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Hard Boiled : 100 Great Crime/ Detective/ Noir Novels

A literature teacher's personal view of the best crime genre novels. These are great stories and often overlooked and under appreciated works of literature. Some of the greatest writing is genre fiction, especially crime fiction.
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"A" Is for Alibi (Grafton)
"A" Is for Alibi
1
Grafton
52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up
2
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
3
Bret Easton Ellis
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
4
James Ellroy
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
5
Baltimore Blues (Laura Lippman)
Baltimore Blues
6
Laura Lippman
Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
7
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
8
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
9
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
10
Raymond Chandler
The Black Angel (Woolrich)
The Black Angel
11
Woolrich
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
12
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
13
James Ellroy
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
14
The Body Farm (Patricia Cornwell)
The Body Farm
15
Patricia Cornwell
Bordersnakes (James Crumley)
Bordersnakes
16
James Crumley
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black
17
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
18
Graham Greene
Brothers in Arms (Kirst)
Brothers in Arms
19
Kirst
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
20
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past)
21
Geoffrey Homes
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
22
Barbara Vine
Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
23
Ellroy
Closing Time (Fusilli)
Closing Time
24
Fusilli
A Cold Day in Paradise (Steve Hamilton)
A Cold Day in Paradise
25
Steve Hamilton
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse
27
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
28
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
29
Barbara Vine
Darker Than Amber (MacDonald)
Darker Than Amber
30
MacDonald
The Deep Blue Good-By
The Deep Blue Good-By
31
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
32
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
33
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
34
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
35
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
36
Raymond Chandler
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
37
The Getaway
The Getaway
38
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast
39
Neville
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
40
Stieg Larsson
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