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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1062 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 167,751 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 814 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 115,003 ratings — published 1930
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 574 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 48,354 ratings — published 1934
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 492 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,518 ratings — published 1953
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 481 times as noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 95,693 ratings — published 1987
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 480 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,642 ratings — published 1940
Double Indemnity (Paperback)
by (shelved 468 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,325 ratings — published 1936
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 379 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,084 ratings — published 1934
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 376 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,625 ratings — published 1929
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 336 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 27,917 ratings — published 1943
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 316 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,282 ratings — published 1942
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 314 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 36,981 ratings — published 1990
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 25,841 ratings — published 1952
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 268 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,759 ratings — published 1949
In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 244 times as noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,950 ratings — published 1947
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 235 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 114,548 ratings — published 2002
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,591 ratings — published 1931
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 214 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,446 ratings — published 1988
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 211 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,030 ratings — published 1990
Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 203 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 30,526 ratings — published 2021
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 38,093 ratings — published 1950
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 178 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 14,445 ratings — published 1962
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 175 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,194 ratings — published 1963
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 170 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,042 ratings — published 1958
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 167 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,245 ratings — published 1964
Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,728 ratings — published 1941
Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 165 times as noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,984 ratings — published 2007
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 164 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,079 ratings — published 1995
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 11,529 ratings — published 1935
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 9,831 ratings — published 1992
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 68,932 ratings — published 1991
Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,252 ratings — published 1946
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 144 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 376,734 ratings — published 2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 139 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 115,788 ratings — published 1955
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 139 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,060 ratings — published 1950
Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 38,132 ratings — published 2009
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,665 ratings — published 1953
Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as noir)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,706 ratings — published 1956
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 78,195 ratings — published 2009
Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,890 ratings — published 2005
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,868 ratings — published 2012
Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,624 ratings — published 1994
The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,827 ratings — published 1940
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 116 times as noir)
avg rating 3.74 — 16,565 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 115 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,428,378 ratings — published 2005
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 114 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,478 ratings — published 1929
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,649 ratings — published 1978
The Big Clock (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,715 ratings — published 1946
“She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,” the priest said.”
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
“My friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton was 12 minutes late to the funeral. I’d reminded him it started at 2 p.m. “Yeah, yeah, Frank,” he said. “I’ll be there. Just be sure you make it.” Well, here I sat on my thumbs, and he was the no-show. He stopped at a bar and got sloshed, I thought.”
― Death Car
― Death Car
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