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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1093 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,821 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 823 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 118,559 ratings — published 1930
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 593 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 50,567 ratings — published 1934
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 523 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 101,223 ratings — published 1987
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 507 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,254 ratings — published 1953
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 497 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,067 ratings — published 1940
Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 477 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,324 ratings — published 1936
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 395 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,336 ratings — published 1934
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 388 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,606 ratings — published 1929
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 357 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 41,322 ratings — published 1990
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 353 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 30,487 ratings — published 1952
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 348 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,119 ratings — published 1943
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 322 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,363 ratings — published 1942
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 281 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 45,353 ratings — published 2012
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 279 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,518 ratings — published 1949
In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 263 times as noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,910 ratings — published 1947
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 238 times as noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 117,718 ratings — published 2002
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 232 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 31,515 ratings — published 1990
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 218 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,187 ratings — published 2010
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 217 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,315 ratings — published 1988
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 215 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 14,030 ratings — published 1931
Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 31,536 ratings — published 2021
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 202 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 25,137 ratings — published 1995
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 194 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 40,215 ratings — published 1950
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 188 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 15,622 ratings — published 1962
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,541 ratings — published 1963
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 178 times as noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 126,734 ratings — published 1955
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 174 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 13,126 ratings — published 1964
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 174 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,396 ratings — published 1958
Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,025 ratings — published 2007
Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 11,057 ratings — published 1941
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as noir)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,532 ratings — published 1935
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 156 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,514,412 ratings — published 2005
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 70,390 ratings — published 1991
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 150 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 389,620 ratings — published 2000
Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,564 ratings — published 1946
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 150 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,426 ratings — published 1992
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as noir)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,706 ratings — published 2010
Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 146 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 39,739 ratings — published 2009
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 145 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,247 ratings — published 1950
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,966 ratings — published 1953
Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,754 ratings — published 1956
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 82,018 ratings — published 2009
Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,826 ratings — published 1994
Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,931 ratings — published 2005
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,965 ratings — published 2012
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 265,623 ratings — published 2005
The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,923 ratings — published 1940
The Getaway (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 9,797 ratings — published 1958
“In contrast, Anderson was trying hard not to show his brimful-teary eyes. He felt his face heating. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his handkerchief and blew his nose. At the same time, anger began to grow in the pit of his stomach.”
― Murder on the Naval Base
― Murder on the Naval Base
“In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.”
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