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Classic and Modern Noir Novels: A Personal View - Page 2

" First you dream, then you die"
Our crime fiction fanatic looks at the roman noir, and comes up with 107 of the best classic and contemporary noir fiction.
7/7/23 Note: It should have been 108. How the hell I left James Ellroy's "The Big Nowhere" off this list, I do not know. It's my favorite of the "L. A. Quartet "; it should be here. Mea Culpa.
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A Hell of a Woman (Jim Thompson)
A Hell of a Woman
41
Jim Thompson
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
42
The High Window (Chandler)
The High Window
43
Chandler
The Hunter
The Hunter
44
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
45
Cornell Woolrich
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming
46
Steve Fisher
I, the Jury (Mickey Spillane)
I, the Jury
47
Mickey Spillane
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
48
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
49
Hughes
Into the Night (Cornell Woolrich)
Into the Night
50
Cornell Woolrich
Jim Thompson: Sleep With the Devil (Michael J. McCauley)
Jim Thompson: Sleep With the Devil
51
Michael J. McCauley
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
52
Jim Thompson
Killer on the Road (James Ellroy)
Killer on the Road
53
James Ellroy
The Killing (White)
The Killing
54
White
The Kill-Off (Jim Thompson)
The Kill-Off
55
Jim Thompson
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly
56
Mickey Spillane
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
57
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake
58
The Last Good Kiss
The Last Good Kiss
59
The Laughing Policeman
The Laughing Policeman
60
The Little Sister (Chandler)
The Little Sister
61
Chandler
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
62
Raymond Chandler
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
63
Hammett
The Mexican Tree Duck (Crumley)
The Mexican Tree Duck
64
Crumley
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
65
The Moon in the Gutter (David Goodis)
The Moon in the Gutter
66
David Goodis
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
67
Dennis Lehane
NIGHT AND THE CITY Gerald Kersh
NIGHT AND THE CITY Gerald Kersh
68
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Cornell Woolrich)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
69
Cornell Woolrich
Nightfall (Goodis)
Nightfall
70
Goodis
The Nothing Man (Jim Thompson)
The Nothing Man
71
Jim Thompson
Nothing More Than Murder (Jim Thompson)
Nothing More Than Murder
72
Jim Thompson
Now and on Earth (Jim Thompson)
Now and on Earth
73
Jim Thompson
Perfidia (Ellroy)
Perfidia
74
Ellroy
Phantom Lady (Irish)
Phantom Lady
75
Irish
Playback (Chandler)
Playback
76
Chandler
Poodle Springs (Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker)
Poodle Springs
77
Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280
78
Jim Thompson
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
79
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
80
Scott Turow
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