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Hard-Boiled: Great Crime/ Detective/Noir Fiction 2024 Edition

A retired literature teacher's revised 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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Alex McKnight Series (Hamilton)
Alex McKnight Series
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Hamilton
Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon
3
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
4
James Ellroy
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
5
Bandits
Bandits
6
Be Cool
Be Cool
7
Beast in View (Margaret Millar)
Beast in View
8
Margaret Millar
Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
9
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
10
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
11
James Ellroy
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
12
Chandler
Black Alibi (Cornell Woolrich)
Black Alibi
13
Cornell Woolrich
The Black Angel (Woolrich)
The Black Angel
14
Woolrich
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
15
The Black Curtain (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Curtain
16
Cornell Woolrich
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
17
James Ellroy
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
18
The Black Ice (Michael Connelly)
The Black Ice
19
Michael Connelly
The Black Path of Fear (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Path of Fear
20
Cornell Woolrich
The Blank Wall (Elisabeth Sanxay Holding)
The Blank Wall
21
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
22
James Ellroy
The Blunderer (Patricia Highsmith)
The Blunderer
23
Patricia Highsmith
Bordersnakes (James Crumley)
Bordersnakes
24
James Crumley
The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
25
Woolrich
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past)
26
Geoffrey Homes
Cape Fear (John D. MacDonald)
Cape Fear
27
John D. MacDonald
City Primeval (Elmore Leonard)
City Primeval
28
Elmore Leonard
Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
29
Ellroy
Closing Time (Fusilli)
Closing Time
30
Fusilli
The Cold Six Thousand (James Ellroy)
The Cold Six Thousand
31
James Ellroy
The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
The Dain Curse
32
Dashiell Hammett
The Damsel (Richard Stark)
The Damsel
33
Richard Stark
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage
34
David Goodis
Dead Calm (Charles Williams)
Dead Calm
35
Charles Williams
Deadline at Dawn (Cornell Woolrich)
Deadline at Dawn
36
Cornell Woolrich
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
37
Doll (Ed McBain)
Doll
38
Ed McBain
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
39
Down There (David Goodis)
Down There
40
David Goodis
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