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66 Years of Reading: Noir and Neo-Noir Fiction - Page 5

I learned to read at age 6. In the subsequent 66 years books and reading have informed every aspect of my life - professional, personal, and recreational - and I now find myself surrounded by books of all kinds and genres. Here are some of the books I consider to be roman noir and neo-noir; while some may at first glance seem to be just detective stories, they are all filled with a darkness and a pessimism that make them something ELSE. I have enjoyed them all immensely , ever since my father gave me a dog-eared paperback of "The Maltese Falcon" and I realized it was more than a mystery.
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Hardcase (Dan Simmons)
Hardcase (Dan Simmons)
162
Hard Freeze (Simmons)
Hard Freeze (Simmons)
163
Hard as Nails (Simmons)
Hard as Nails (Simmons)
164
A Drink Before the War
A Drink Before the War
165
Darkness Take My Hand
Darkness Take My Hand
166
Sacred (Dennis Lehane)
Sacred (Dennis Lehane)
167
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
168
Prayers for Rain (1999)
Prayers for Rain (1999)
169
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
170
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
171
Moonlight Mile (Dennis Lehane)
Moonlight Mile (Dennis Lehane)
172
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
173
Blood Work (Michael Connelly)
Blood Work (Michael Connelly)
174
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
175
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
176
Stardust (Joseph Kanon)
Stardust (Joseph Kanon)
177
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
178
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
179
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
180
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
181
Closing Time (Fusilli)
Closing Time (Fusilli)
182
A Well-Known Secret (Fusilli)
A Well-Known Secret (Fusilli)
183
Tribeca Blues (Fusilli)
Tribeca Blues (Fusilli)
184
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
185
Every Secret Thing
Every Secret Thing
186
To the Power of Three (Laura Lippman)
To the Power of Three (Laura Lippman)
187
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
188
I'd Know You Anywhere (Laura Lippman)
I'd Know You Anywhere (Laura Lippman)
189
Wilde Lake (Laura Lippman)
Wilde Lake (Laura Lippman)
190
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
191
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
192
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
193
Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King)
Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King)
194
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
195
End of Watch (Stephen King)
End of Watch (Stephen King)
196
The Outsider (Stephen King)
The Outsider (Stephen King)
197
If It Bleeds (Stephen King)
If It Bleeds (Stephen King)
198
Holly (Stephen King)
Holly (Stephen King)
199
The Name of the Game Is Death (Dan J. Marlowe)
The Name of the Game Is Death (Dan J. Marlowe)
200
Dead Calm (Charles Williams)
Dead Calm (Charles Williams)
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