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Noir Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1055 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 166,278 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 805 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 114,110 ratings — published 1930
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 570 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 47,721 ratings — published 1934
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 493 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,005 ratings — published 1953
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 479 times as noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 94,438 ratings — published 1987
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 476 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,259 ratings — published 1940
Double Indemnity (Paperback)
by (shelved 464 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,025 ratings — published 1936
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 377 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 37,748 ratings — published 1934
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 373 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 29,352 ratings — published 1929
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 336 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 27,591 ratings — published 1943
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 316 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,000 ratings — published 1942
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 312 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 35,927 ratings — published 1990
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as noir)
avg rating 3.85 — 24,735 ratings — published 1952
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 269 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,584 ratings — published 1949
In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 241 times as noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,702 ratings — published 1947
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 232 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 113,679 ratings — published 2002
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,493 ratings — published 1931
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 212 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,289 ratings — published 1988
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 207 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 29,664 ratings — published 1990
Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 202 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 30,209 ratings — published 2021
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 37,466 ratings — published 1950
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 175 times as noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 14,146 ratings — published 1962
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,081 ratings — published 1963
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 170 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 10,927 ratings — published 1958
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 168 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,069 ratings — published 1964
Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 164 times as noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,975 ratings — published 2007
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 161 times as noir)
avg rating 4.20 — 19,978 ratings — published 1995
Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,636 ratings — published 1941
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 152 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 9,714 ratings — published 1992
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 68,627 ratings — published 1991
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 11,383 ratings — published 1935
Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,161 ratings — published 1946
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 142 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 373,842 ratings — published 2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 112,972 ratings — published 1955
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 138 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,981 ratings — published 1950
Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 37,475 ratings — published 2009
Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as noir)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,682 ratings — published 1956
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 127 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 77,227 ratings — published 2009
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,593 ratings — published 1953
Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,876 ratings — published 2005
Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,568 ratings — published 1994
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,824 ratings — published 2012
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 15,560 ratings — published 2010
The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,789 ratings — published 1940
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 114 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,389 ratings — published 1929
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,405,810 ratings — published 2005
The Big Clock (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,677 ratings — published 1946
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 108 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,583 ratings — published 1978
“Look. I’m very sorry to hear about your predicament, but let’s get a few things clear. I’m a PI. I solve crimes after there’s foul play. You’re saying your father-in-law is trying to kill you. That’s police business. I don’t provide bodyguard service. Really, this is not a job for me. Sorry.”
― Murder in Buckhead
― Murder in Buckhead
“In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.”
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mystery-noir and noir-mystery
