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James Ellroy Books
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.80 — 101,663 ratings — published 1987
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,431 ratings — published 1988
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 60 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.19 — 41,514 ratings — published 1990
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 48 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,490 ratings — published 1992
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 43 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.19 — 25,303 ratings — published 1995
Perfidia (Second L.A. Quartet #1)
by (shelved 33 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.63 — 5,478 ratings — published 2014
The Cold Six Thousand (Underworld USA #2)
by (shelved 33 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.04 — 8,661 ratings — published 2001
Blood's a Rover (Underworld USA, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,843 ratings — published 2009
Because the Night (Lloyd Hopkins, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,832 ratings — published 1984
Blood on the Moon (Lloyd Hopkins, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.47 — 2,930 ratings — published 1984
Clandestine (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.73 — 4,426 ratings — published 1982
My Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,859 ratings — published 1996
Suicide Hill (Lloyd Hopkins, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.54 — 1,724 ratings — published 1986
Brown's Requiem (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.55 — 3,010 ratings — published 1981
This Storm (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,302 ratings — published 2019
Hollywood Nocturnes (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,730 ratings — published 1993
Widespread Panic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.39 — 1,964 ratings — published 2021
Killer on the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,450 ratings — published 1986
Crime Wave: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 14 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,071 ratings — published 1999
Destination: Morgue! (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.30 — 869 ratings — published 2003
The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.23 — 976 ratings — published 2006
L.A. Noir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,602 ratings — published 1991
The Enchanters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,786 ratings — published 2023
The Best American Noir of the Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,682 ratings — published 2010
Red Sheet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.78 — 397 ratings — published 2026
LAPD '53 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.56 — 480 ratings — published 2015
Shakedown (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.42 — 477 ratings — published 2012
Conversations with James Ellroy (Literary Conversations Series)
by (shelved 2 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.90 — 49 ratings — published 2012
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand; Introduction by Thomas Mallon (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
by (shelved 2 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.59 — 49 ratings — published
Tijuana, mon amour (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.03 — 61 ratings — published 1999
The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.85 — 610 ratings — published 2024
The Best American Crime Writing 2005 (Best American Crime Reporting)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.86 — 249 ratings — published 2005
True Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.81 — 783 ratings — published 1977
Libra (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.09 — 25,777 ratings — published 1988
Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.99 — 147 ratings — published
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,154 ratings — published 2009
The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy's Noir World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories That Could Not Be Presented on TV, from the Creator and Star of Dragnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.65 — 235 ratings — published 1958
The L.A. Quartet: The Black Dahlia / The Big Nowhere / L.A. Confidential / White Jazz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.55 — 146 ratings — published
Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.76 — 141,765 ratings — published 1922
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.54 — 176 ratings — published 2002
The Black Dahlia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.17 — 683 ratings — published 2013
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 3.00 — 12 ratings — published 1993
Le Dahlia noir + L.A. Confidential (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 4.16 — 19 ratings — published 2002
Jungletown Jihad (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as james-ellroy)
avg rating 2.88 — 34 ratings — published 2006
