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Hard Boiled Detective Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 173,560 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,036 ratings — published 1930
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,495 ratings — published 1953
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,248 ratings — published 1943
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,245 ratings — published 1940
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,463 ratings — published 1934
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,596 ratings — published 1949
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,220 ratings — published 1973
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,069 ratings — published 1931
My Gun Is Quick (Mike Hammer #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,711 ratings — published 1950
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,741 ratings — published 1929
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,486 ratings — published 1942
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 391,584 ratings — published 2014
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 4 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,454 ratings — published 1958
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 8,732 ratings — published 1929
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,742 ratings — published 1950
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 47,963 ratings — published 1994
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,789 ratings — published 1987
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 640,167 ratings — published 2013
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 194,801 ratings — published 1982
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,980 ratings — published 1947
God Save The Child (Spenser, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,046 ratings — published 1974
The Falls (Inspector Rebus, #12)
by (shelved 3 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,051 ratings — published 2001
Turn on the Heat (Hard Case Crime, 131)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 715 ratings — published 1940
Gold Comes in Bricks (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 269 ratings — published 1940
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 31,819 ratings — published 1990
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,842 ratings — published 1994
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,358 ratings — published 1949
A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,001 ratings — published 1954
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 41,489 ratings — published 1990
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 101,587 ratings — published 1987
The Simple Art of Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,364 ratings — published 1944
IQ (IQ, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.77 — 22,831 ratings — published 2016
Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.56 — 94,865 ratings — published 2014
Taken (Elvis Cole, #15; Joe Pike, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,495 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 — 222,508 ratings — published 1992
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 301,575 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 — 165,974 ratings — published 2002
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 391,162 ratings — published 2000
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 218,350 ratings — published 2001
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 296,526 ratings — published 2005
The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 12,822 ratings — published 1976
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,471 ratings — published 1997
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 151,379 ratings — published 2003
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 183,917 ratings — published 2001
The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,828 ratings — published 1998
Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 18,024 ratings — published 1992
Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 21,561 ratings — published 1992
Woman in the Dark (Vintage Crime)
by (shelved 2 times as hard-boiled-detective)
avg rating 3.36 — 1,635 ratings — published 1933
“To catch the bad guys, you've got to think like a bad guy - and that's why all the best detectives have a dark side...”
― The Theseus Paradox
― The Theseus Paradox
“Parker spent two weeks on the white sand beach at Biloxi, and on a white sandy bitch named Belle.”
― The Rare Coin Score
― The Rare Coin Score
