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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 174,785 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,966 ratings — published 1930
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,526 ratings — published 1940
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,397 ratings — published 1949
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 8,794 ratings — published 1929
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,645 ratings — published 1942
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,894 ratings — published 1953
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,780 ratings — published 1950
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.39 — 154,987 ratings — published 2020
Even the Wicked (Matthew Scudder #13)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,916 ratings — published 1996
A Long Line of Dead Men (Matthew Scudder, #12)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,295 ratings — published 1994
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,351 ratings — published 1973
Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.17 — 34,276 ratings — published 1996
The Devil Knows You're Dead (Matthew Scudder, #11)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,318 ratings — published 1993
A Dance At The Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,972 ratings — published 1991
A Walk Among the Tombstones (Matthew Scudder, #10)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,793 ratings — published 1992
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,394 ratings — published 1976
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,795 ratings — published 1971
Gun Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 8,248 ratings — published 2012
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 32,138 ratings — published 1990
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,147 ratings — published 1931
True Crime (Nathan Heller, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 918 ratings — published 1984
The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,884 ratings — published 1952
The Mexican Tree Duck (C.W. Sughrue, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,330 ratings — published 1993
Dancing Bear (Milo Milodragovitch, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,169 ratings — published 1983
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,994 ratings — published 1978
The Wrong Case (Milo Milodragovitch, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,958 ratings — published 1975
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 29,521 ratings — published 1987
A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,088 ratings — published 1990
Out on the Cutting Edge (Matthew Scudder, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,870 ratings — published 1989
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,937 ratings — published 1929
The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,844 ratings — published 2005
Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,835 ratings — published 1997
Miami Blues (Hoke Moseley #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,460 ratings — published 1984
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 48,310 ratings — published 1994
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,348 ratings — published 1951
The Wycherly Woman (Lew Archer, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,624 ratings — published 1961
Find a Victim (Lew Archer, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,862 ratings — published 1954
Sleeping Beauty (Lew Archer, #17)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,397 ratings — published 1973
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,704 ratings — published 1949
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,460 ratings — published 1943
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,524 ratings — published 1958
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.62 — 7,024 ratings — published 1947
Robcheaux: Tales from New Iberia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.48 — 85 ratings — published 2005
Robicheaux: Books 1-3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.28 — 149 ratings — published 1986
Imperial Valley (Jimmy Veeder Fiasco Book 3)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.37 — 452 ratings — published 2017
Plaster City (A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,551 ratings — published 2014
The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.23 — 444 ratings — published 2023
A Time to Scatter Stones (Matthew Scudder #17.5)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.57 — 905 ratings — published 2019
A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder, #17)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,276 ratings — published 2011
