Noir

Noir fiction is a name given to a mode of crime fiction which can be regarded as a subset of the hardboiled style.

In this sub-genre, the protagonist is usually not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator. He is someone tied directly to the crime, not an outsider called to solve or fix the situation.


See also pulp noir.
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Petrified Dreams (Hap and Leonard, #15)
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Evil in High Places
Munich Wolf (Sebastian Wolff #1)
The Intrigue
No Song for the Dead (Department Q #11)
Como bestias
Small Mercies
Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
Las madres (Elena Blanco, #4)
Hildur (Hildur, #1)
Gråterskan
Wolf Hour
Green City Wars
Penance
Shadow Ticket
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Double Indemnity
The Thin Man
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
A Story of Yesterday
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
The Killer Inside Me
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
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206 books — 272 voters
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159 books — 82 voters

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262 books — 389 voters
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20 books — 25 voters

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14 books — 16 voters
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Crime Comics & Graphic Novels
236 books — 72 voters


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