Best Noir Fiction

1
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,556 members
315 reviews
4
9 Members
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The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,874 members
126 reviews
4.2
8 Members
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3
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
10,388 members
302 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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4
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
5,075 members
113 reviews
4
7 Members
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5
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
22,247 members
534 reviews
4
6 Members
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6
The Lady in the Lake
by Raymond Chandler
3,742 members
69 reviews
4
6 Members
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7
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,243 members
227 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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8
The Little Sister
by Raymond Chandler
2,721 members
61 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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9
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,918 members
144 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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10
Playback
by Raymond Chandler
2,020 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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11
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
48,054 members
1,819 reviews
4
4 Members
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12
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
12,758 members
324 reviews
4
3 Members
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13
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
21,094 members
520 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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14
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
10,872 members
174 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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15
Shoot the Piano Player
by David Goodis
596 members
14 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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16
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
11,223 members
446 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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17
Nightfall
by David Goodis
255 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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18
American Tabloid
by James Ellroy
3,100 members
45 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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19
The High Window
by Raymond Chandler
3,182 members
57 reviews
4
3 Members
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20
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
33,745 members
977 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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21
The Glass Key
by Dashiell Hammett
2,289 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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22
The Drowning Pool
by Ross Macdonald
930 members
21 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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23
Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
2,226 members
85 reviews
4
3 Members
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24
Trouble Is My Business [edition unknown]
by Raymond Chandler
276 members
5 reviews
4
3 Members
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25
Sleepless
by Charlie Huston
522 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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26
The Burnt Orange Heresy
by Charles Willeford
315 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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27
The Moving Target
by Ross Macdonald
882 members
35 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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28
Perchance to Dream
by Robert B. Parker
457 members
9 reviews
3.1
3 Members
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29
The City and the City
by China Miéville
7,215 members
392 reviews
4
2 Members
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30
The Guards
by Ken Bruen
937 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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31
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
4,933 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
6,001 members
143 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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34
Garnethill
by Denise Mina
1,130 members
37 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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35
Pick-Up
by Charles Willeford
322 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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36
The Doomsters
by Ross Macdonald
436 members
9 reviews
4
2 Members
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37
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
28,190 members
776 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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38
L. A. Confidential
by James Ellroy
3,716 members
42 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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39
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
3,401 members
100 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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40
Black Money
by Ross Macdonald
645 members
18 reviews
4
2 Members
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41
The Redeemer
by Jo Nesbø
3,037 members
98 reviews
3.9
Member
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42
The Bone Bed
by Patricia Cornwell
2,076 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
3,873 members
147 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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45
Drive
by James Sallis
697 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
3.8
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
1,524 members
39 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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49
Real World
by Natsuo Kirino
886 members
38 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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50
The Continental Op
by Dashiell Hammett
1,422 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
1,582 members
88 reviews
4
2 Members
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53
Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
3,035 members
109 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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54
Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino
1,458 members
43 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
173 members
8 reviews
3.2
2 Members
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57
The Chill
by Ross Macdonald
827 members
26 reviews
4
2 Members
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58
The Long-Legged Fly
by James Sallis
262 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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59
Poodle Springs
by Raymond Chandler
1,009 members
22 reviews
3.2
2 Members
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60
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
2,787 members
60 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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61
Book of the Dead
by Patricia Cornwell
4,859 members
78 reviews
3.2
Member
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62
Blood on Snow
by Jo Nesbo
1,243 members
66 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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63
Untamed Shore
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
296 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
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64
When Gravity Fails
by George Alec Effinger
1,622 members
43 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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65
The Blue Place
by Nicola Griffith
633 members
27 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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66
Fadeout
by Joseph Hansen
533 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
588 members
22 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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69
Nobody Move: A Novel
by Denis Johnson
809 members
59 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
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70
City on Fire
by Don Winslow
718 members
31 reviews
3.9
Member
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71
No Happy Ending
by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
140 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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72
City of Dreams
by Don Winslow
353 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
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73
100 Bullets, Vol. 01: First Shot, Last Call
by Brian Azzarello
1,181 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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74
The Dark Root
by Archer Mayor
209 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
811 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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77
100 Bullets, Vol. 02: Split Second Chance
by Brian Azzarello
691 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
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78
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
6,284 members
177 reviews
3.9
Member
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79
100 Bullets, Vol. 03: Hang Up on the Hang Low
by Brian Azzarello
559 members
11 reviews
4
Member
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80
Gone, Baby, Gone
by Dennis Lehane
3,259 members
97 reviews
4
Member
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81
Dark Sacred Night
by Michael Connelly
2,586 members
89 reviews
3.9
Member
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82
100 Bullets, Vol. 04: A Foregone Tomorrow
by Brian Azzarello
507 members
9 reviews
3.9
Member
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83
The Kill-Off
by Jim Thompson
355 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
16,247 members
657 reviews
3.8
Member
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86
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
7,929 members
177 reviews
3.8
Member
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87
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
26,293 members
1,637 reviews
3.9
Member
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88
Fool Moon
by Jim Butcher
11,164 members
327 reviews
3.8
Member
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89
Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
9,751 members
268 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
8,440 members
150 reviews
4
Member
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92
Brighton Rock
by Graham Greene
5,663 members
127 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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93
Faceless Killers
by Henning Mankell
5,810 members
224 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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94
The Dogs of Riga
by Henning Mankell
4,129 members
114 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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95
A Fire in the Sun
by George Alec Effinger
864 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
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96
The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
166 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
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97
The Fifth Woman
by Henning Mankell
3,598 members
74 reviews
3.9
Member
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98
The Exile Kiss
by George Alec Effinger
652 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
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99
Firewall
by Henning Mankell
3,159 members
60 reviews
3.8
Member
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100
The Foreign Correspondent
by Alan Furst
1,402 members
35 reviews
3.8
Member
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