Hardboiled

Hardboiled fiction is a literary style, most commonly associated with crime fiction (especially detective stories), and distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sometimes sex.

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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
The Elephant Tree
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Zombie Room
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Thin Man
Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
The Glass Key
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeThe Krewe by Seth PeveyLouisiana Hotshot by Julie SmithThe Ballad of Robert Charles by K. Stephen PrinceThe Axeman of New Orleans by Miriam C. Davis
New Orleans Noir
41 books — 2 voters
Paper Targets by Steve S. SaroffDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Noir Novels
76 books — 60 voters

Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by N.D. StevensonLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonRat Queens, Vol. 2 by Kurtis J. WiebeMs. Marvel, Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson
Best Graphic Novels 2015
148 books — 365 voters

Christopher G. Moore
It was now hard to believe how difficult it had once been to follow a person in Bangkok in a time before smart phones and social media. The new generation demanded to be followed online. It was in their digital blood. A small investment in a few specialized apps, and not even Sherlock Holmes in his most inspired opium dreams could have imagined the possibilities.
Christopher G. Moore, Crackdown

Christopher G. Moore
My goal is to live far outside of history as possible. History is a territory where mostly bad things happen to good people.
Christopher G. Moore, Crackdown

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