Hardboiled Detective and Crime Nonfiction
1. 
Gumshoe America: Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Rise and Fall of New Deal Liberalism
by:
Sean McCann
4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings 
1. 
Detectives in the Shadows: A Hard-Boiled History
by:
Susanna Lee
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 40 ratings 4. 
Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines
by:
Erin A. Smith
3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings 
6. 
Hardboiled Mystery Writers: Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald: A Literary Reference 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings
6. 
A Mysterious Something in the Light: The Life of Raymond Chandler
by:
Tom Williams
4.08 avg rating — 170 ratings 8. 
Paperback Confidential: Crime Writers of the Paperback Era
by:
Brian Ritt
4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings 8. 
Cheap Thrills: The Amazing! Thrilling! Astonishing! History of Pulp Fiction
by:
Ron Goulart
3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings 
10. 
Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks And The Masters Of Noir
by:
Geoffrey O'Brien
3.86 avg rating — 114 ratings 12. 
The Great American Paperback: An Illustrated Tribute to Legends of the Book 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of Detective Fiction
by:
William F. Nolan
4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings