Another well-known Chandler novel featuring the exploits of Philip Marlowe is The Long Goodbye, which was published in 1953. This book was adapted into a Hollywood film in 1973, directed by Robert Altman and featuring Elliot Gould in the lead role.

Al Clark's book, Raymond Chandler in Hollywood (1982), delves into Chandler's experiences while he was writing screenplays for movies like Double Indemnity and The Blue Dahlia.

In 1994, Robert Parker, widely regarded as Chandler's successor in the realm of hard-boiled detective novels, penned Perchance to Dream, a follow-up to The Big Sleep. Parker also completed the novel Chandler left unfinished at his death: Poodle Springs (1986).

Edward Thorpe's work, Chandlertown: The Los Angeles of Philip Marlowe (1983), explores the significant influence Los Angeles has in Chandler's detective stories.