The Big Books of Fall

Library of America Noir Collection Series

4 primary works • 4 total works
This adventurous collection presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories.

Book 1

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s
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4.37 · 894 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1948 · 3 editions
Evolving out of the terse and violent style of the…

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    Book 2

    Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s: The Killer Inside Me / The Talented Mr. Ripley / Pick-Up / Down There / The Real Cool Killers
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    4.38     · 493 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1959 · 3 editions
    This Library of America volume, with its companion…

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    Book 3

    David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s
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    4.28     · 341 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1953 · 3 editions
    In 1997 The Library of America's Crime Novels: Ame…

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    Book 1–2

    American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s, & 50s: A Library of America Boxed Set
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    4.44     · 27 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
    The Library of America’s acclaimed two-volume edit…

    Shelve American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s, & 50s: A Library of America Boxed Set

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