Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones
1. For Love of Imabelle (1957)
     aka A Rage in Harlem
The Crazy Kill (1959)
2. The Real Cool Killers (1959)
4. The Big Gold Dream (1960)
5. All Shot Up (1960)
6. Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965)
7. The Heat's On (1966)
     aka Come Back, Charleston Blue
8. Blind Man with a Pistol (1969)
     aka Hot Day Hot Night
The Harlem Cycle Volume 1 (omnibus) (1996)
The Harlem Cycle Volume 2 (omnibus) (1996)

If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945)
Lonely Crusade (1947)
Cast the First Stone (1952)
     aka Yesterday Will Make You Cry
The Third Generation (1954)
The End of a Primitive (1955)
Pinktoes (1961)
Run Man Run (1966)
Black On Black (1973)
A Case of Rape (1980)
Plan B (1993)

Difficult Lives: Jim Thompson-David Goodis-Chester Himes (1993) by James Sallis
Chester Himes: A Life (2000) by James Sallis