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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Works of Noir - Page 2

"I've used a fairly broad definition of noir, including anything with the right atmosphere, whether or not it would typically be shelved in noir; there are books that are more likely to be found in thriller, mystery, crime, horror, and even space opera. If it's got noir elements, and is otherwise must-read, it might be on here." - Annika Barranti Klein
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Ghost Month (Ed Lin)
Ghost Month
41
Ed Lin
The Ghost Network (Catie Disabato)
The Ghost Network
42
Catie Disabato
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
43
Stieg Larsson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
44
Gillian Flynn
Grotesque - Natsuo Kirino
Grotesque - Natsuo Kirino
45
The Gun (Fuminori Nakamura)
The Gun
46
Fuminori Nakamura
The Hidden Light of Mexico City (Carmen Amato)
The Hidden Light of Mexico City
47
Carmen Amato
Hit List (Sarah Cortez)
Hit List
48
Sarah Cortez
The Horizontal Man (Helen Eustis)
The Horizontal Man
49
Helen Eustis
The Hunter
The Hunter
50
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
51
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
52
Hughes
In Praise of Lies (Patricia Melo)
In Praise of Lies
53
Patricia Melo
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
54
The Kept Girl (Kim Cooper)
The Kept Girl
55
Kim Cooper
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
56
Jim Thompson
Lady Killer (Joelle Jones)
Lady Killer
57
Joelle Jones
A Land Without Jasmine (Wajdi Al-Ahdal)
A Land Without Jasmine
58
Wajdi Al-Ahdal
Last Winter We Parted (Nakamura)
Last Winter We Parted
59
Nakamura
Laura
Laura
60
Los Angeles Noir (Denise Hamilton)
Los Angeles Noir
61
Denise Hamilton
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
62
Dashiell Hammett
The Man in My Basement (Walter Mosley)
The Man in My Basement
63
Walter Mosley
Mexico City Noir 2 (Taibo)
Mexico City Noir 2
64
Taibo
Mischief (Charlotte Armstrong)
Mischief
65
Charlotte Armstrong
Money Shot
Money Shot
66
Moroccon Noir (Jonathan Smolin)
Moroccon Noir
67
Jonathan Smolin
The Moving Target
The Moving Target
68
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir (James Ellroy)
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir
69
James Ellroy
New York Noir Crime Photos (William Hannigan)
New York Noir Crime Photos
70
William Hannigan
No Good From a Corpse (Leigh Brackett)
No Good From a Corpse
71
Leigh Brackett
Noir a Novel (Robert Coover)
Noir a Novel
72
Robert Coover
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
73
Natsuo Kirino
Outside the Bones (Lyn Di Iorio)
Outside the Bones
74
Lyn Di Iorio
Parker the Hunter (Darwyn Cooke)
Parker the Hunter
75
Darwyn Cooke
Pasadena (Sherri Smith)
Pasadena
76
Sherri Smith
Pop. 1280
Pop. 1280
77
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
78
James M. Cain
Queenpin (Megan Abbott)
Queenpin
79
Megan Abbott
Radiance (Catherynne M. Valente)
Radiance
80
Catherynne M. Valente
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