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Neo-Noir: Contemporary Crime Fiction

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at contemporary crime fiction and comes up with 35 fine examples of neo-noir, which he defines as crime fiction with a post-modernist existential angst. Or maybe they're simply books that continue to confirm what Raymond Chandler knew all along - "The streets were dark with something more than night."
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The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
1
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
2
James Ellroy
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo
3
Michael Connelly
Bordersnakes (James Crumley)
Bordersnakes
4
James Crumley
Closing Time (Fusilli)
Closing Time
5
Fusilli
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Block)
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
6
Block
Dancing Bear (Crumley)
Dancing Bear
7
Crumley
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
8
The Final Country (James Crumley)
The Final Country
9
James Crumley
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss
10
Elizabeth Hand
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast
11
Neville
Gone, Baby, Gone (Dennis Lehane)
Gone, Baby, Gone
12
Dennis Lehane
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
Hard, Hard City
13
Fusilli
L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
L. A. Confidential
14
Ellroy
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
15
James Crumley
Live by Night (Dennis Lehane)
Live by Night
16
Dennis Lehane
The Mexican Tree Duck (Crumley)
The Mexican Tree Duck
17
Crumley
The Missing Person (Brian Tobin)
The Missing Person
18
Brian Tobin
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
19
Dennis Lehane
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
The Narrows
20
Michael Connelly
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
The Poet
21
Michael Connelly
The Right Madness (Crumley)
The Right Madness
22
Crumley
To the Power of Three (Laura Lippman)
To the Power of Three
23
Laura Lippman
Tribeca Blues (Jim Fusilli)
Tribeca Blues
24
Jim Fusilli
A Well Known Secret (Fusilli)
A Well Known Secret
25
Fusilli
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
26
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
27
White Jazz
White Jazz
28
The Wrong Case (James Crumley)
The Wrong Case
29
James Crumley
The Contortionist's Handbook
The Contortionist's Handbook
30
Kiss Me, Judas (Will Christopher Baer)
Kiss Me, Judas
31
Will Christopher Baer
Penny Dreadful (Will Christopher Baer)
Penny Dreadful
32
Will Christopher Baer
Available Dark (Elizabeth Hand)
Available Dark
33
Elizabeth Hand
The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window
34
A. J. Finn
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
35
Paula Hawkins
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