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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
701 books — 879 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
492 books — 449 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
239 books — 376 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 — 363 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
371 books — 294 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
199 books — 267 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
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
380 books — 202 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
270 books — 175 voters
Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaLIAM by R. Janet WalravenWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe 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)
234 books — 165 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
403 books — 118 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir
102 books — 99 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
150 books — 98 voters
Framed For Murder by Marla A. WhitePopulation by Elizabeth StephensBlanche on the Lam by Barbara NeelyHollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettThe Cutting Season by Attica Locke
Mystery & Detective Novels by Women of Color
139 books — 85 voters

We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma by Donnie SmithBoy's Life by Robert McCammonPlan B by Jenny O'ConnellChoke by Chuck PalahniukThe Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Die Laughing
84 books — 84 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
136 books — 83 voters

Her Little Flowers by Shannon MorganThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Guest by Lorraine Mace
Great Noir and Noirish Novels by Women
149 books — 78 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
156 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
231 books — 65 voters
Unjust by Brooke HolmesGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardBAD INTENT by Michael TabmanMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Crime Fiction That Really Rules
52 books — 57 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
32 books — 50 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
376 books — 50 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
36 books — 41 voters
A CLUE LEFT HANGING by C.K. PhillipsThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Crime Pulps
159 books — 39 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)
57 books — 28 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)
19 books — 24 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
36 books — 24 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
11 books — 13 voters
The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnMother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina SimonWhite Dialogues by Bennett SimsThe Safest Lies by Megan MirandaThe Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle
Window Blinds on Covers
19 books — 7 voters

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