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The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
782 books — 1,023 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Contemporary Cult Fiction
510 books — 495 voters

Caught Stealing by Charlie HustonThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellAll That Glitters by Michael MurphyBeautiful, Naked & Dead by Josh Stallings
Best Noir of the 21st Century
262 books — 388 voters
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 — 367 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
380 books — 301 voters
The Power of the Dog by Don WinslowCaught Stealing by Charlie HustonL.A. Confidential by James EllroyGalveston by Nic PizzolattoAmerican Tabloid by James Ellroy
New School of Noir
206 books — 272 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
Best of the Pulps
399 books — 218 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFramed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessMean Spirited by Nick RobertsFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Awful People Doing Awful Things
452 books — 210 voters

Her Little Flowers by Shannon MorganThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellTeatro Grottesco by Thomas LigottiThe Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron
Dark Literature
274 books — 178 voters
Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
231 books — 165 voters

Noir Dirt Cheap by Bernie DowlingThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettMan Of A Thousand Fails by Bernie DowlingDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir
106 books — 149 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerRed Harvest by Dashiell HammettTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. HowardThe Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. Howard
Pulps Past and Present
405 books — 119 voters

St Patrick's Day Special by J.J. TonerIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKintyIn the Morning I'll be Gone by Adrian McKintyThe Guards by Ken Bruen
Irish Crime Fiction
158 books — 105 voters
Her Little Flowers by Shannon MorganThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasFox, Badger Hedgehog, and Me by Peter MellorsA Penance for Crows by Shannon Morgan
Great Noir and Noirish Novels by Women
160 books — 96 voters

Night Watch by Terry PratchettDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchTitanshade by Dan Stout
Best Offbeat Detective Novel Genre Mashups
138 books — 89 voters
We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma by Donnie SmithBoy's Life by Robert McCammonPlan B by Jenny O'ConnellBeyond Birkie Fever by Walter RheinThe Art of Fart by Dougie Brimson
Die Laughing
85 books — 83 voters

Theocracide by James WymoreAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Caves of Steel by Isaac AsimovLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Great Science Fiction Detective Stories
157 books — 80 voters
Population by Elizabeth StephensBlanche on the Lam by Barbara NeelyFramed For Murder by Marla A. WhiteHollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettThe Cutting Season by Attica Locke
Mystery & Detective Novels by Women of Color
141 books — 80 voters

Unjust by Brooke HolmesGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardBAD INTENT by Michael TabmanMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergA Day Dead Old by Carmen Martucci
Crime Fiction That Really Rules
73 books — 77 voters
Blacksad by Juan Díaz CanalesFatale, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerBatman by Jeph LoebAmerican Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott SnyderCriminal, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker
Crime Comics & Graphic Novels
236 books — 71 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson BraunThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovPete the Cat by Eric Litwin
Le Chat Noir—Black Cats on the Cover
380 books — 54 voters
The Carer by Scott L. NelsonBreakfast is Severed by TyCobbsTeethLoose Lips Sinks Ships by Mark ShearmanFirst Contract by Frank WestworthTriple Shot by Ross Klavan
Quick Thrills & Short Stabs
43 books — 51 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonHell House by Richard MathesonThe Shrinking Man by Richard MathesonNightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard MathesonWhat Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
The Best of Richard Matheson
31 books — 49 voters
Mia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyKICK IT TOGETHER! by McDrollLoose Lips Sinks Ships by Mark ShearmanGrit by Karl WigginsBrit Grit by Paul D. Brazill
Brit Grit Collections
37 books — 42 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerA CLUE LEFT HANGING by C.K. PhillipsThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Crime Pulps
162 books — 38 voters
Gatsby's Smile by Morana BlueWhy Not-World by Alexei Maxim RussellNo Halo Required by Travis CaseyBrit Grit by Paul D. BrazillDirty Old Town and Other Stories by Nigel Bird
These guys can write!
32 books — 33 voters

The Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasWhen Mimi Went Missing by Suja SukumarMurder in G Major by Alexia GordonMurder on Bamboo Lane by Naomi HiraharaCity of Saviors by Rachel Howzell Hall
Crime Writers of Color (fiction)
58 books — 29 voters
Junkie Love by Joe CliffordThe Short Life of Sparrows by Emm ColeIndifference by Barry BlokesVirtues' Sacrifice by Christopher GamlinThe Street Martyr by T. Fox Dunham
Dark Indie Stuff
41 books — 26 voters

The First Paper Cut by Camille CabreraL.A. Confidential by James EllroyMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergThe Stand In by Brad GeagleyHollywood Tough by Stephen J. Cannell
Best Hollywood Mystery (fiction)
20 books — 25 voters
Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneMy Dirty California by Jason Mosberg
The Noir Side
14 books — 16 voters

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