| If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945) | |
| Lonely Crusade (1947) | |
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Cast the First Stone (1952) Yesterday Will Make You Cry |
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| The Third Generation (1954) | |
| The End of a Primitive (1955) | |
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For Love of Imabelle (1957) A Rage in Harlem |
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| The Crazy Kill (1959) |
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| The Real Cool Killers (1959) |
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| The Big Gold Dream (1960) |
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| All Shot Up (1960) |
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| Pinktoes (1961) | |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) |
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| Run Man Run (1966) | |
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The Heat's On (1966) Come Back, Charleston Blue |
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Blind Man with a Pistol (1969) Hot Day Hot Night |
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| The Quality of Hurt: The Early Years (1972) | |
| Black On Black (1973) | |
| My Life of Absurdity (1976) | |
| A Case of Rape (1980) | |
| The Collected Stories of Chester Himes (1990) | |
| Plan B (1993) | |
| The Harlem Cycle Vol. 1 (1996) |
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| The Harlem Cycle Vol. 2 (1996) |
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