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The English Teacher's Bookshelves Part 1 - Crime and Intrigue

Ever wonder what the Lit. Teacher reads at home? Looking around my home library, I was struck by how eclectic and non-canonical my book collection was. While classics and curriculum standards are certainly present, the number of popular, genre, and academically frowned upon works that I have read and kept fascinates me. Therefore, I have started in one corner and begun to list what I have. Since I tend to organize my library by category and / or authors, I am trying to keep the lists manageable in length and somewhat unified in content. Finally, because I know some people will wonder, there is nothing on this list that I do not actually possess; most are physical books, while a very few are ebooks.
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Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
1
Ellroy
Silent Terror/Killer on the Road (James Ellroy)
Silent Terror/Killer on the Road
2
James Ellroy
Because the Night (Ellroy)
Because the Night
3
Ellroy
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
4
James Ellroy
The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
5
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
6
White Jazz
White Jazz
7
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
8
James Ellroy
The Cold Six Thousand
The Cold Six Thousand
9
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
10
James Ellroy
Perfidia (James Ellroy)
Perfidia
11
James Ellroy
This Storm (James Ellroy)
This Storm
12
James Ellroy
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir (James Ellroy)
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir
13
James Ellroy
Hollywood Nocturnes (Ellroy)
Hollywood Nocturnes
14
Ellroy
Crime Wave (James Ellroy)
Crime Wave
15
James Ellroy
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming
16
Steve Fisher
Into the Night (Woolrich)
Into the Night
17
Woolrich
Phantom Lady (Irish)
Phantom Lady
18
Irish
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Cornell Woolrich)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
19
Cornell Woolrich
The Black Curtain (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Curtain
20
Cornell Woolrich
The Black Path of Fear (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Path of Fear
21
Cornell Woolrich
Black Alibi (Cornell Woolrich)
Black Alibi
22
Cornell Woolrich
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black
23
The Black Angel (Woolrich)
The Black Angel
24
Woolrich
Rendezvous in Black
Rendezvous in Black
25
Waltz Into Darkness (Woolrich)
Waltz Into Darkness
26
Woolrich
Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich)
Rear Window
27
Cornell Woolrich
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man
28
First You Dream, Thenyou Die (Nevins)
First You Dream, Thenyou Die
29
Nevins
Night and Fear (Woolrich)
Night and Fear
30
Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich: From Pulp Noir to Film Noir (Renzi)
Cornell Woolrich: From Pulp Noir to Film Noir
31
Renzi
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
32
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
33
James M. Cain
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce
34
James M. Cain
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s (Robert Polito (Editor))
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s
35
Robert Polito (Editor)
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (Robert Polito (Editor))
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s
36
Robert Polito (Editor)
Dashiell Hammett Novels (Hammett)
Dashiell Hammett Novels
37
Hammett
Raymond Chandler (Chandler)
Raymond Chandler
38
Chandler
Women Crime Writers (Library of America)
Women Crime Writers
39
Library of America
Film Noir Reader (Alain Silver)
Film Noir Reader
40
Alain Silver
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