Best Noir of the 21st Century
Hardboiled, crime and noir stories.
1 Caught Stealing (Hank Thomp...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 2,605 ratings
2 Shadow Roll (A Sam Russo My...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 97 ratings
3 American Tabloid (Underworl...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 5,975 ratings
4 Beautiful, Naked & Dead
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 156 ratings
5 Good Dog, Bad Dog (A Sam Ru...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 98 ratings
6 The Bastard Hand
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 96 ratings
7 The Girl in the Next Room (...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 83 ratings
8 The Deputy
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 363 ratings
9 Dead Harvest (The Collector...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 404 ratings
10 Frank Sinatra in a Blender
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 89 ratings
11 Die a Little
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 512 ratings
12 Gone Bad
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4.81 of 5 stars 4.81 avg rating — 27 ratings
13 Winter's Bone
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 9,606 ratings
14 A Simple Plan
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 6,675 ratings
15 Stagger Bay
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings
16 The Zombie Room
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,451 ratings
17 The Elephant Tree
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,318 ratings
18 Hell on Church Street
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings
19 Head Stone (Jack Taylor, #9)
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 304 ratings
20 Altered Carbon
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 18,095 ratings
21 Expiration Date
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 398 ratings
22 The Cleaner (Jonathan Quinn...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,297 ratings
23 The Winter of Frankie Machine
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,388 ratings
24 Savages
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 6,043 ratings
25 Yellow Medicine (Billy Lafi...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 163 ratings
26 Kiss Her Goodbye (Hard Case...
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 181 ratings
27 Field Gray (Bernard Gunther...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
28 Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 79 ratings
29 Drive
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
30 Faceless Killers (Kurt Wall...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 18,481 ratings
30 The One from the Other (Ber...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,385 ratings
32 The Office of Lost and Found
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3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
33 Dove Season
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 227 ratings
34 Two-Way Split
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 150 ratings
35 Absolute Zero Cool
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 81 ratings
36 American Skin
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 227 ratings
37 Black Flowers
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 124 ratings
37 The Devil All the Time
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
39 The Terror of Living
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3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 431 ratings
39 The Pyramid: And Four Other...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 2,825 ratings
39 Queenpin
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 654 ratings
39 Once Were Cops
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 447 ratings
43 Ask The Parrot (Parker, #23)
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 378 ratings
44 The Perfect Crime
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
45 Damn Near Dead: An Antholog...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 58 ratings
46 At the End of the Road
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 217 ratings
47 Weekend in Weighton
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
47 Table 21
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 263 ratings
49 Kiss Me, Judas
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
50 Dare Me
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3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 4,249 ratings
51 Out There Bad
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 77 ratings
51 Borrowed Trouble
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4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
53 London Boulevard
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 440 ratings
54 One Too Many Blows to the Head
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4.78 of 5 stars 4.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
54 Penny Dreadful
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 660 ratings
56 Hell's Half Acre
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 555 ratings
56 Priest (Jack Taylor, #5)
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 604 ratings
58 Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir...
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
59 The Devil She Knows: A Novel
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 185 ratings
60 Late Rain
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3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 137 ratings
61 Drunk on the Moon
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4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 53 ratings
62 The White Tiger
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 62,433 ratings
63 Major Inversions
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4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
64 Hard Magic (Grimnoir Chroni...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
64 Hill Country
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
64 Lady Killer
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
64 The Ninth Step
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 94 ratings
64 Shadow Man: A Biography of ...
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4.85 of 5 stars 4.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
64 The Second Bat Guano War
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings
64 Get Rich Quick
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
64 Blood's a Rover (Underworld...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,808 ratings
64 The Adjustment
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 131 ratings
64 Baby Shark
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 113 ratings
64 Reverb
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
64 Black Art
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4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
64 Harry Banner in Notice To Die
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
77 Witness the Night
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 278 ratings
77 Drawing Dead
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
77 Wiley's Lament: A Novel
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
77 The Long Fall
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
81 Pariah
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 63 ratings
81 Dust Devils
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings
83 Small Crimes
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 161 ratings
83 Nightjack
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings
85 The Ice Princess (Patrik He...
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 10,605 ratings
85 The Song is You
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 394 ratings
85 Savage Night
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 76 ratings
85 A Choir of Ill Children
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 558 ratings
89 The Cleanup
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 143 ratings
89 The Chaos We Know
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4.69 of 5 stars 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
91 The Butcher's Granddaughter
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
91 Cross (Jack Taylor, #6)
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 472 ratings
93 Who is Killing the Great Ca...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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message 1: by Susan (new)

Susan Chancey Hi I'm new to the site and looking forward to lots of good reading. I'm not sure how the site works, could someone please explain how it works. Looking forward to meeting new friends with similar reading interest, love reading nonfiction true crime, can't get enough. Any suggestions on some good reads.


message 2: by Nina (new)

Nina Phunsta Hello Susan and welcome to the club ! I believe the best way to proceed is to play around with the various options, a more "hands on" procedure, but you will enjoy I'm sure !


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Susan Chancey Nina wrote: "Hello Susan and welcome to the club ! I believe the best way to proceed is to play around with the various options, a more "hands on" procedure, but you will enjoy I'm sure !"

Thanks so much Nina, would love to have you as a friend. Can I read the book or books selected on the site and if so, how?


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Nina Phunsta Hi, Susan. That would be lovely ! You have to have your own copy of the book (physical or digital) to read and thereby make comments. This site is based around observations/feedback/commentary, but does provide the books themselves. :-)


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