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Hard Boiled : 100 Great Crime/ Detective/ Noir Novels - Page 2

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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The Glass Key
The Glass Key
41
Glitz
Glitz
42
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
43
Gorky Park
Gorky Park
44
Hangover Square (Patrick Hamilton)
Hangover Square
45
Patrick Hamilton
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
Hard, Hard City
46
Fusilli
Hardcase (Dan Simmons)
Hardcase
47
Dan Simmons
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
48
The High Window
The High Window
49
The Hunter
The Hunter
50
I the Jury
I the Jury
51
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man
52
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming
53
Steve Fisher
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (1993)
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (1993)
54
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
55
Hughes
In a Strange City (Laura Lippman)
In a Strange City
56
Laura Lippman
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
57
Jim Thompson
The Killing (White)
The Killing
58
White
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly
59
Mickey Spillane
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
60
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake
61
The Last Good Kiss
The Last Good Kiss
62
The Laughing Policeman
The Laughing Policeman
63
The Little Sister
The Little Sister
64
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
65
Raymond Chandler
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos
66
Joseph Kanon
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
67
Dashiell Hammett
The Mexican Tree Duck (Crumley)
The Mexican Tree Duck
68
Crumley
Miami Purity (Hendriks)
Miami Purity
69
Hendriks
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
70
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
71
Dennis Lehane
NIGHT AND THE CITY Gerald Kersh
NIGHT AND THE CITY Gerald Kersh
72
Nightfall (Goodis)
Nightfall
73
Goodis
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
74
Cormac McCarthy
Phantom Lady (Irish)
Phantom Lady
75
Irish
The Poet
The Poet
76
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280
77
Jim Thompson
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
78
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem
79
Rear Window
Rear Window
80
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