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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1093 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 171,602 ratings — published 1939
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The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 826 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 117,679 ratings — published 1930
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The Postman Always Rings Twice The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 591 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 49,967 ratings — published 1934
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 517 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 100,186 ratings — published 1987
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 506 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 47,869 ratings — published 1953
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 494 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,735 ratings — published 1940
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Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by (shelved 480 times as noir)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,093 ratings — published 1936
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The Thin Man The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 396 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,054 ratings — published 1934
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Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 386 times as noir)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,399 ratings — published 1929
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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 348 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,845 ratings — published 1943
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 337 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 40,699 ratings — published 1990
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The Killer Inside Me The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 29,842 ratings — published 1952
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The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 323 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,142 ratings — published 1942
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The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 277 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,355 ratings — published 1949
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In a Lonely Place In a Lonely Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 259 times as noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,637 ratings — published 1947
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 238 times as noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 116,953 ratings — published 2002
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 224 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,953 ratings — published 1990
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The Elephant Tree The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 44,477 ratings — published 2010
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The Glass Key The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 13,940 ratings — published 1931
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The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 219 times as noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,115 ratings — published 1988
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Velvet Was the Night Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 207 times as noir)
avg rating 3.51 — 31,286 ratings — published 2021
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American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 199 times as noir)
avg rating 4.19 — 24,576 ratings — published 1995
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Strangers on a Train Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as noir)
avg rating 3.72 — 39,681 ratings — published 1950
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The Hunter (Parker, #1) The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 15,345 ratings — published 1962
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The Grifters The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 180 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,476 ratings — published 1963
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 179 times as noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,168 ratings — published 1955
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Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 173 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 11,302 ratings — published 1958
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Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic) Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 172 times as noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,926 ratings — published 1964
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Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as noir)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,964 ratings — published 1941
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Queenpin Queenpin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 166 times as noir)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,014 ratings — published 2007
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as noir)
avg rating 3.86 — 12,148 ratings — published 1935
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Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 70,026 ratings — published 1991
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White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4) White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 152 times as noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,315 ratings — published 1992
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 149 times as noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 387,035 ratings — published 2000
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Nightmare Alley Nightmare Alley (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as noir)
avg rating 3.81 — 7,478 ratings — published 1946
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Inherent Vice Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 146 times as noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 39,372 ratings — published 2009
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Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8) Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 143 times as noir)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,188 ratings — published 1950
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Laura Laura (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as noir)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,056 ratings — published 1942
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Shoot the Piano Player Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,737 ratings — published 1956
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Black Wings Has My Angel Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,860 ratings — published 1953
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 132 times as noir)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,495,734 ratings — published 2005
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 81,008 ratings — published 2009
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Galveston Galveston (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 20,088 ratings — published 2010
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Die a Little Die a Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,919 ratings — published 2005
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Gun, With Occasional Music Gun, With Occasional Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,776 ratings — published 1994
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Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as noir)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,944 ratings — published 2012
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No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 260,894 ratings — published 2005
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The Bride Wore Black The Bride Wore Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,892 ratings — published 1940
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The Getaway The Getaway (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as noir)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,598 ratings — published 1958
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The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2) The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 116 times as noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,619 ratings — published 1929
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Ed Lynskey
“My friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton was 12 minutes late to the funeral. I’d reminded him it started at 2 p.m. “Yeah, yeah, Frank,” he said. “I’ll be there. Just be sure you make it.” Well, here I sat on my thumbs, and he was the no-show. He stopped at a bar and got sloshed, I thought.”
Ed Lynskey, Death Car

“Listen, you might as well learn now that life’s nothin’ but a dirt sandwich and save yourself a lot of time.”
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

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