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Noir Books
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1093 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,541 ratings — published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 823 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 118,366 ratings — published 1930
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 593 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 50,433 ratings — published 1934
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 522 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 101,001 ratings — published 1987
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 507 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,154 ratings — published 1953
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 497 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,992 ratings — published 1940
Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 477 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,271 ratings — published 1936
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 395 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,286 ratings — published 1934
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 387 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,567 ratings — published 1929
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 357 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 41,189 ratings — published 1990
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 352 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 30,369 ratings — published 1952
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 348 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 29,061 ratings — published 1943
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 322 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,312 ratings — published 1942
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 282 times as noir)
avg rating 3.95 — 45,193 ratings — published 2012
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 279 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,484 ratings — published 1949
In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 263 times as noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,829 ratings — published 1947
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 238 times as noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 117,539 ratings — published 2002
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 228 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 31,378 ratings — published 1990
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,033 ratings — published 2010
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 217 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,279 ratings — published 1988
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 14,015 ratings — published 1931
Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 31,484 ratings — published 2021
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 201 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 25,002 ratings — published 1995
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 194 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 40,072 ratings — published 1950
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 189 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 15,567 ratings — published 1962
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,525 ratings — published 1963
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 178 times as noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 126,100 ratings — published 1955
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 174 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 13,081 ratings — published 1964
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 174 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,371 ratings — published 1958
Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,020 ratings — published 2007
Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 11,031 ratings — published 1941
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 156 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,509,761 ratings — published 2005
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as noir)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,453 ratings — published 1935
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 70,317 ratings — published 1991
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 151 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,407 ratings — published 1992
Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,560 ratings — published 1946
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 149 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 389,055 ratings — published 2000
Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as noir)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,566 ratings — published 2010
Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 146 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 39,639 ratings — published 2009
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 145 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,234 ratings — published 1950
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,947 ratings — published 1953
Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,750 ratings — published 1956
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 81,780 ratings — published 2009
Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,808 ratings — published 1994
Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,928 ratings — published 2005
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,960 ratings — published 2012
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 264,468 ratings — published 2005
The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,914 ratings — published 1940
The Getaway (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 9,754 ratings — published 1958
“I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again.”
― The High Window
― The High Window
“In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.”
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