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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Works of Noir

"I've used a fairly broad definition of noir, including anything with the right atmosphere, whether or not it would typically be shelved in noir; there are books that are more likely to be found in thriller, mystery, crime, horror, and even space opera. If it's got noir elements, and is otherwise must-read, it might be on here." - Annika Barranti Klein
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Alias (#1-28) (Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos)
Alias (#1-28)
1
Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos
All She Was Worth
All She Was Worth
2
Already Dead (Charlie Huston)
Already Dead
3
Charlie Huston
An Easy Thing (Taibo)
An Easy Thing
4
Taibo
Baghdad Central (Millar)
Baghdad Central
5
Millar
Beast in View
Beast in View
6
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
7
Raymond Chandler
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
8
James Ellroy
Black Noir (Penzler)
Black Noir
9
Penzler
Blacksad: A Silent Hell
Blacksad: A Silent Hell
10
The Blank Wall (Elisabeth Sanxay Holding)
The Blank Wall
11
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
12
Margaret Atwood
The Blunderer (Patricia Highsmith)
The Blunderer
13
Patricia Highsmith
A Century of Noir (Spillane)
A Century of Noir
14
Spillane
Chinatown Death Cloud (Malmont)
Chinatown Death Cloud
15
Malmont
City of Refuge (Kitakata)
City of Refuge
16
Kitakata
Cliff Diver (Carmen Amato)
Cliff Diver
17
Carmen Amato
The Concrete Maze (Steven Torres)
The Concrete Maze
18
Steven Torres
Crime Partners (Donald Goines)
Crime Partners
19
Donald Goines
The Damsel (Richard Stark)
The Damsel
20
Richard Stark
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage
21
David Goodis
The Dark Tunnel (Kenneth Millar)
The Dark Tunnel
22
Kenneth Millar
Dead Things (Stephen Blackmoore)
Dead Things
23
Stephen Blackmoore
Dead Time (Eleanor Taylor Bland)
Dead Time
24
Eleanor Taylor Bland
Dead to Me (Mary McCoy)
Dead to Me
25
Mary McCoy
Death of a Red Heroine (Qiu Xiaolong)
Death of a Red Heroine
26
Qiu Xiaolong
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
27
Die a Little (Megan Abbott)
Die a Little
28
Megan Abbott
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
29
Philip K. Dick
Dope (Sara Gran)
Dope
30
Sara Gran
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
31
Dragonfish (Vu Tran)
Dragonfish
32
Vu Tran
Drive (James Sallis)
Drive
33
James Sallis
The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The Expendable Man
34
Dorothy B. Hughes
Fade Out (Suma)
Fade Out
35
Suma
The Fade Out Act 1 (Ed Brubaker)
The Fade Out Act 1
36
Ed Brubaker
Fatale: Death Chases Me
Fatale: Death Chases Me
37
Film Noir Reader (Alain Silver)
Film Noir Reader
38
Alain Silver
Fool's Gold (Dolores Hitchens)
Fool's Gold
39
Dolores Hitchens
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss
40
Elizabeth Hand
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