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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
737 books — 915 voters
Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by N.D. StevensonLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonRat Queens, Vol. 2 by Kurtis J. WiebeMs. Marvel, Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson
Best Graphic Novels 2015
147 books — 364 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
137 books — 84 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Long Good-bye by Raymond ChandlerRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Best Hardboiled Crime Novels
110 books — 77 voters

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
76 books — 60 voters
Framed For Murder by Marla A. WhiteDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyTales of the Astonishing Black Spark by Charlie J. EskewBlind Corners by Jemir Robert Johnson5 shots by Jemir Robert Johnson
Best Black sleuths, Detectives and gumshoes
140 books — 39 voters

Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu XiaolongMidnight in Peking by Paul FrenchHong Kong Noir by Feng Chi-ShunThe Emperor's Pearl by Robert van GulikThe Chinese Maze Murders by Robert van Gulik
CHINESE crime noir, detective mysteries and thrillers set in CHINA
43 books — 22 voters
The 36 Watchers by Dan Bar HavaPelham Fell Here by Ed LynskeyLake Charles by Ed LynskeyS'Mores Can Be Deadly by Violetta ArmourA Mother's Love by Hazel Eggleton
Ed Lynskey's Mystery Books
22 books — 13 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettThe Witness for the Dead by Katherine AddisonA Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí ClarkDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
PI/Police/Detective/Journalist Fantasy Fiction
127 books — 6 voters
How to Write a Mystery by Lee ChildMurder Came Easy by C.A. LoveittSummer Deception by John MarinoAngel of Death by Brian O'HareThe Poetics of Murder by Glenn W. Most
Detective Fiction: The Theory
65 books — 5 voters

Borderline by Lawrence BlockThe Wrong Quarry by Max Allan CollinsDrug of Choice by John LangeThieves Fall Out by Cameron KayBranded Woman by Wade Miller
Hard Case Crime
101 books — 3 voters
Gumshoe America by Sean McCannThe History of Mystery by Max Allan CollinsDetectives in the Shadows by Susanna LeeHard-Boiled by Erin A. SmithThe Lost Detective by Nathan Ward
Hardboiled Detective and Crime Nonfiction
13 books — 3 voters

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
41 books — 2 voters
Reckless by Ed BrubakerPulp by Ed BrubakerBob 84. La vendetta è mia by Vincenzo FilosaNewburn, Volume 1 by Chip ZdarskyStumptown, Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka
Crime Comic book_Italian Users
34 books — 1 voter

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