A CLUE LEFT HANGING by C.K. PhillipsThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Crime Pulps
159 books — 39 voters
Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank BillA Taste of Shotgun by Chris OrletThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockNail's Crossing by Kris LackeyGalveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Rural Noirs That Everyone Should Read
17 books — 15 voters

Halo in Blood by John EvansThe Collected Stray Bullets, Vol. 8 by David LaphamThe Collected Stray Bullets, Vol. 7 by David LaphamThe Collected Stray Bullets, Vol. 6 by David LaphamThe Collected Stray Bullets, Vol. 4 by David Lapham
Modern Crime: Best Reads
20 books — 1 voter
My Dirty California by Jason MosbergHell on Church Street by Jake HinksonMad Love by Lynessa LayneA Line Intersected by David Grant UrbanJump by Tim Maleeny
Best Noir Novels 21st Century
7 books — 8 voters

Junkie Love by Joe CliffordThe Short Life of Sparrows by Emm ColeIndifference by Barry BlokesVirtues' Sacrifice by Christopher GamlinThe Street Martyr by T. Fox Dunham
Dark Indie Stuff
36 books — 24 voters
The Power of the Dog by Don WinslowCaught Stealing by Charlie HustonL.A. Confidential by James EllroyGalveston by Nic PizzolattoAmerican Tabloid by James Ellroy
New School of Noir
201 books — 269 voters

Caught Stealing by Charlie HustonThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellAll That Glitters by Michael  MurphyBeautiful, Naked & Dead by Josh Stallings
Best Noir of the 21st Century
242 books — 377 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
705 books — 881 voters

The Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Getaway by Jim Thompson
Alan Guthrie's 200 Noirs
118 books — 34 voters
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters