Best Noir Novels

1.
Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder
Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder 4.16 avg rating — 390 ratings
2.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
3.
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 307 ratings
4.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,184 ratings
5.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,109 ratings
6.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,220 ratings
7.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 4.06 avg rating — 27,751 ratings
8.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,871 ratings
9.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me 3.85 avg rating — 24,518 ratings
10.
Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 210 ratings
11.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,077 ratings
12.
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place 4.12 avg rating — 8,478 ratings
13.
Pop. 1280
Pop. 1280 4.04 avg rating — 11,877 ratings
14.
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
The Hunter (Parker, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 13,929 ratings
15.
Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,657 ratings
16.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,500 ratings
17.
My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 315 ratings
18.
A Taste of Shotgun
A Taste of Shotgun 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings
19.
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train 3.72 avg rating — 36,826 ratings
19.
Savage Highway
Savage Highway 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
21.
Laura
Laura 3.97 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
22.
The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt 4.02 avg rating — 80,953 ratings
23.
The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating — 37,388 ratings
24.
The Continental Op
The Continental Op 4.14 avg rating — 6,569 ratings
25.
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24,728 ratings
26.
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 18,416 ratings
27.
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 27,282 ratings
28.
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2) 3.79 avg rating — 8,313 ratings
29.
So Many Things To Bury
So Many Things To Bury it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
30.
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black 3.87 avg rating — 2,741 ratings
31.
After Dark, My Sweet
After Dark, My Sweet 3.90 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
32.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,357 ratings
33.
Dark Passage
Dark Passage 3.96 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
34.
Dirty Snow
Dirty Snow 3.89 avg rating — 4,174 ratings
35.
The Glass Key
The Glass Key 3.92 avg rating — 13,388 ratings
36.
The Grifters
The Grifters 3.93 avg rating — 11,971 ratings
37.
The Widow
The Widow 3.77 avg rating — 1,254 ratings
38.
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mike Hammer #6)
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mike Hammer #6) 3.67 avg rating — 1,513 ratings
38.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce 3.93 avg rating — 10,536 ratings
40.
The Blonde on the Street Corner
The Blonde on the Street Corner 3.70 avg rating — 327 ratings
41.
Rendezvous in Black
Rendezvous in Black 3.95 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
42.
Pick-Up
Pick-Up 4.01 avg rating — 2,193 ratings
43.
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man 3.84 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
44.
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,942 ratings
45.
A Touch of Death
A Touch of Death 3.84 avg rating — 955 ratings
46.
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 6,592 ratings
47.
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 7,420 ratings
48.
Swell-Looking Babe
Swell-Looking Babe 3.79 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
49.
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8) 4.06 avg rating — 12,876 ratings
50.
Death by Haggis
Death by Haggis
by: Jay Cutts
4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
50.
Depth
Depth 3.55 avg rating — 691 ratings
50.
Countdown to Death
Countdown to Death 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
50.
The Pictures
The Pictures 3.61 avg rating — 438 ratings
54.
The Pure And The Hated
The Pure And The Hated 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
55.
The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus: Rear Window and Other Stories / I Married a Dead Man / Waltz into Darkness
The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus: Rear Window and Other Stories / I Married a Dead Man / Waltz into Darkness 4.20 avg rating — 214 ratings
56.
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4)
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings
57.
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter 4.18 avg rating — 2,806 ratings
58.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley 3.82 avg rating — 7,074 ratings
59.
The Getaway
The Getaway 3.91 avg rating — 7,169 ratings
60.
Bedelia
Bedelia 3.71 avg rating — 424 ratings
61.
The Blackbirder
The Blackbirder 3.71 avg rating — 532 ratings
62.
Memory
Memory 3.76 avg rating — 751 ratings
63.
Before the Fact
Before the Fact 3.59 avg rating — 841 ratings
64.
The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot 4.06 avg rating — 1,326 ratings
65.
Savage Night
Savage Night 3.85 avg rating — 2,498 ratings
66.
Black Wings Has My Angel
Black Wings Has My Angel 4.13 avg rating — 3,529 ratings
67.
Serenade
Serenade 3.55 avg rating — 886 ratings
68.
The Brotherhood of Velvet
The Brotherhood of Velvet 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
69.
A Hell of a Woman
A Hell of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 3,776 ratings
70.
Nightfall
Nightfall 3.88 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
71.
The Iron Gates (Inspector Sands #2)
The Iron Gates (Inspector Sands #2) 3.77 avg rating — 163 ratings
72.
A Stranger In My Grave
A Stranger In My Grave 3.60 avg rating — 813 ratings
73.
The Butterfly
The Butterfly 3.35 avg rating — 519 ratings
74.
Joy House
Joy House
by: Day Keene
3.45 avg rating — 29 ratings
75.
Death's Sweet Song
Death's Sweet Song 4.19 avg rating — 47 ratings