The most popular noir books

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.

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The Thin Man
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The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

1972 · 2001 edition

269 pages

Rapture in Death
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Rapture in Death

Nora Roberts, Lola Romaní

1996 · 2011 edition

380 pages

Spin
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Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

2005 · 2006 edition

454 pages

Past Tense
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Past Tense

Lee Child

Published 2018

400 pages

The Long Goodbye
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The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler

1973 · 2023 edition

339 pages

Night School
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Night School

Lee Child

2014 · 2017 edition

478 pages

N Is For Noose
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N Is For Noose

Sue Grafton

1998 · 2012 edition

353 pages

Wild Fire
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Wild Fire

Nelson DeMille

Published 2006

519 pages