9 must-read noir books like One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips

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One-Shot Harry

By: Gary Phillips

3.48

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting h…

If you liked the noir plot in One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Heart of the Hunter

By: Deon Meyer , K.L. Seegers

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

Tiny Mpayipheli, a giant man with a gentle demeanor, once earned his living as a government gun for… read more

Similar categories in Deon Meyer's Heart of the Hunter book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

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2. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Von Doviak's Lowdown Road book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2)

By: Walter Mosley

3.87

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter … read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • african american
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Shifty's Boys

By: Chris Offutt

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's Shifty's Boys book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. The Goodbye Coast

By: Joe Ide

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Chandler's iconic detective, Philip Marlowe, gets a dramatic and colorful reinvention at th… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's The Goodbye Coast book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un… read more

Similar categories in Duane Swierczynski's California Bear book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. Don't Know Tough

By: Eli Cranor

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Southern Gothic, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and … read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Don't Know Tough book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"He was drunk, and even NyQuil make a man brave if he drink enough of it."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

"The boys gather around their coach. They're breathing heavy, pupils big and black like drops of ink, a high they'll try and return to the rest of their lives."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

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11. Evergreen (Japantown Mystery #2)

By: Naomi Hirahara

3.75

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Hirahara's Evergreen (Japantown Mystery #2) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) by Walter Mosley

12. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • african american
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1) by Ron Corbett

13. The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1)

By: Ron Corbett

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling new series from Edgar®-nominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator … read more

Similar categories in Ron Corbett's The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. One-Shot Harry

By: Gary Phillips

3.48

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting h… read more

Similar categories in Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
Cover of Fixit (IQ, #6) by Joe Ide

15. Fixit (IQ, #6)

By: Joe Ide

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment in Joe Ide's "superb" series ( Washington Post ), the relentless, hard-bi… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Fixit (IQ, #6) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. The Long Kill

By: Reginald Hill

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired assassin becomes a target in this “feverishly suspenseful . . . tour de force” by the aut… read more

Similar categories in Reginald Hill's The Long Kill book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. Sweet Thing: A Novel

By: David Swinson

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this DC-set standalone from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" ( New York Times B… read more

Similar categories in David Swinson's Sweet Thing: A Novel book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. The Pledge (Detective Betty)

By: Kathleen Kent

4.01

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In this electric conclusion to the Edgar-nominated trilogy, Detective Betty has only two weeks to t… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Kent's The Pledge (Detective Betty) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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19. Joe Hustle

By: Richard Lange

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Joe Hustle has never had much luck—but things start looking up when he meets an intriguing new woma… read more

Similar categories in Richard Lange's Joe Hustle book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • crime
  • fiction
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20. Broiler

By: Eli Cranor

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Broiler book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13) by Joe R. Lansdale

21. Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13)

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

PI Duo Hap & Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13) book and Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

20 Best fiction books like One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips

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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

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Nothing but the Bones

Brian Panowich

4.16

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Lowdown Road

Scott Von Doviak

4.08

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Ozark Dogs

Eli Cranor

3.72

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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The Enchanters

James Ellroy

3.73

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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

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Nick Petrie

4.36

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