493 books
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449 voters
Noir Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1069 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 168,992 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 115,832 ratings — published 1930
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 574 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 48,883 ratings — published 1934
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 496 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,911 ratings — published 1953
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 484 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,999 ratings — published 1940
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 483 times as noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 96,963 ratings — published 1987
Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 470 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,538 ratings — published 1936
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 385 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,391 ratings — published 1934
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 377 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,839 ratings — published 1929
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 337 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,207 ratings — published 1943
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 318 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 38,032 ratings — published 1990
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 316 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 26,905 ratings — published 1952
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 315 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,520 ratings — published 1942
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 269 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,928 ratings — published 1949
In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 9,094 ratings — published 1947
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 235 times as noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 115,339 ratings — published 2002
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 217 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,609 ratings — published 1988
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,680 ratings — published 1931
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 214 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,284 ratings — published 1990
Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 205 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 30,742 ratings — published 2021
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 38,586 ratings — published 1950
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 178 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 14,676 ratings — published 1962
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,259 ratings — published 1963
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 171 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,126 ratings — published 1958
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 169 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,470 ratings — published 1964
Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 168 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 4,999 ratings — published 2007
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 164 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,052 ratings — published 1995
Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 164 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,793 ratings — published 1941
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 11,702 ratings — published 1935
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 9,958 ratings — published 1992
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 150 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 379,601 ratings — published 2000
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 69,212 ratings — published 1991
Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,323 ratings — published 1946
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 140 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 118,201 ratings — published 1955
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 140 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,091 ratings — published 1950
Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 38,503 ratings — published 2009
Shoot the Piano Player (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 133 times as noir)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,713 ratings — published 1956
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,722 ratings — published 1953
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 79,013 ratings — published 2009
Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,900 ratings — published 2005
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,899 ratings — published 2012
Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,659 ratings — published 1994
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as noir)
avg rating 3.77 — 17,572 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 118 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,456,165 ratings — published 2005
The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,847 ratings — published 1940
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 114 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,702 ratings — published 1978
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 114 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,518 ratings — published 1929
The Big Clock (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,725 ratings — published 1946
“When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them.”
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
“It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.”
― Farewell, My Lovely
― Farewell, My Lovely
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