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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1095 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 171,873 ratings — published 1939
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The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 825 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 117,868 ratings — published 1930
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The Postman Always Rings Twice The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 593 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 50,113 ratings — published 1934
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 517 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 100,388 ratings — published 1987
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 508 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 47,956 ratings — published 1953
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 496 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,807 ratings — published 1940
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Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 482 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,138 ratings — published 1936
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The Thin Man The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 397 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,127 ratings — published 1934
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Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 387 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,446 ratings — published 1929
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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 349 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,908 ratings — published 1943
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 339 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 40,807 ratings — published 1990
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The Killer Inside Me The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 331 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 29,967 ratings — published 1952
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The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 323 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,191 ratings — published 1942
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The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 279 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,384 ratings — published 1949
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In a Lonely Place In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 260 times as noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,679 ratings — published 1947
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 239 times as noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 117,112 ratings — published 2002
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 224 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 31,015 ratings — published 1990
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The Elephant Tree The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 44,622 ratings — published 2010
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The Glass Key The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,958 ratings — published 1931
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The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 218 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,151 ratings — published 1988
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Velvet Was the Night Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 31,359 ratings — published 2021
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American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 200 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 24,665 ratings — published 1995
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Strangers on a Train Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 39,803 ratings — published 1950
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The Hunter (Parker, #1) The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 15,404 ratings — published 1962
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The Grifters The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,494 ratings — published 1963
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 179 times as noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,685 ratings — published 1955
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Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic) Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 174 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,965 ratings — published 1964
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Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 173 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,321 ratings — published 1958
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Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,980 ratings — published 1941
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Queenpin Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,019 ratings — published 2007
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 12,241 ratings — published 1935
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Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 70,105 ratings — published 1991
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Nightmare Alley Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,504 ratings — published 1946
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White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4) White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,336 ratings — published 1992
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 150 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 387,683 ratings — published 2000
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Inherent Vice Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 146 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 39,440 ratings — published 2009
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Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8) Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 145 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,199 ratings — published 1950
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Laura Laura (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,068 ratings — published 1942
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Shoot the Piano Player Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,745 ratings — published 1956
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 136 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,498,793 ratings — published 2005
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Black Wings Has My Angel Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,883 ratings — published 1953
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 81,231 ratings — published 2009
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Galveston Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 20,182 ratings — published 2010
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Gun, With Occasional Music Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,783 ratings — published 1994
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Die a Little Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,922 ratings — published 2005
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The Zombie Room The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 127 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 44,769 ratings — published 2012
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Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,947 ratings — published 2012
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No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 261,874 ratings — published 2005
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The Bride Wore Black The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,896 ratings — published 1940
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The Getaway The Getaway (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as noir)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,650 ratings — published 1958
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The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerA CLUE LEFT HANGING by C.K. PhillipsThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Crime Pulps
162 books — 38 voters
Gatsby's Smile by Morana BlueWhy Not-World by Alexei Maxim RussellNo Halo Required by Travis CaseyBrit Grit by Paul D. BrazillDirty Old Town and Other Stories by Nigel Bird
These guys can write!
32 books — 33 voters

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Raymond Chandler
“The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on.”
Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

“I don’t like anything pointing at me, dollface, that includes an umbrella, a finger, or a gun, got it?”
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

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