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Classic and Modern Noir Novels: A Personal View - Page 3

" 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 Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem
81
Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich)
Rear Window
82
Cornell Woolrich
Recoil (Jim Thompson)
Recoil
83
Jim Thompson
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
84
Dashiell Hammett
Rendezvous in Black (Cornell Woolrich)
Rendezvous in Black
85
Cornell Woolrich
Return of the Thin Man (Dashiel Hammett)
Return of the Thin Man
86
Dashiel Hammett
Ride the Pink Horse (Hughes)
Ride the Pink Horse
87
Hughes
The Right Madness (Crumley)
The Right Madness
88
Crumley
The Rip-Off (Jim Thompson)
The Rip-Off
89
Jim Thompson
Satan Is a Woman (Gil Brewer)
Satan Is a Woman
90
Gil Brewer
Savage Night (Jim Thompon)
Savage Night
91
Jim Thompon
Shoot the Piano Player (David Goodis)
Shoot the Piano Player
92
David Goodis
Stardust (Joseph Kanon)
Stardust
93
Joseph Kanon
Strangler's Serenade (Cornell Woolrich)
Strangler's Serenade
94
Cornell Woolrich
Street of No Return (David Goodis)
Street of No Return
95
David Goodis
A Swell-Looking Babe (Jim Thompson)
A Swell-Looking Babe
96
Jim Thompson
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Horace McCoy)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
97
Horace McCoy
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
98
Dashiell Hammett
This Storm (James Ellroy)
This Storm
99
James Ellroy
True Confessions
True Confessions
100
Unknown Man No. 89
Unknown Man No. 89
101
A Walk Among the Tombstones
A Walk Among the Tombstones
102
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
103
White Jazz
White Jazz
104
Widespread Panic (James Ellroy)
Widespread Panic
105
James Ellroy
Wild Town (Jim Thompson)
Wild Town
106
Jim Thompson
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
Winter's Bone
107
Daniel Woodrell
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