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66 Years of Reading: Noir and Neo-Noir Fiction - Page 2

I learned to read at age 6. In the subsequent 66 years books and reading have informed every aspect of my life - professional, personal, and recreational - and I now find myself surrounded by books of all kinds and genres. Here are some of the books I consider to be roman noir and neo-noir; while some may at first glance seem to be just detective stories, they are all filled with a darkness and a pessimism that make them something ELSE. I have enjoyed them all immensely , ever since my father gave me a dog-eared paperback of "The Maltese Falcon" and I realized it was more than a mystery.
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The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
41
Jim Thompson
Pop. 1280
Pop. 1280
42
The Getaway (Jim Thompson)
The Getaway
43
Jim Thompson
The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
The Grifters
44
Jim Thompson
After Dark, My Sweet (Jim Thompson)
After Dark, My Sweet
45
Jim Thompson
Savage Night (Jim Thompon)
Savage Night
46
Jim Thompon
Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player
47
Nightfall (Goodis)
Nightfall
48
Goodis
Street of No Return (David Goodis)
Street of No Return
49
David Goodis
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage
50
David Goodis
The Burglar (David Goodis)
The Burglar
51
David Goodis
The Moon in the Gutter (David Goodis)
The Moon in the Gutter
52
David Goodis
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
53
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
54
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
55
Hughes
Ride the Pink Horse (Hughes)
Ride the Pink Horse
56
Hughes
Fallen Angel (Holland)
Fallen Angel
57
Holland
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Horace McCoy)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
58
Horace McCoy
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
59
Kenneth Fearing
NIGHT AND THE CITY Gerald Kersh
NIGHT AND THE CITY Gerald Kersh
60
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming
61
Steve Fisher
The Killing (White)
The Killing
62
White
Satan Is a Woman (Gil Brewer)
Satan Is a Woman
63
Gil Brewer
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past)
64
Geoffrey Homes
The Name Is Archer (Ross MacDonald)
The Name Is Archer
65
Ross MacDonald
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
66
The Moving Target
The Moving Target
67
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
68
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly
69
Mickey Spillane
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem
70
True Confessions
True Confessions
71
Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
72
Ellroy
Because the Night (Ellroy)
Because the Night
73
Ellroy
Killer on the Road (James Ellroy)
Killer on the Road
74
James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
75
James Ellroy
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
76
James Ellroy
L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
L. A. Confidential
77
Ellroy
White Jazz
White Jazz
78
Hollywood Nocturnes (Ellroy)
Hollywood Nocturnes
79
Ellroy
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
80
James Ellroy
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