Best Noir Fiction

1
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,465 members
314 reviews
4
9 Members
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2
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,861 members
126 reviews
4.2
8 Members
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3
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
10,324 members
302 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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4
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
5,032 members
112 reviews
4
7 Members
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5
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
22,116 members
530 reviews
4
6 Members
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6
The Lady in the Lake
by Raymond Chandler
3,710 members
69 reviews
4
6 Members
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7
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,225 members
221 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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8
The Little Sister
by Raymond Chandler
2,708 members
60 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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9
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,893 members
144 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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10
Playback
by Raymond Chandler
2,015 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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11
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
48,120 members
1,819 reviews
4
4 Members
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12
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
12,686 members
322 reviews
4
3 Members
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13
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
21,000 members
518 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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14
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
10,805 members
174 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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15
Shoot the Piano Player
by David Goodis
592 members
14 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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16
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
11,379 members
443 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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17
Nightfall
by David Goodis
254 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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18
American Tabloid
by James Ellroy
3,084 members
45 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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19
The High Window
by Raymond Chandler
3,167 members
57 reviews
4
3 Members
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20
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
33,619 members
973 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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21
The Glass Key
by Dashiell Hammett
2,276 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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22
The Drowning Pool
by Ross Macdonald
927 members
20 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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23
Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
2,207 members
84 reviews
4
3 Members
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24
Trouble Is My Business [edition unknown]
by Raymond Chandler
274 members
5 reviews
4
3 Members
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25
Sleepless
by Charlie Huston
518 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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26
The Burnt Orange Heresy
by Charles Willeford
316 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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27
The Moving Target
by Ross Macdonald
876 members
35 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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28
Perchance to Dream
by Robert B. Parker
456 members
9 reviews
3.1
3 Members
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29
The City and the City
by China Miéville
7,164 members
394 reviews
4
2 Members
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30
The Guards
by Ken Bruen
934 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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31
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
4,910 members
167 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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32
Sunburn
by Laura Lippman
1,024 members
63 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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33
The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
5,966 members
144 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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34
Garnethill
by Denise Mina
1,126 members
37 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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35
Pick-Up
by Charles Willeford
321 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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36
The Doomsters
by Ross Macdonald
432 members
9 reviews
4
2 Members
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37
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
28,024 members
772 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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38
L. A. Confidential
by James Ellroy
3,698 members
41 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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39
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
3,391 members
100 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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40
Black Money
by Ross Macdonald
642 members
18 reviews
4
2 Members
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41
The Redeemer
by Jo Nesbø
3,031 members
98 reviews
3.9
Member
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42
The Bone Bed
by Patricia Cornwell
2,056 members
47 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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43
City of Margins
by William Boyle
51 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
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44
Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
3,861 members
148 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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45
Drive
by James Sallis
694 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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46
He Died with His Eyes Open
by Derek Raymond
488 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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47
The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
4,721 members
159 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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48
The Dain Curse
by Dashiell Hammett
1,516 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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49
Real World
by Natsuo Kirino
884 members
38 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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50
The Continental Op
by Dashiell Hammett
1,417 members
31 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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51
The Killer Is Dying
by James Sallis
147 members
23 reviews
3.1
2 Members
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52
Blacktop Wasteland
by S. A. Cosby
1,564 members
88 reviews
4
2 Members
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53
Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
3,007 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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54
Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino
1,453 members
42 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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55
The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
by Dashiell Hammett
1,044 members
16 reviews
4
2 Members
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56
Driven
by James Sallis
172 members
8 reviews
3.1
2 Members
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57
The Chill
by Ross Macdonald
823 members
26 reviews
4
2 Members
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58
The Long-Legged Fly
by James Sallis
262 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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59
Poodle Springs
by Raymond Chandler
1,007 members
22 reviews
3.2
2 Members
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60
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
2,772 members
60 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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61
Book of the Dead
by Patricia Cornwell
4,833 members
78 reviews
3.2
Member
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62
Blood on Snow
by Jo Nesbo
1,239 members
66 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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63
Untamed Shore
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
294 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
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64
When Gravity Fails
by George Alec Effinger
1,618 members
43 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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65
The Blue Place
by Nicola Griffith
634 members
27 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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66
Fadeout
by Joseph Hansen
530 members
22 reviews
4
2 Members
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67
The Ferguson Affair
by Ross Macdonald
242 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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68
The Ivory Grin
by Ross Macdonald
583 members
22 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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69
Nobody Move: A Novel
by Denis Johnson
805 members
59 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
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70
City on Fire
by Don Winslow
804 members
29 reviews
3.9
Member
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71
No Happy Ending
by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
139 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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72
City of Dreams
by Don Winslow
348 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
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73
100 Bullets, Vol. 01: First Shot, Last Call
by Brian Azzarello
1,180 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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74
The Dark Root
by Archer Mayor
208 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
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75
Pasadena
by Sherri L. Smith
93 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
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76
Dark Assassin
by Anne Perry
808 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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77
100 Bullets, Vol. 02: Split Second Chance
by Brian Azzarello
692 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
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78
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
6,245 members
180 reviews
3.9
Member
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79
100 Bullets, Vol. 03: Hang Up on the Hang Low
by Brian Azzarello
560 members
11 reviews
4
Member
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80
Gone, Baby, Gone
by Dennis Lehane
3,252 members
97 reviews
4
Member
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81
Dark Sacred Night
by Michael Connelly
2,555 members
90 reviews
3.9
Member
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82
100 Bullets, Vol. 04: A Foregone Tomorrow
by Brian Azzarello
509 members
9 reviews
3.9
Member
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83
The Kill-Off
by Jim Thompson
351 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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84
Framed
by Tonino Benacquista
111 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
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85
Storm Front
by Jim Butcher
16,295 members
653 reviews
3.8
Member
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86
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
7,885 members
176 reviews
3.8
Member
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87
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
26,319 members
1,630 reviews
3.9
Member
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88
Fool Moon
by Jim Butcher
11,100 members
325 reviews
3.8
Member
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89
Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
9,689 members
266 reviews
4
Member
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90
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe
by Byron Preiss
223 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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91
A Scanner Darkly [Novel]
by Philip K. Dick
8,429 members
150 reviews
4
Member
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92
Brighton Rock
by Graham Greene
5,642 members
127 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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93
Faceless Killers
by Henning Mankell
5,776 members
223 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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94
The Dogs of Riga
by Henning Mankell
4,116 members
113 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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95
A Fire in the Sun
by George Alec Effinger
863 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
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96
The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
165 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
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97
The Fifth Woman
by Henning Mankell
3,582 members
72 reviews
3.9
Member
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98
The Exile Kiss
by George Alec Effinger
654 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
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99
Firewall
by Henning Mankell
3,146 members
59 reviews
3.8
Member
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100
The Foreign Correspondent
by Alan Furst
1,400 members
35 reviews
3.8
Member
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