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Hard-Boiled: Great Crime/ Detective/Noir Fiction 2024 Edition - Page 2

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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The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
41
The Enchanters (James Ellroy)
The Enchanters
42
James Ellroy
The Expendable Man (Dorothy B. Hughes)
The Expendable Man
43
Dorothy B. Hughes
Fallen Angel (Holland)
Fallen Angel
44
Holland
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
45
Chandler
The Fiend (Margaret Millar)
The Fiend
46
Margaret Millar
The Final Country (James Crumley)
The Final Country
47
James Crumley
Fool's Gold (Dolores Hitchens)
Fool's Gold
48
Dolores Hitchens
Four Novells of Fear (Cornell Woolrich)
Four Novells of Fear
49
Cornell Woolrich
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
50
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
51
Elmore Leonard
The Getaway (Jim Thompson)
The Getaway
52
Jim Thompson
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
53
Paula Hawkins
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
54
Hammett
Glitz (Elmore Leonard)
Glitz
55
Elmore Leonard
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
56
The Grifters
The Grifters
57
Hard as Nails (Simmons)
Hard as Nails
58
Simmons
Hard Freeze (Simmons)
Hard Freeze
59
Simmons
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
Hard, Hard City
60
Fusilli
Hardcase (Dan Simmons)
Hardcase
61
Dan Simmons
Heaven's Prisoners (1988)
Heaven's Prisoners (1988)
62
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
63
The High Window (Chandler)
The High Window
64
Chandler
Hollywood Nocturnes (Ellroy)
Hollywood Nocturnes
65
Ellroy
The Horizontal Man (Helen Eustis)
The Horizontal Man
66
Helen Eustis
The Hunter
The Hunter
67
I the Jury
I the Jury
68
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
69
Cornell Woolrich
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming
70
Steve Fisher
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (1993)
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (1993)
71
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
72
Hughes
Into the Night (Cornell Woolrich)
Into the Night
73
Cornell Woolrich
Kay Scarpetta Novels (Patricia Cornwell)
Kay Scarpetta Novels
74
Patricia Cornwell
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
75
Jim Thompson
The Killing (White)
The Killing
76
White
Killshot (Elmore Leonard)
Killshot
77
Elmore Leonard
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly
78
Mickey Spillane
L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy)
L.A. Confidential
79
James Ellroy
The Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler)
The Lady in the Lake
80
Raymond Chandler
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