The most popular noir books of 2020

Noir is crime fiction at its darkest. Its heroes are tired detectives, small-time crooks and ordinary people who make one bad choice, and the world around them is corrupt from top to bottom. Hard-boiled classics sit here beside modern noir. Expect sharp dialogue, moral gray and few happy endings. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Powder Burn
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Powder Burn

Ty Patterson

Published 2020

448 pages

The Train
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The Train

Roger Wheatley

Published 2020

304 pages

Jade to Black
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Jade to Black

Scott Denney

Published 2020

336 pages

Addis Ababa Noir
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Addis Ababa Noir

Maaza Mengiste, Sulaiman S. M. Y. Addonia, Mikael Awake

2020 · 2025 edition

266 pages

Noir Rehab
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Noir Rehab

Carl Waldman

Published 2020

228 pages

Slow Slicing
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Slow Slicing

Tony Forder

Published 2020

386 pages

Johnny Dynamite
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Johnny Dynamite

Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty, Pete Morisi

Published 2020

184 pages

Bad Aim
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Bad Aim

Alan Lee

Published 2020

274 pages

Amico
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Amico

Evelyn Montgomery

Published 2020

336 pages

Cut Me In
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Cut Me In

Jack Karney

Published 2020

190 pages