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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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
The Elephant Tree
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Zombie Room
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Thin Man
Double Indemnity
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Glass Key
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyMystic River by Dennis LehaneOut by Natsuo KirinoWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellDrive by James Sallis
Best Literary Crime Novels
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The Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeThe Krewe by Seth PeveyLouisiana Hotshot by Julie SmithThe Ballad of Robert Charles by K. Stephen PrinceThe Axeman of New Orleans by Miriam C. Davis
New Orleans Noir
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Drug of Choice by John LangeBorderline by Lawrence BlockThe Wrong Quarry by Max Allan CollinsThieves Fall Out by Cameron KayBranded Woman by Wade Miller
Hard Case Crime
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Paper Targets by Steve S. SaroffDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Noir Novels
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Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by N.D. StevensonLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonRat Queens, Vol. 2 by Kurtis J. WiebeGeneration Why by G. Willow Wilson
Best Graphic Novels 2015
149 books — 364 voters

Richard Brautigan
“ Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envelope and a whore. ”
― Richard Brautigan, در رؤیای بابل

Christopher G. Moore
“ My goal is to live far outside of history as possible. History is a territory where mostly bad things happen to good people. ”
― Christopher G. Moore, Crackdown

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