Best Crime Pulps

1.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,220 ratings
2.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,184 ratings
3.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,871 ratings
4.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,109 ratings
5.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me 3.85 avg rating — 24,518 ratings
6.
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 27,282 ratings
7.
Pop. 1280
Pop. 1280 4.04 avg rating — 11,877 ratings
8.
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11) 4.07 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
9.
The Glass Key
The Glass Key 3.92 avg rating — 13,389 ratings
10.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 4.06 avg rating — 27,751 ratings
11.
The Grifters
The Grifters 3.93 avg rating — 11,971 ratings
12.
The Getaway
The Getaway 3.91 avg rating — 7,169 ratings
13.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle 4.05 avg rating — 10,370 ratings
13.
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 93,950 ratings
15.
Rear Window and Other Stories
Rear Window and Other Stories 3.98 avg rating — 1,942 ratings
16.
My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 315 ratings
17.
Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,657 ratings
18.
Red Harvest
Red Harvest 3.95 avg rating — 29,077 ratings
19.
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential 4.18 avg rating — 35,727 ratings
20.
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 7,428 ratings
21.
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24,728 ratings
22.
Laura
Laura 3.97 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
23.
Nightfall
Nightfall 3.88 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
23.
The Burglar
The Burglar 3.99 avg rating — 655 ratings
25.
After Dark, My Sweet
After Dark, My Sweet 3.90 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
26.
Rendezvous in Black
Rendezvous in Black 3.95 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
27.
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye 4.17 avg rating — 68,195 ratings
28.
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man 3.84 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
28.
Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us 3.68 avg rating — 812 ratings
30.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 3.86 avg rating — 11,220 ratings
31.
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16)
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16) 3.94 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
31.
Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1)
Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1)
by: Ted Lewis
3.94 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
31.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,703 ratings
34.
The Zebra-Striped Hearse (Lew Archer, #10)
The Zebra-Striped Hearse (Lew Archer, #10) 4.10 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
35.
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black 3.87 avg rating — 2,741 ratings
36.
Savage Night
Savage Night 3.85 avg rating — 2,498 ratings
37.
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 18,416 ratings
38.
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s 4.37 avg rating — 875 ratings
39.
The Galton Case (Lew Archer, #8)
The Galton Case (Lew Archer, #8) 4.07 avg rating — 4,130 ratings
40.
The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room
The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room 3.86 avg rating — 84,254 ratings
41.
Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man
Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man 4.39 avg rating — 2,233 ratings
41.
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle 3.93 avg rating — 2,341 ratings
41.
The Getaway
The Getaway 3.91 avg rating — 7,169 ratings
44.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,357 ratings
45.
Mystery
Mystery 3.96 avg rating — 4,332 ratings
46.
Leave Her to Heaven
Leave Her to Heaven 3.99 avg rating — 802 ratings
47.
Waltz into Darkness
Waltz into Darkness 3.73 avg rating — 765 ratings
48.
The Far Side of the Dollar (Lew Archer, #12)
The Far Side of the Dollar (Lew Archer, #12) 4.08 avg rating — 1,839 ratings
48.
The Fade Out, Vol. 1
The Fade Out, Vol. 1 3.88 avg rating — 5,601 ratings
50.
Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1)
Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 8,658 ratings
51.
The Twenty-Year Death
The Twenty-Year Death 3.65 avg rating — 841 ratings
51.
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) 3.79 avg rating — 10,811 ratings
53.
Find a Victim (Lew Archer, #5)
Find a Victim (Lew Archer, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
54.
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score 4.29 avg rating — 2,758 ratings
55.
Shattered
Shattered 3.63 avg rating — 116 ratings
56.
Black Money (Lew Archer, #13)
Black Money (Lew Archer, #13) 3.95 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
57.
Cold in July
Cold in July 3.94 avg rating — 2,861 ratings
58.
The Wycherly Woman (Lew Archer, #9)
The Wycherly Woman (Lew Archer, #9) 4.07 avg rating — 1,473 ratings
59.
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Bunny Lake Is Missing 3.50 avg rating — 448 ratings
59.
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled 3.74 avg rating — 3,585 ratings
61.
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7) 3.81 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
61.
The Cocktail Waitress
The Cocktail Waitress 3.55 avg rating — 2,744 ratings
63.
The Moon in the Gutter
The Moon in the Gutter 3.69 avg rating — 557 ratings
64.
The Barbarous Coast
The Barbarous Coast 3.86 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
65.
Nothing More Than Murder
Nothing More Than Murder 3.72 avg rating — 1,212 ratings
66.
The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6)
The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 775 ratings
67.
The Big Clock
The Big Clock 3.84 avg rating — 2,650 ratings
67.
The Doomsters (Lew Archer, #7)
The Doomsters (Lew Archer, #7) 3.92 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
69.
The Goodbye Look (Lew Archer, #15)
The Goodbye Look (Lew Archer, #15) 3.95 avg rating — 1,771 ratings
70.
The Instant Enemy
The Instant Enemy 4.04 avg rating — 1,069 ratings
71.
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18)
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
72.
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,942 ratings
73.
The Three-Headed Dog
The Three-Headed Dog 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings
73.
Roughneck
Roughneck 3.75 avg rating — 690 ratings
73.
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories 4.22 avg rating — 359 ratings
73.
The Pictures
The Pictures 3.61 avg rating — 438 ratings
77.
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 7,420 ratings
77.
Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn 3.82 avg rating — 363 ratings
79.
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s 4.38 avg rating — 486 ratings
80.
The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3)
The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 779 ratings
81.
Fatale
Fatale 3.62 avg rating — 2,690 ratings
81.
Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories
Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories 4.16 avg rating — 191 ratings
83.
West Coast Blues
West Coast Blues 3.85 avg rating — 628 ratings
83.
The Black Mass of Brother Springer
The Black Mass of Brother Springer 3.97 avg rating — 352 ratings
85.
Run Man Run
Run Man Run 3.77 avg rating — 297 ratings
86.
Dark Passage
Dark Passage 3.96 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
87.
Russian Pulp: The Detektiv and the Russian Way of Crime
Russian Pulp: The Detektiv and the Russian Way of Crime 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
88.
The Dylan Dog Case Files
The Dylan Dog Case Files 3.93 avg rating — 570 ratings
89.
The Thief
The Thief 3.52 avg rating — 8,128 ratings
89.
Memory
Memory 3.76 avg rating — 751 ratings
91.
The Prone Gunman
The Prone Gunman 3.61 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
91.
Swell-Looking Babe
Swell-Looking Babe 3.79 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
93.
Shooters
Shooters 3.60 avg rating — 60 ratings
94.
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps 4.15 avg rating — 897 ratings
95.
The New Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction
The New Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction 3.77 avg rating — 64 ratings
96.
Bait
Bait 3.37 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
97.
An Air That Kills / Do Evil in Return
An Air That Kills / Do Evil in Return 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
97.
The Blank Wall
The Blank Wall 3.82 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
99.
The Death Wish
The Death Wish 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings
100.
Cape Fear
Cape Fear 4.04 avg rating — 14,596 ratings
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