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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.94 — 169,677 ratings — published 1939
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The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,318 ratings — published 1930
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,207 ratings — published 1940
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The Elephant Tree The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.91 — 42,033 ratings — published 2010
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 39 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.19 — 47,153 ratings — published 1953
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Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 38 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,972 ratings — published 1929
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The Zombie Room The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,935 ratings — published 2012
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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 31 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,394 ratings — published 1943
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The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,692 ratings — published 1942
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The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 28 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,048 ratings — published 1949
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The Thin Man The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,587 ratings — published 1934
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Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 20 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,717 ratings — published 1936
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The Glass Key The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,775 ratings — published 1931
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The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1) The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,170 ratings — published 1949
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.79 — 97,732 ratings — published 1987
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The Hunter (Parker, #1) The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.98 — 14,856 ratings — published 1962
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The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3) The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,237 ratings — published 1951
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Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.17 — 69,372 ratings — published 1991
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The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2) The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 15 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,551 ratings — published 1929
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The Killer Inside Me The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.87 — 27,676 ratings — published 1952
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The Postman Always Rings Twice The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.76 — 49,194 ratings — published 1934
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Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 14 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,179 ratings — published 1958
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The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1) The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.87 — 12,406 ratings — published 1976
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Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8) Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 13 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,114 ratings — published 1950
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.18 — 38,647 ratings — published 1990
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.03 — 115,744 ratings — published 2002
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The Continental Op The Continental Op (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,628 ratings — published 1930
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A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.89 — 7,710 ratings — published 1957
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Galveston Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.78 — 18,164 ratings — published 2010
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The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2) The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,604 ratings — published 1950
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,457 ratings — published 1990
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American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,703 ratings — published 1995
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I, the Jury  (Mike Hammer,  #1) I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,811 ratings — published 1947
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Shoot the Piano Player (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Shoot the Piano Player (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 12 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,720 ratings — published 1956
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.64 — 358,397 ratings — published 2018
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The Outfit (Parker, #3) The Outfit (Parker, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,696 ratings — published 1963
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The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2) The Man with the Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.98 — 6,621 ratings — published 1963
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.95 — 119,703 ratings — published 1955
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Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic) Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 11 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,590 ratings — published 1964
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The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2) The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,658 ratings — published 1958
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The Grifters The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,331 ratings — published 1963
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Angels Fall Angels Fall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,131 ratings — published 2006
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The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,764 ratings — published 1988
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The Chill (Lew Archer, #11) The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
by (shelved 9 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,850 ratings — published 1964
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The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4) The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,800 ratings — published 1952
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In a Lonely Place In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,209 ratings — published 1947
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The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,316 ratings — published 1927
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.90 — 220,826 ratings — published 2004
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 4.11 — 180,821 ratings — published 1993
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Black Money (Lew Archer, #13) Black Money (Lew Archer, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as hardboiled)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,503 ratings — published 1966
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Ed Lynskey
“I was enjoying my first full night’s sleep in days when my smartphone rang on the nightstand. Aw, for sweet Christ’s sake. Why hadn’t I changed its ringer setting?”
Ed Lynskey, Stalker

Richard Brautigan
“Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envelope and a whore.”
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