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Hard Boiled Detective Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 174,522 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,782 ratings — published 1930
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,812 ratings — published 1953
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,424 ratings — published 1943
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,458 ratings — published 1940
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,640 ratings — published 1934
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,685 ratings — published 1949
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,336 ratings — published 1973
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 14,127 ratings — published 1931
My Gun Is Quick (Mike Hammer #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,723 ratings — published 1950
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,899 ratings — published 1929
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,614 ratings — published 1942
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 394,613 ratings — published 2014
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,511 ratings — published 1958
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 8,784 ratings — published 1929
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,773 ratings — published 1950
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 48,253 ratings — published 1994
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,985 ratings — published 1987
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 643,123 ratings — published 2013
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 195,369 ratings — published 1982
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.62 — 7,017 ratings — published 1947
God Save The Child (Spenser, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,112 ratings — published 1974
The Falls (Inspector Rebus, #12)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,147 ratings — published 2001
Turn on the Heat (Hard Case Crime, 131)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 724 ratings — published 1940
Gold Comes in Bricks (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 272 ratings — published 1940
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 32,068 ratings — published 1990
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,881 ratings — published 1994
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,387 ratings — published 1949
A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,019 ratings — published 1954
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 41,697 ratings — published 1990
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 102,148 ratings — published 1987
The Simple Art of Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,387 ratings — published 1944
IQ (IQ, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.77 — 22,893 ratings — published 2016
Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.56 — 95,322 ratings — published 2014
Taken (Elvis Cole, #15; Joe Pike, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,579 ratings — published 2012
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 224,271 ratings — published 1992
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 303,132 ratings — published 2014
Lifeblood (Vampire Files, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,440 ratings — published 1990
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 166,789 ratings — published 2002
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 393,256 ratings — published 2000
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 219,490 ratings — published 2001
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 298,894 ratings — published 2005
The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 12,888 ratings — published 1976
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,579 ratings — published 1997
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 152,061 ratings — published 2003
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 184,888 ratings — published 2001
The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,884 ratings — published 1998
Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 18,149 ratings — published 1992
Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 21,713 ratings — published 1992
Woman in the Dark (Vintage Crime)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.36 — 1,644 ratings — published 1933
“You’ve made a wise choice, lad...I won’t insult your intelligence with the word ‘trust’.”
― White Jazz
― White Jazz
“Through his opened bedroom window, he noticed that the night sky had turned a crimson red. The moon, punctured by hues of cerulean blue, hung precariously over the withering willow trees that lined the riverbank, located several hundred yards away. The storm predicted by the forecasters was heading his way.”
― Call of the Nightingale
― Call of the Nightingale
