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Classic and Modern Noir Novels: A Personal View

" First you dream, then you die"
Our crime fiction fanatic looks at the roman noir, and comes up with 107 of the best classic and contemporary noir fiction.
7/7/23 Note: It should have been 108. How the hell I left James Ellroy's "The Big Nowhere" off this list, I do not know. It's my favorite of the "L. A. Quartet "; it should be here. Mea Culpa.
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52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up
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After Dark, My Sweet (Jim Thompson)
After Dark, My Sweet (Jim Thompson)
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American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
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The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
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Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
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The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
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The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
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Black Alibi (Cornell Woolrich)
Black Alibi (Cornell Woolrich)
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The Black Angel (Woolrich)
The Black Angel (Woolrich)
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The Black Curtain (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Curtain (Cornell Woolrich)
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The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
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The Black Echo
The Black Echo
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The Black Path of Fear (Cornell Woolrich)
The Black Path of Fear (Cornell Woolrich)
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Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
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The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
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Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
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Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
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The Burglar (David Goodis)
The Burglar (David Goodis)
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Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine (Ellroy)
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The Cold Six Thousand
The Cold Six Thousand
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The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
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Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
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Deadline at Dawn (Cornell Woolrich)
Deadline at Dawn (Cornell Woolrich)
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Death Is My Dancing Partner (Cornell Woolrich)
Death Is My Dancing Partner (Cornell Woolrich)
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Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
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Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
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The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
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Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
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Fallen Angel (Holland)
Fallen Angel (Holland)
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Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
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Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
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The Getaway (Jim Thompson)
The Getaway (Jim Thompson)
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
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The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key (Hammett)
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Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
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Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
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The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
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Hardcase (Dan Simmons)
Hardcase (Dan Simmons)
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