Reading California Fiction

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 (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.

• 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.

• Bligh, Norman. Remembered Moment. Star Guidance Venus (1952), 129 pp.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: H-J

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

 

• Hall, Oakley. Corpus of Joe Bailey. Viking Press (1953), 479 pp.

• Hall, Oakley. Love and War in California. St. Martin's Press (2007), 280 pp.

• Hall, Oakley. Mardios Beach. Viking Press (1955), 282 pp.

• Hall, Oakley. The Red Jaguar. Viking Press (1954), 184 pp.

• Hall, Oakley. So Many Doors. Random House (1950), 302 pp.

• Hall, Oakley. The Tramplers. Viking Press (1956), 181 pp.

• Hallas, Richard. You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up. McBride and Co. (1938), 213 pp.

• Halliday, Richard. Fanfare. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1929), 339 pp.

• Hamby, William H. The Desert Fiddler. Doubleday, Page and Co. (1921), 232 pp.

• Hammett, Dashiell. The Continental Op. Random House (1974), 319 pp.

• Hammett, Dashiell. The Dain Curse. Alfred A. Knopf (1929), 272 pp.

• Hammett, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon. Alfred A. Knopf (1930), 267 pp.

• Harraden, Beatrice. Hilda Strafford. Dodd, Mead and Co. (1897), 218 pp.

• Hayes, Alfred. My Face for the World to See. Harper and Brothers (1958), 183 pp.

• Hayward, Richard. Trapped. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 160 pp.

• Hecht, Ben. I Hate Actors! Crown Publishers (1944), 221 pp.

• Himes, Chester. If He Hollers Let Him Go. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1945), 249 pp.

• Himes, Chester. Lonely Crusade. Alfred A. Knopf (1947), 398 pp.

• Hobart, Alice Tisdale. The Cleft Rock. Bobbs-Merrill (1948), 376 pp.

• Holland, Marty. The Glass Heart. Julian Messner (1946), 192 pp.

• Hopper, James. Coming Back with the Spitball. Harper and Brothers (1914), 70 pp.

• Hornblow, Leonora. Memory and Desire. Random House (1950), 211 pp.

• Hubler, Richard G. The Chase. Coward-McCann (1952), 250 pp.

• Huggins, Roy. Lovely Lady, Pity Me. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1949), 221 pp.

• Hughes, Dorothy. In a Lonely Place. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1947), 217 pp.

• Hughes, Rupert. The Lovely Ducklings. Harper and Brothers (1928), 310 pp.

• Hughes, Rupert. Souls for Sale. Harper and Brothers (1922), 405 pp.

• Hull, Morris. Cannery Anne. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1936), 267 pp.

• Hunt, Howard. Lovers Are Losers. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 160 pp.

• Huxley, Aldous. After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Harper and Brothers (1939), 356 pp.

• Huxley, Aldous. Ape and Essence. Harper and Brothers (1948), 205 pp.

• Irwin, Wallace. Seed of the Sun. George H. Doran Co. (1921), 352 pp.

• Israel, Charles E. The Mark. Simon and Schuster (1958), 306 pp.

• Jackson, Michael. Whistle for Me. William Morrow and Co. (1933), 288 pp.

• Jackson, Shirley. The Road through the Wall. Farrar, Straus (1948), 271 pp.

• Jessey, Cornelia. Teach the Angry Spirit. Crown Publishers (1949), 249 pp.

• Johnson, Gladys. Desire. Macrae-Smith Co. (1929), 368 pp.

• Johnson, Gladys. Late September. Macrae-Smith Co.  (1932), 299 pp.

• Jones, George E. Trap. Graphic (1955), 157 pp.

• Jones, Idwal. The Vineyard. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1942), 279 pp.

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: K-L

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

 

• Keene, Day. Framed in Guilt. M.S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Co. (1949), 218 pp.

• Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. Viking Press (1958), 244 pp.

• Kerouac, Jack. The Subterraneans. Grove Press (1958), 111 pp.

• Kirkbride, Ronald. Broken Melody. Coward-McCann (1942), 328 pp.

• Kirsch, Robert R. In the Wrong Rain. Little, Brown and Co. (1959), 339 pp.

• Kohner, Frederick. Gidget. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1957), 156 pp.

• Kornbluth, Cyril M. Takeoff. Doubleday (1952), 218 pp.

• Kramer, Martin. Sons of the Fathers. Macmillan Co. (1959), 342 pp.

• Kyne, Peter. The Go-Getter. Farrar and Rinehart (1921), 62 pp.

• Lambert, Alice Elinor. Hospital Nocturne. Vanguard Press (1932), 306 pp.

• Lambert, Gavin. The Slide Area. Viking Press (1959), 223 pp.

• Lamkin, Speed. The Easter Egg Hunt. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1954), 312 pp.

• Lane, Rose Wilder. Diverging Roads. Century Co. (1919), 360 pp.

• Lasswell, Mary. Suds in Your Eye. Houghton, Mifflin Co. (1942), 184 pp.

• LeBar, John. The Doubtful Year. D. Appleton and Co. (1928), 275 pp.

• Lederer, Virginia. Married at Leisure. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1944), 213 pp.

• Lee, C. Y. The Flower Drum Song. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1957), 244 pp.

• Lee, C. Y. Lover’s Point. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1958), 249 pp.

• Lee, Richard Henry. Nights and Daze in Hollywood. Macauley Co. (1934), 238 pp.

• Lewis, Flannery. Abel Dayton. Macmillan Co. (1939), 304 pp.

• Lewis, Janet. Against a Darkening Sky. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1943), 301 pp.

• Lewis, Oscar. I Remember Christine. Alfred A. Knopf (1942), 266 pp.

• Lewis, Oscar. The Uncertain Journey. Alfred A. Knopf (1945), 253 pp.

• London, Jack. The Cruise of the Dazzler. Century Co. (1902), 250 pp.

• London, Jack. The Game. Macmillan Co. (1905), 182 pp.

• London, Jack. The Iron Heel. Macmillan Co. (1908), 354 pp.

• London, Jack. Martin Eden. Macmillan Co. (1909), 411 pp.

• London, Jack. Valley of the Moon. Macmillan Co. (1913), 530 pp.

• Longstreet, Stephen. The Beach House. Henry Holt and Co. (1952), 366 pp.

• Longstreet, Stephen. Stallion Road. Julian Messner (1945), 303 pp.

• Loomis, Rae. Luisita. Ace Books (1954), 160 pp.

• Lubou, Haynes. Reckless Hollywood. Amour Press (1932), 312 pp.

• Lumbard, C. G. Senior Spring. Simon and Schuster (1954), 243 pp.

• Luther, Mark Lee. The Boosters. Bobbs-Merrill Co. (1924), 352 pp.

• Luther, Mark Lee. It’s What You Are. Bobbs-Merrill (1931), 313 pp.

• Lynde, H. H. The Adversary. Random House (1957), 344 pp.

• Lyon, Dana. The Tentacles. Harper and Brothers (1950), 235 pp.

BOOKS BY AUTHOR: M

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

 

• Macdonald, Ross. The Barbarous Coast. Alfred A. Knopf (1956), 247 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. The Doomsters. Alfred A. Knopf (1958), 251 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. The Drowning Pool. Alfred A. Knopf (1950), 244 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. Find a Victim. Alfred A. Knopf (1954), 215 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. The Galton Case. Alfred A. Knopf (1959), 242 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. The Ivory Grin. Alfred A. Knopf (1952), 240 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. Meet Me at the Morgue. Alfred A. Knopf (1953), 212 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. Moving Target. Alfred A. Knopf (1949), 245 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. Three Roads. Alfred A. Knopf (1948), 223 pp.

• Macdonald, Ross. The Way Some People Die. Alfred A. Knopf (1951), 245 pp.

• Mailer, Norman. The Deer Park. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1955), 375 pp.

• Maine, Conrad. Good-Time Girl. Popular Library (1955), 144 pp.

• Maltz, Albert. The Journey of Simon McKeever. Little, Brown and Co. (1949), 250 pp.

• Marble, M. S. Die by Night. Rinehart and Co. (1947), 182 pp.

• Marion, Frances. Valley People. Reynal and Hitchcock (1935), 282 pp.

• Marr, Reed. Catch a Falling Star. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 158 pp.

• Martin, Aylwin Lee. The Crimson Frame. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 180 pp.

• Martin, Nell. Lovers Should Marry.  Macauley (1933), 316 pp.

• Mason, Raymond. Love after Five. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 160 pp.

• Matcha, Jack. Prowler in the Night. Fawcett Gold Medal (1959), 144 pp.

• McCoy, Horace. I Should Have Stayed Home. Alfred A. Knopf (1938), 235 pp.

• McCoy, Horace. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Simon and Schuster (1935), 186 pp.

• McGrath, Keane. Hollywood Siren. William Godwin (1932), 256 pp.

• McKee, Ruth Eleanor. Under One Roof. Doubleday, Doran and Co. (1936), 276 pp.

• McPartland, John. The Face of Evil. Fawcett Gold Medal (1954), 153 pp.

• McPartland, John. No Down Payment. Simon and Schuster (1957), 312 pp.

• Mergendahl, Charles. The Girl Cage. Popular Library (1953), approx. 160 pp.

• Merwin, Samuel. The Entertaining Angel. J. H. Sears and Co. (1926), 273 pp.

• Meserve, Nathaniel. King of This Hill. Doubleday and Co. (1947), 250 pp.

• Michelson, Miriam. Anthony Overman. Doubleday, Page and Co. (1906), 330 pp.

• Michelson, Miriam. A Yellow Journalist. D. Appleton and Co. (1905), 315 pp.

• Millar, Margaret. Do Evil in Return. Random House (1950), 243 pp.

• Millar, Margaret. Wives and Lovers. Random House (1954), 308 pp.

• Miller, Max. A Stranger Came to Port. Reynal and Hitchcock (1938), 210 pp.

• Miller, Wade. Kitten with a Whip. Fawcett Gold Medal (1959), 174 pp.

• Mitchell, Ruth Comfort. Play the Game! D. Appleton and Co. (1921), 244 pp.

• Moody, Alan. Sleep in the Sun. Houghton Mifflin Co. (1945), 137 pp.

• Moore, Ward. Cloud by Day. William Heinemann (1956), 275 pp.

• Moore, Ward. Greener than You Think. William Sloane Associates (1947), 358 pp.

• Moore, Ward. Lot and Lot’s Daughter. Tachyon (1996), 72 pp.

• Mootz, Herman Edward. Stripped to the Hide. Roxburgh Publishing Co. (1925), 274 pp.

• Mori, Toshio. Yokohama, California. Caxton Printers (1949), 166 pp.

• Morris, Wright. The Huge Season. Viking Press (1954), 306 pp.

• Morris, Wright. Love among the Cannibals. Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1957), 253 pp.

• Myers, Virginia. Escape from Morales. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 155 pp.