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Noir as Noir Can Be (With Some Neo-Noir Thrown In)

Roman noir. Black novels. World weary gumshoes and femme fatales. Mean streets and dark alleys. Lost innocence and secret guilt. Broken hearts and broken dreams. Fate and free will. Hope and despair. Pessimism and nihilism Before film noir there was this dark fiction of crime and retribution. Here are some of the best (some classic noir, some neo-noir) examples of the form. Roman noir. First you dream; then you die.
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361 (Donald Westlake)
361
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Donald Westlake
52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up
2
After Dark, My Sweet (Jim Thompson)
After Dark, My Sweet
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Jim Thompson
All the Flowers Are Dying
All the Flowers Are Dying
4
All Shot Up (Harlem Cycle #5) (Chester Himes)
All Shot Up (Harlem Cycle #5)
5
Chester Himes
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
6
James Ellroy
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
7
Ask the Parrot (Richard Stark)
Ask the Parrot
8
Richard Stark
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
9
The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder (Block)
The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder
10
Block
Available Dark (Elizabeth Hand)
Available Dark
11
Elizabeth Hand
Backflash (Richard Stark)
Backflash
12
Richard Stark
The Badge (Jack Webb)
The Badge
13
Jack Webb
Baltimore Blues (Laura Lippman)
Baltimore Blues
14
Laura Lippman
Bandits
Bandits
15
Because the Night (Ellroy)
Because the Night
16
Ellroy
Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
17
Beyond the Night (Cornell Woolrich)
Beyond the Night
18
Cornell Woolrich
The Big Clock (Fearing)
The Big Clock
19
Fearing
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
20
James Ellroy
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
21
Chandler
Black Alibi (Cornell Woolrich)
Black Alibi
22
Cornell Woolrich
Black Alley (Mickey Spillane)
Black Alley
23
Mickey Spillane
The Black Angel (Woolrich)
The Black Angel
24
Woolrich
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
25
The Black Curtain (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Curtain
26
Cornell Woolrich
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
27
James Ellroy
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
28
The Black Ice (Michael Connelly)
The Black Ice
29
Michael Connelly
The Black Ice Score (Richard Stark)
The Black Ice Score
30
Richard Stark
The Black Path of Fear (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Path of Fear
31
Cornell Woolrich
The Blackbird (Richard Stark)
The Blackbird
32
Richard Stark
Blood Is the Sky (Steve Hamilton)
Blood Is the Sky
33
Steve Hamilton
Blood on the Moon (James Ellroy)
Blood on the Moon
34
James Ellroy
Blood Work (Michael Connelly)
Blood Work
35
Michael Connelly
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
36
James Ellroy
The Book of Lamps and Banners (Elizabeth Hand)
The Book of Lamps and Banners
37
Elizabeth Hand
Bordersnakes (Crumley)
Bordersnakes
38
Crumley
Breakout (Richard Stark)
Breakout
39
Richard Stark
The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
40
Woolrich
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