Neo Noir


Certain Dark Things
Kiss Me, Judas
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Zero Saints
The Contortionist's Handbook
The New Black
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
Dermaphoria
Herniated Roots
Gravesend
Drive (Drive, #1)
No Country for Old Men
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye
Shutter Island
The Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Getaway by Jim Thompson
Alan Guthrie's 200 Noirs
118 books — 34 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettA CLUE LEFT HANGING by C.K. PhillipsFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Crime Pulps
162 books — 39 voters

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyMystic River by Dennis LehaneOut by Natsuo KirinoWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellDrive by James Sallis
Best Literary Crime Novels
29 books — 1 voter
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarEven Though I Knew the End by C.L. PolkAll Systems Red by Martha WellsRogue Protocol by Martha WellsArtificial Condition by Martha Wells
Noir but Weird
47 books — 6 voters

“ Los Angeles was black, full dark no stars, hills everywhere. There were long stretches of road and sidewalks, on either side neon signs, overhead street-lamps, standing in protest to the overwhelming blackness of the night. The town's lighting seemed powerless against it. Houses were darkened, some hidden on back roads, behind gates and walled gardens. No one seemed to walk anywhere at night. And yet, the city seemed alive. Not like New York, not like a live wire, a town hopped up on electricity ...more ”
― H.L. Sudler, Night as We Know It

Philip  Elliott
“ Nobody knows Los Angeles until they’ve been entranced by it, corrupted by it, cast out from it, and returned to it on their knees begging it to save them, and Richie knew Los Angeles. He knew it better than anyone. This time he would tame the beast and make it his own—this time he would win. ”
― Philip Elliott, Porno Valley

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