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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,851 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 118,581 ratings — published 1930
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,076 ratings — published 1940
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,315 ratings — published 1949
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,689 ratings — published 1929
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,368 ratings — published 1942
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,268 ratings — published 1953
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,702 ratings — published 1950
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.39 — 152,810 ratings — published 2020
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,112 ratings — published 1973
Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.17 — 33,929 ratings — published 1996
A Dance At The Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,938 ratings — published 1991
A Walk Among the Tombstones (Matthew Scudder, #10)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,743 ratings — published 1992
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,370 ratings — published 1976
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,749 ratings — published 1971
Gun Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 8,228 ratings — published 2012
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 31,533 ratings — published 1990
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 14,032 ratings — published 1931
True Crime (Nathan Heller, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 910 ratings — published 1984
The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,853 ratings — published 1952
The Mexican Tree Duck (C.W. Sughrue, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,314 ratings — published 1993
Dancing Bear (Milo Milodragovitch, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,152 ratings — published 1983
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,896 ratings — published 1978
The Wrong Case (Milo Milodragovitch, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,945 ratings — published 1975
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 29,279 ratings — published 1987
A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,060 ratings — published 1990
Out on the Cutting Edge (Matthew Scudder, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,846 ratings — published 1989
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,615 ratings — published 1929
The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,787 ratings — published 2005
Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,560 ratings — published 1997
Miami Blues (Hoke Moseley #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,374 ratings — published 1984
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 47,751 ratings — published 1994
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,309 ratings — published 1951
The Wycherly Woman (Lew Archer, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,605 ratings — published 1961
Find a Victim (Lew Archer, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,831 ratings — published 1954
Sleeping Beauty (Lew Archer, #17)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,380 ratings — published 1973
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,519 ratings — published 1949
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,124 ratings — published 1943
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,396 ratings — published 1958
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,949 ratings — published 1947
The Matt Scudder Mysteries: v. 2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.24 — 42 ratings — published 1997
Brown's Requiem (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 2,998 ratings — published 1981
Blood Relations (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,054 ratings — published 2019
Saturday's Child (Cal Innes, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.58 — 268 ratings — published 2007
The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe, #6)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.55 — 8,563 ratings — published 2024
Dead Ground (Washington Poe, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,736 ratings — published 2021
The Curator (Washington Poe, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.35 — 15,146 ratings — published 2020
The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 12,349 ratings — published 2022
The Matt Scudder Mysteries : The Sins of the Fathers', ' in the Midst of Murder', ' Time to Murder and Create (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 81 ratings — published 1997
End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.10 — 163,290 ratings — published 2016
