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Crime Noir Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 168,568 ratings — published 1939
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 48,710 ratings — published 1934
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 26,497 ratings — published 1952
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 115,532 ratings — published 1930
Double Indemnity (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,459 ratings — published 1936
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 14,590 ratings — published 1962
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,870 ratings — published 1940
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 96,474 ratings — published 1987
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 21 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,777 ratings — published 1953
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 37,633 ratings — published 1990
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 20 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,383 ratings — published 1964
In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,044 ratings — published 1947
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 20 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,776 ratings — published 1929
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,246 ratings — published 1963
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 17,173 ratings — published 2010
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,096 ratings — published 1943
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,294 ratings — published 1934
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,448,986 ratings — published 2005
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 117,350 ratings — published 1955
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,540 ratings — published 1988
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 247,797 ratings — published 2005
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 10,796 ratings — published 1971
The Getaway (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,029 ratings — published 1958
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,660 ratings — published 1995
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,430 ratings — published 1942
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,701 ratings — published 1953
The Outfit (Parker, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,636 ratings — published 1963
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,675 ratings — published 1978
The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,837 ratings — published 1940
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,634 ratings — published 1931
Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,306 ratings — published 1946
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,449,242 ratings — published 2012
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 439,749 ratings — published 2007
Joyland (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 179,259 ratings — published 2013
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 38,447 ratings — published 1950
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.14 — 216,534 ratings — published 1992
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 729,854 ratings — published 1966
The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,548 ratings — published 1963
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,857 ratings — published 1949
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,197 ratings — published 1990
A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,864 ratings — published 1954
The Cocktail Waitress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,881 ratings — published 2012
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,616,827 ratings — published 1939
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 7,634 ratings — published 1957
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,095 ratings — published 2009
Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,712 ratings — published 1956
The Big Clock (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,724 ratings — published 1946
The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,636 ratings — published 1958
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 78,727 ratings — published 2009
The Hot Spot (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as crime-noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,356 ratings — published 1953
“We cut down trees that do not bear fruit! We have to bring back the death penalty! It’s the only way to deal with evil.”
“Would you execute anyone else, now that you’re in a groove?”
Conversation on Radio Fake 112.8 MHz
In The Shadow of Sadd”
― In The Shadow of Sadd
“Would you execute anyone else, now that you’re in a groove?”
Conversation on Radio Fake 112.8 MHz
In The Shadow of Sadd”
― In The Shadow of Sadd
“Get a load of this, Frank.” Gerald Peyton’s pause set off his pronouncement. “She is expecting to get a wedding ring.”
“That’s understandable,” I said, unsure how he could afford a ring on what our firm cleared. Diamond rings—more sold in December than in any other month of the year—went for a cool grand per karat. Weeks ago, I’d priced them—again—for my domestic situation. “What seems to be the problem?”
“That’s a big leap for me to make.”
“I expect you’ll make it with room to spare.”
― After the Big Noise
“That’s understandable,” I said, unsure how he could afford a ring on what our firm cleared. Diamond rings—more sold in December than in any other month of the year—went for a cool grand per karat. Weeks ago, I’d priced them—again—for my domestic situation. “What seems to be the problem?”
“That’s a big leap for me to make.”
“I expect you’ll make it with room to spare.”
― After the Big Noise
