Hardboiled

Hardboiled fiction is a literary style, most commonly associated with crime fiction (especially detective stories), and distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sometimes sex.

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Hardboiled Books

Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)

Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Best Offbeat Detective Novel Genre Mashups

137 books — 84 voters

Bob 84. La vendetta è mia by Vincenzo Filosa

Crime Comic book_Italian Users

34 books — 1 voter

Hard Case Crime

101 books — 3 voters

The Ballad of Robert Charles by K. Stephen Prince

The Axeman of New Orleans by Miriam C. Davis

New Orleans Noir

41 books — 2 voters

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction

737 books — 911 voters

The History of Mystery by Max Allan Collins

Detectives in the Shadows by Susanna Lee

Hardboiled Detective and Crime Nonfiction

13 books — 3 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Hardboiled”

“ I was enjoying my first full night’s sleep in days when my smartphone rang on the nightstand. Aw, for sweet Christ’s sake. Why hadn’t I changed its ringer setting? ”
― Ed Lynskey, Stalker

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“ Asking if there is corruption in Thailand is like asking if there is dough inside a bakery. Pies and cakes don’t come from heaven and neither do deals and contracts. ”
― Christopher G. Moore, Spirit House

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