32 books
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Private Eye Books
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.89 — 626,442 ratings — published 2013
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.86 — 115,500 ratings — published 1930
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 168,519 ratings — published 1939
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 16 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.86 — 192,009 ratings — published 1982
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.05 — 294,040 ratings — published 2014
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.22 — 229,162 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.97 — 378,348 ratings — published 2000
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.89 — 60,680 ratings — published 1985
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,287 ratings — published 1934
D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.89 — 45,707 ratings — published 1987
C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 55,826 ratings — published 1986
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.25 — 186,157 ratings — published 2018
L is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone, #12)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 35,853 ratings — published 1995
H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone, #8)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 38,307 ratings — published 1991
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,619 ratings — published 1987
W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.96 — 35,324 ratings — published 2013
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.26 — 161,532 ratings — published 2002
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,086 ratings — published 1943
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.98 — 207,915 ratings — published 2001
Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,255 ratings — published 1992
M is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, #13)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.10 — 72,897 ratings — published 1996
K is for Killer (Kinsey Millhone, #11)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.98 — 45,544 ratings — published 1994
G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone, #7)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.96 — 39,597 ratings — published 1990
E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,352 ratings — published 1988
I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone, #9)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,448 ratings — published 1992
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.01 — 37,150 ratings — published 2017
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.91 — 38,120 ratings — published 2015
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.13 — 178,410 ratings — published 2001
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.29 — 139,073 ratings — published 2004
Stalking the Angel (Elvis Cole, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,563 ratings — published 1989
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.93 — 46,305 ratings — published 1994
Indigo Slam (Elvis Cole, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,089 ratings — published 1997
L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.31 — 22,573 ratings — published 1999
The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,283 ratings — published 2005
Voodoo River (Elvis Cole, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.18 — 16,521 ratings — published 1995
Free Fall (Elvis Cole, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,597 ratings — published 1993
N is for Noose (Kinsey Millhone, #14)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.99 — 38,819 ratings — published 1998
U is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.01 — 34,321 ratings — published 2009
The Last Detective (Elvis Cole, #9)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.27 — 20,824 ratings — published 2003
J is for Judgment (Kinsey Millhone, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.03 — 56,976 ratings — published 1993
F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,594 ratings — published 1989
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.92 — 21,444 ratings — published 1973
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,773 ratings — published 1929
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,189 ratings — published 1990
We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.06 — 178,075 ratings — published 2024
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.13 — 494,775 ratings — published 1887
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,810 ratings — published 1964
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.41 — 134,375 ratings — published 2005
White Night (The Dresden Files, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.38 — 127,169 ratings — published 2007
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,853 ratings — published 1940
“You can tell he never even considered the possibility of something like this happening to him. He's as out of his element hiring an investigator to snoop on his wife as he would be auditioning for a Russian ballet.”
― The Pink Beetle
― The Pink Beetle
“If you want to be a private eye, you have to get used to such things as hideous depression and abject despair.”
― The Platypus of Doom and Other Nihilists
― The Platypus of Doom and Other Nihilists











