doctor – Florence Stonebraker (Belmont 234, 1961)

• Passion’s Darling – Thomas Stone (Lev Gleason 104, 1946)

• Pick-Up Girl, The – Florenz Branch (Knickerbocker NO-11, nd)

• Scandalous Affair – Florenz Branch (Uni 17, 1951)

• Scarlet Lil – Florence Stonebraker (Original 706, 1952)

• Stolen Love – Thomas Stone (Griffin NO-4, n.d.)

• Unfaithful – Florenz Branch (Knickerbocker NO-16, nd)

• Unwilling Virgin – Florenz Branch (Knickerbocker NO-6, nd)

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: A

     Here are the books I've read so far by authors whose last names begin with A. Links are to my reviews on this site. 

•  • Adamic, Louis. Grandsons. Harper and Brothers (1935), 370 pp.

• • Adams, Cleve F. Dig Me a Grave. E. P. Dutton and Co. (1942), 255 pp.

•  • Albee, George Sumner. Girl on the Beach. Dell (1953), 255 pp.

• • Albert, Katherine. "An Invasion of Privacy." American Magazine (November 1948), 19 pp.

• • Albert, Katherine. Remember Valerie March. Simon and Schuster (1939), 313 pp.

• • Allen, Jane. I Lost My Girlish Laughter. Random House (1938), 275 pp.

•  • Armstrong, Arnold. Parched Earth. Macmillan Co. (1934), 430 pp.

a  • Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison. Coward-McCann (1956), 256 pp.

•  • Ashby, Richard. Clown of Hemlock. Chilton Co. (1959), 342 pp.

•  • Atherton, Gertrude. American Wives and English Husbands. Dodd, Mead and Co. (1898), 339 pp.

•  • Atherton, Gertrude. The Avalanche: A Mystery Story. Frederick A. Stokes Co. (1919), 229 pp.

•  • Austin, Mary. The Ford. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1917), 440 pp.

•  • Austin, Mary. Santa Lucia. Harper and Brothers (1908), 346 pp.

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: B

     Here are the books I've read so far by authors whose last names begin with B. Links are to my reviews on this site.

 

• Babcock, Dwight V. Homicide for Hannah. Alfred A. Knopf (1941), 334 pp.

• Baker, Dorothy. Trio. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1943), 234 pp.

• Baker, Dorothy. Young Man with a Horn. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1938), 243 pp.

• Baker, Howard. Orange Valley. Coward-McCann (1931), 344 pp.

• Baker, Ledru. The Cheaters. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 180 pp.

• Baldwin, Faith. Enchanted Oasis. P. F. Collier and Son (1938), 305 pp.

• Ballard, Willis T. The Package Deal. Appleton-Century-Crofts (1956), 280 pp.

• Ballard, Willis T. Walk in Fear. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 174 pp.

• Bangert, Ethel E. Her Best Man. Gramercy (1943), 256 pp.

• Barrington, Lowell. The Deserter. Macmillan Co. (1954), 249 pp.

• Belfrage, Cedric. Promised Land. Victor Gollancz (1938), 349 pp.

• Bellem, Robert Leslie. Blue Murder. Phoenix Press (1938), 256 pp.

• Bemelmans, Ludwig. Dirty Eddie. Viking Press (1947), 240 pp.

• Benét, James. A Private Killing. Harper and Brothers (1949), 240 pp.

• Benson, Stella. The Poor Man. Macmillan Co. (1923), 253 pp.

• Bentham, Josephine. Bright Avenues. Rae D. Henkle Co. (1928), 304 pp.

• Bentham, Josephine. Outsiders. Rae D. Henkle Co. (1929), 296 pp.

• Bezzerides, A. I. Long Haul. Carrick and Evans (1938), 219 pp.

• Bezzerides, A. I. There Is a Happy Land. Henry Holt and Co. (1942), 279 pp.

• Bezzerides, A. I. Thieves’ Market. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1949), 233 pp.

• Biggers, Earl Derr. The Chinese Parrot. Bobbs-Merrill (1926), 316 pp.

• Birmingham, Stephen. Young Mr. Keefe. Little, Brown (1958), 369 pp.

• Boas, George. Never Go Back. Harper and Brothers (1928), 294 pp.

• Bloomfield, Robert. Vengeance Street. Doubleday (1952), 189 pp.

• Booth, Ernest. With Sirens Screaming. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1945), 294 pp.

• Bosquet, Jean C. The Flesh Agents. Avon (1957), 159 pp.

• Boyle, Jack. Boston Blackie. H. K. Fly Co. (1919), 318 pp.

• Brackett, Leigh. No Good from a Corpse. Coward-McCann (1944), 202 pp.

• Brinig, Myron. Anne Minton’s Life. Farrar and Rinehart (1939), 279 pp.

• Brinig, Myron. Flutter of an Eyelid. Farrar and Rinehart (1933), 310 pp.

• Bristow, Gwen. Tomorrow is Forever. Thomas Y. Crowell (1943), 259 pp.

• Brooks, Richard. The Producer. Simon and Schuster (1951), 337 pp.

• Browne, Howard. If You Have Tears. Mystery House (1947), 255 pp.

• Buckner, Fitzhugh. Hooper Dooper! Barse and Co. (1930), 319 pp.

• Bourjaily, Vance. The Hound of Earth. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1955), 250 pp.

• Brown, Karl. Incorrigible. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1947), 214 pp.

• Burdick, Eugene. The Ninth Wave. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1956), 332 pp.

• Burgess, Gelett. The Heart Line. Bobbs-Merrill (1907), 584 pp.

• Burgess, Gelett and Irwin, Will. The Picaroons. McClure, Phillips and Co. (1904), 284 pp.

• Burgess, Gelett and Irwin, Will. The Reign of Queen Isyl. McClure, Phillips and Co. (1903), 255 pp.

• Burnett, W. R. High Sierra. Alfred A. Knopf (1940), 292 pp.

• Burnham, Clara Louise. The Leaven of Love. Grosset and Dunlap (1908), 330 pp.

• Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Girl from Hollywood. Macauley Co. (1923), 320 pp.

• Busch, Niven. The Actor. Simon and Schuster (1955), 248 pp.

• Busch, Niven. Day of the Conquerors. Harper and Brothers (1946), 276 pp.

• Busch, Niven. They Dream of Home. D. Appleton-Century Co. (1944), 307 pp.

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: C

     Here are the books I've read so far by authors whose last names begin with C. Links are to my reviews on this site.

 

• Cain, James M. Double Indemnity. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), approx. 125 pp.

• Cain, James M. The Embezzler. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), approx. 109 pp.

• Cain, James M. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A. Knopf (1941), 388 pp.

• Cain, James M. The Postman Always Rings Twice. Alfred A. Knopf (1934), 188 pp.

• Cain, Paul. Fast One. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1933), 304 pp.

• Cameron, Eleanor. The Unheard Music. Little, Brown and Co. (1950), 278 pp.

• Cameron, Owen. The Mountains Have No Shadow. Harper and Brothers (1952), 244 pp.

• Cameron, Owen. Catch a Tiger. Simon and Schuster (1952), 213 pp.

• Camp, William Martin. Skip to My Lou. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1945), 401 pp.

• Carson, Robert. The Bride Saw Red. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1943), 246 pp.

• Carson, Robert. Love Affair. Henry Holt and Co. (1958), 439 pp.

• Carson, Robert. The Quality of Mercy. Henry Holt and Co. (1954), 307 pp.

• Carson, Robert. The Revels Are Ended. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1936), 358 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. Alfred A. Knopf (1939), 277 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf (1940), 275 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf (1942), 240 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), 216 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. The Little Sister. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1949), 249 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. The Long Goodbye. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1954), 316 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. Playback. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1958), 205 pp.

• Chandler, Raymond. Trouble Is My Business. Penguin (1950), 248 pp.

• Charles, Frances. The Siege of Youth. Little, Brown (1903), 293 pp.

• Child, Nellise. If I Come Home. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1943), 311 pp.

• Chute, Verne. Flight of an Angel. William Morrow and Co. (1946), 246 pp.

• Clarke, Donald Henderson. Alabam’. Vanguard Press (1934), 320 pp.

• Clayton, John Bell. Walk toward the Rainbow. Macmillan Co. (1954), 308 pp.

• Clippinger, Frances. Rocket in the Night. Random House (1954), 369 pp.

• Cohen, Octavus Roy. Bullet for My Love. Macmillan Co. (1950), 218 pp.

• Corle, Edwin. Fig Tree John. Liveright Publishing Co. (1935), 318 pp.

• Corle, Edwin. Solitaire. E. P. Dutton and Co. (1940), 351 pp.

• Cornell, Hughes. Born Rich. George W. Jacobs and Co. (1924), 307 pp.

• Cornell, Hughes. Marketing Deb. Macmillan Co. (1926), 315 pp.

• Cowles, Roger. The San Felipians. Charles Scribner's Sons (1932), 242 pp.

• Cox, William. The Tycoon and the Tigress. Fawcett Gold Medal (1958), 188 pp.

• Crane, Clarkson. Naomi Martin. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1947), 228 pp.

• Crane, Clarkson. The Western Shore. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1925), 303 pp.

• Crum, Gertrude Bosworth. Strumpet Wind. Covici-Friede (1938), 290 pp.

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: D-E

     Here are the books I've read so far by authors whose last names begin with D or E. Links are to my reviews on this site.

 

• Delmar, Vina. About Mrs. Leslie. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1950), 301 pp.

• Delmar, Vina. "Hollywood Dynasty." Cosmopolitan (1939), 52 pp.

• Deming, Richard. Dragnet. Whitman Publishing Co. (1957), 282 pp.

• Dewey, Thomas B. The Chased and the Unchaste. New York (1959), 185 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. The Broken Bubble. Arbor House/William Morrow (1988), 246 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. Confessions of a Crap Artist. Entwhistle Books (1975), 171 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. Humpty Dumpty in Oakland. Victor Gollancz (1986), 199 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. Mary and the Giant. Arbor House (1987), 230 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. Puttering about in a Small Land. Academy Chicago Publishers (1985), 291 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike. Mark V. Ziesing (1984), 223 pp.

• Dick, Philip K. Voices from the Street.Tor Books (2007), 301 pp.

• Dix, Beulah Marie. Pity of God. Viking Press (1932), 367 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. Cry Blood. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 192 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. Deep Is the Pit. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 280 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. The Hunger and the Hate. Fawcett Gold Medal (1955), 284 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. Killer in Silk. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 189 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. A Lover for Cindy. Fawcett Gold Medal (1954), 176 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. The Marriage Bed. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 268 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. "The Siren Smiled." American Magazine (1940), 60 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. Something for Nothing. Harper and Brothers (1950), 240 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. To Hell Together. Fawcett Gold Medal (1951), 280 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. Too Rich to Die. Harper and Brothers (1953), 175 pp.

• Dixon, H. Vernor. Up a Winding Stair.  Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 188 pp.

• Dixon, Thomas, Jr. Comrades. Doubleday, Page and Co. (1909), 319 pp.

• Dobie, Charles Caldwell. The Blood Red Dawn. Harper and Brothers (1920), 353 pp.

• Dobie, Charles Caldwell. San Francisco Adventures. D. Appleton-Century Co. (1937), 228 pp.

• Dodge, David. It Ain't Hay. Simon and Schuster (1946), 218 pp.

• Dratler, Jay. The Pitfall. Thomas Y. Crowell (1947), 177 pp.

• Du Soe, Robert C. The Devil Thumbs a Ride. Robert M. McBride and Co. (1938), 247 pp.

• Duff, James. Some Die Young. Graphic (1956), 157 pp.

• Duncan, David. Beyond Eden. Ballantine Books (1955), 169 pp.

• Duncan, David. The Bramble Bush. Macmillan Co. (1948), 215 pp.

• Duncan, David. Dark Dominion. Ballantine Books (1954), 206 pp.

• Duncan, David. The Madrone Tree. Macmillan Co. (1949), 230 pp.

• Duncan, David. None but My Foe. Macmillan Co. (1950), 233 pp.

• Duncan, David. The Serpent’s Egg. Macmillan Co. (1950), 243 pp.

• Duncan, David. The Shade of Time. Random House (1946), 244 pp.

• Duncan, David. Wives and Husbands. World Publishing Co. (1952), 304 pp.

• Duncan, David. Yes, My Darling Daughters. Doubleday and Co. (1959), 238 pp.

• Easton, Robert. The Happy Man. Viking Press (1943), 221 pp.

• Evans, John. Shadows Flying. Alfred A. Knopf (1936), 263 pp.

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: F-G

     Here are the books I've read so far by authors whose last names begin with F or G. Links are to my reviews on this site.

 

• Fante, John. Ask the Dust. Stackpole Sons (1939), 235 pp.

• Fante, John. The Road to Los Angeles. Black Sparrow Press (1985), 164 pp.

• Fenton, Frank. A Place in the Sun. Random House (1942), 314 pp.

• Fenton, Frank. What Way My Journey Lies. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1946), 243 pp.

• Fereva, Anton. Year of August. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1955), 313 pp.

• Fessier, Michael. Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind. Alfred A. Knopf (1935), 216 pp.

• Fickling, G. G. This Girl for Hire. Pyramid Books (1957), 160 pp.

• Finney, Jack. The Body Snatchers. Dell (1955), 191 pp.

• Finney, Jack. The House of Numbers. Dell (1957), 192 pp.

• Fisher, Steve. I Wake up Screaming. Dodd, Mead and Co. (1941), 231 pp.

• Fisher, Steve. Giveaway. Random House (1954), 221 pp.

• Fisher, Richard. The Very First Time. Doubleday and Co. (1959), 192 pp.

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Last Tycoon. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1941), approx. 163 pp.

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Pat Hobby Stories. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1962), 159 pp.

• Foff, Arthur. Glorious in Another Day. J. B. Lippincott Co. (1947), 246 pp.

• Foff, Arthur. North of Market. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1957), 181 pp.

• Foote, Mary Hallock. The Valley Road. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1915), 360 pp.

• Forbes, Gordon. Too Near the Sun. Dell (1955), 384 pp.

• Forbes, Kathryn. Mama’s Bank Account. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1943), 204 pp.

• Forbes, Kathryn. Transfer Point. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1947), 195 pp.

• Foster, Joseph. A Cow Is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1952), 248 pp.

• Fray, Al. Built for Trouble. Dell (1958), 159 pp.

• Friedman, Stuart. Nikki. Monarch (1959), 189 pp.

• Fuller, Sam. Burn, Baby, Burn. Phoenix Books (1935), 246 pp.

• Gardner, Erle Stanley. The Case of the Curious Bride. William Morrow and Co. (1934), 296 pp.

• Gault, William Campbell. Don’t Cry for Me. E. P. Dutton and Co. (1952), 220 pp.

• Gault, William Campbell. Man Alone. Gryphon Books. (1995), 167 pp.

• Gilbert, Edwin. The Squirrel Cage. Doubleday and Co. (1947), 256 pp.

• Goeney, William M. The Moment of Truth. Henry Holt and Co. (1959), 279 pp.

• Goldsmsith, Martin. Detour: An Extraordinary Tale. Macauley Co. (1939), 248 pp.

• Gore, Mary Cavendish. Mad Hatter’s Village. Alfred H. King (1934), 306 pp.

• Graham, Carroll and Garrett. Queer People. Vanguard Press (1930), 276 pp.

• Greenhood, David. The Hill. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1943), 266 pp.

• Gregory, Jackson. The Girl at the Crossroads. Dodd, Mead (1940), 225 pp.

• Griffith, Maxwell. The Gadget Maker. J. B. Lippincott Co. (1954), 438 pp.

• Gruber, Frank. Simon Lash, Private Detective. Farrar and Rinehart (1941), 281 pp.