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Hardboiled Detective Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 171,257 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 117,456 ratings — published 1930
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,633 ratings — published 1940
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,244 ratings — published 1949
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,614 ratings — published 1929
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,054 ratings — published 1942
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 47,735 ratings — published 1953
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,652 ratings — published 1950
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 150,889 ratings — published 2020
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 21,854 ratings — published 1973
Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 33,627 ratings — published 1996
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2,340 ratings — published 1976
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,712 ratings — published 1971
Gun Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 8,223 ratings — published 2012
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,860 ratings — published 1990
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,930 ratings — published 1931
True Crime (Nathan Heller, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 904 ratings — published 1984
The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,824 ratings — published 1952
The Mexican Tree Duck (C.W. Sughrue, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,298 ratings — published 1993
Dancing Bear (Milo Milodragovitch, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,141 ratings — published 1983
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,816 ratings — published 1978
The Wrong Case (Milo Milodragovitch, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,932 ratings — published 1975
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 28,952 ratings — published 1987
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,327 ratings — published 1929
The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,733 ratings — published 2005
Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,333 ratings — published 1997
Miami Blues (Hoke Moseley #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,315 ratings — published 1984
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 47,217 ratings — published 1994
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,275 ratings — published 1951
The Wycherly Woman (Lew Archer, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,582 ratings — published 1961
Find a Victim (Lew Archer, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,803 ratings — published 1954
Sleeping Beauty (Lew Archer, #17)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,356 ratings — published 1973
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,301 ratings — published 1949
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,750 ratings — published 1943
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,288 ratings — published 1958
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,898 ratings — published 1947
The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe, #6)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.55 — 8,097 ratings — published 2024
Dead Ground (Washington Poe, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,245 ratings — published 2021
The Curator (Washington Poe, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.35 — 14,518 ratings — published 2020
The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.52 — 11,871 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 4.24 — 79 ratings — published 1997
End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.11 — 160,859 ratings — published 2016
Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 65,601 ratings — published 2012
A Firing Offense (Nick Stefanos #1)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,398 ratings — published 1992
He Died With His Eyes Open (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,648 ratings — published 1984
Unknown Man #89 (Jack Ryan, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,679 ratings — published 1977
The Collaborator of Bethlehem (Omar Yussef Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,346 ratings — published 2006
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 4.08 — 75,214 ratings — published 2011
The Uncomfortable Dead (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.75 — 625 ratings — published 2005
Frank Sinatra in a Blender (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as hardboiled-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 639 ratings — published 2011
