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The Best Noir Books of All-Time

Here's a selection of top noir books. The list includes both fiction and non-fiction books. Have you read any of these books yet?
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Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon
1
Drive (James Sallis)
Drive
2
James Sallis
Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
3
Raymond Chandler
He Died With His Eyes Open (Derek Raymond)
He Died With His Eyes Open
4
Derek Raymond
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
5
James Ellroy
Pop. 1280 (Jim Thompson)
Pop. 1280
6
Jim Thompson
Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player
7
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
8
Patricia Highsmith
The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
9
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
10
Raymond Chandler
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
11
James Ellroy
The Cold Six Thousand
The Cold Six Thousand
12
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
13
The Getaway (Jim Thompson)
The Getaway
14
Jim Thompson
THE GLASS KEY Dashiell Hammett
THE GLASS KEY Dashiell Hammett
15
The Hunter
The Hunter
16
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake
17
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
18
Raymond Chandler
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
19
Dashiell Hammett
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
Winter's Bone
20
Daniel Woodrell
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage
21
David Goodis
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
22
Cormac McCarthy
The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
23
Cornell Woolrich
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
24
Jim Thompson
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
25
James M. Cain
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
26
Dashiell Hammett
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
27
James M. Cain
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