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Hard Boiled Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,619
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 143 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.95 � 164,383 ratings � published 1939
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.87 � 112,687 ratings � published 1930
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 84 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.10 � 41,703 ratings � published 1940
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 81 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.19 � 45,253 ratings � published 1953
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 78 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.95 � 28,968 ratings � published 1927
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
by (shelved 67 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.04 � 24,616 ratings � published 1942
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 67 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.06 � 27,125 ratings � published 1943
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
by (shelved 48 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.98 � 18,335 ratings � published 1949
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.18 � 35,636 ratings � published 1990
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.90 � 37,246 ratings � published 1934
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)
by (shelved 38 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.08 � 341,723 ratings � published 1997
Trouble Is My Business (Philip Marlowe, #8)
by (shelved 38 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.06 � 12,836 ratings � published 1950
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.76 � 46,815 ratings � published 1934
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.78 � 93,710 ratings � published 1987
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.09 � 18,094 ratings � published 1988
The Glass Key (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.92 � 13,331 ratings � published 1931
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.79 � 10,776 ratings � published 1958
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.99 � 13,850 ratings � published 1962
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.79 � 8,266 ratings � published 1929
Double Indemnity (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.06 � 27,610 ratings � published 1936
The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.86 � 24,406 ratings � published 1952
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.07 � 158,950 ratings � published 1998
The Simple Art of Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.13 � 6,201 ratings � published 1944
The Colorado Kid (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.38 � 57,409 ratings � published 2005
Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.12 � 137,216 ratings � published 1999
Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 25 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.04 � 11,767 ratings � published 1964
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.62 � 6,545 ratings � published 1947
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.93 � 7,395 ratings � published 1950
The Grifters (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.93 � 11,960 ratings � published 1963
The Continental Op (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.14 � 6,566 ratings � published 1930
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.87 � 29,173 ratings � published 1990
The Deep Blue Good-By (Travis McGee, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.91 � 19,379 ratings � published 1964
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.05 � 8,460 ratings � published 1978
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.04 � 112,324 ratings � published 2002
The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.87 � 11,856 ratings � published 1976
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.93 � 45,018 ratings � published 1994
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.80 � 4,899 ratings � published 1949
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.16 � 41,312 ratings � published 1998
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.92 � 9,568 ratings � published 1992
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.02 � 3,097 ratings � published 1951
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.86 � 189,679 ratings � published 1982
Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.75 � 24,685 ratings � published 2010
Already Dead (Joe Pitt, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.80 � 10,514 ratings � published 2005
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.20 � 19,594 ratings � published 1995
Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.94 � 12,392 ratings � published 1992
D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.89 � 44,766 ratings � published 1987
M is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, #13)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.10 � 72,144 ratings � published 1996
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.05 � 10,269 ratings � published 1971
Deadly Edge (Parker, #13)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 4.11 � 1,790 ratings � published 1971
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-boiled)
avg rating 3.92 � 20,812 ratings � published 1973
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”
― Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories
― Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories
“He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway.”
― The Long Goodbye
― The Long Goodbye
