6 best-selling noir books like Criminal (2019-) #1 by Ed Brubaker

Cover of Criminal (2019-) #1 by Ed Brubaker

Criminal (2019-) #1

By: Ed Brubaker

4.38

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RETURN OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CRIME COMIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY! Hot off their bestselling series…

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Cover of Death: The Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Malcolm Jones III, Mark Buckingham, None, P. Craig Russell, Colleen Doran, Dave McKean

1. Death: The Deluxe Edition

By: Neil Gaiman , Chris Bachalo , Malcolm Jones III , Mark Buckingham , None , P. Craig Russell , Colleen Doran , Dave McKean

4.40

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

From the pages of Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN comes fan-favorite character Death… read more

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"Look...it's not that easy. Let me tell you what you get. You get life, and breath, a world to walk and a path through the world--and the free will to wander the world as you choose."

-Neil Gaiman, Death: The Deluxe Edition

"Now this comic contains words, concepts and maybe a few images that some people may find offensive. If you suspect you are going to be one of those people, there's a really easy solution to this. Don…"

-Neil Gaiman, Death: The Deluxe Edition

Cover of Invincible, Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers by Tom Brevoort, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Bill Crabtree

2. Invincible, Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers

By: Tom Brevoort , Robert Kirkman , Ryan Ottley , Bill Crabtree

4.31

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Mark Grayson is just like everyone else his age, except that his father is the most powerful super-… read more

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Cover of Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth by Rick Remender, Lee Loughridge, David Lapham, Wes Craig

3. Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

By: Rick Remender , Lee Loughridge , David Lapham , Wes Craig

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

It’s 1987. Marcus Lopez hates school. His grades suck. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can’t… read more

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"Happiness is just the absence of pain. It's the best I can hope for."

-Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

"It's me . My anxiety. I do this thing after I'm around people where I obsessively overanalyze every interaction to see where I went wrong or who I offended."

-Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

"But I've always been terrified of the future. Even back then, I couldn't stop thinking about what everyone else ignored so skillfully. We're all going to die. And bad things are waiting around every …"

-Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

Cover of Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Joe R. Lansdale

4. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Comics

Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more

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"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

Cover of Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents… (Watchmen, #1) by Alan             Moore, Len Wein, John    Higgins, Dave Gibbons

5. Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents… (Watchmen, #1)

By: Alan Moore , Len Wein , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons

4.33

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Watchmen Chapter 1 of 12: At Midnight, All The Agents... read more

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Cover of Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark

6. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A high-octane trip across America, The Score finds Parker assembling the best caper men he can find… read more

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Cover of Daytripper by None, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Craig Thompson, Sean Konot

7. Daytripper

By: None , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá , Craig Thompson , Sean Konot

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What are the most important days of your life? Meet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of… read more

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"And sometimes we die to prove that we lived."

-None, Daytripper

"It's strange being famous. People think they know you."

-None, Daytripper

"He feels safer just knowing that even if he's away there is a home waiting for him to return."

-None, Daytripper

"She was the most beautiful creature on Earth - her hair said so in that language only hair can speak."

-None, Daytripper

Cover of The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) by James Ellroy

8. The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)

By: James Ellroy

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hu… read more

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Cover of Batman: Broken City by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, Bob Schreck

9. Batman: Broken City

By: Brian Azzarello , Eduardo Risso , Bob Schreck

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Batman: Broken City presents a profound examination of the Darknight Detective and the grim metropo… read more

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Cover of Black Hole by Charles Burns

10. Black Hole

By: Charles Burns

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon… read more

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Cover of Miami Blues by Elmore Leonard, Charles Willeford

11. Miami Blues

By: Elmore Leonard , Charles Willeford

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room… read more

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Cover of Preacher, Book 5 by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon

12. Preacher, Book 5

By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Writer Garth Ennis's violent, scabrous journey across America's religious landscape continues in th… read more

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13. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (The Dark Knight Saga, #1)

By: Frank Miller , Klaus Janson , Lynn Varley

4.32

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker… read more

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14. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Scott Pilgrim just turned 24, and things couldn't possibly be better! This means things are about t… read more

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15. Out from Boneville (Bone, #1)

By: Jeff Smith , Steve Hamaker

3.97

Format: 68 pages, Paperback

After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone, … read more

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Cover of Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion

16. Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family

By: Scott Snyder , Greg Capullo , Jonathan Glapion

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A #1 New York Times bestseller! One year ago, the Joker limped off the streets of Gotham, mutila… read more

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"Look into his eyes and tell yourself he's just a man. Tell yourself he can't know the things he says he does. He can't know your fears. But he has Alfred. He has your friend. And his eyes... you have…"

-Scott Snyder, Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family

17. Asterios Polyp

By: David Mazzucchelli

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The triumphant return of one of comics' greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man's sea… read more

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18. We3

By: Grant Morrison , Frank Quitely

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely tell the unforgettable story of three innocent pets-… read more

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Cover of Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV

19. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1

By: James Tynion IV

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer’s Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysteri… read more

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Cover of Monica by Daniel Clowes

20. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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Cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

21. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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Cover of Do a Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson

22. Do a Powerbomb!

By: Daniel Warren Johnson

4.52

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the… read more

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Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

23. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

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"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

Cover of Gideon Falls, Vol. 1: The Black Barn by Jeff Lemire

24. Gideon Falls, Vol. 1: The Black Barn

By: Jeff Lemire

4.15

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The legend of the Black Barn tells of an otherworldly building that has appeared and reappeared thr… read more

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Cover of The Human Target: Volume 2 by Tom King

25. The Human Target: Volume 2

By: Tom King

4.36

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Chance has 12 days to solve his own murder! Superstar writer Tom King and acclaimed art… read more

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Cover of The Human Target, Volume 1 by Tom King

26. The Human Target, Volume 1

By: Tom King

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Chance has 12 days to solve his own murder! Superstar writer Tom King and acclaimed art… read more

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Cover of That Texas Blood, Vol. 1 by Chris Condon

27. That Texas Blood, Vol. 1

By: Chris Condon

3.82

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Sheriff Joe Bob Coates questions his effectiveness as the aging lawman of Ambrose County, Texas as … read more

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Cover of The Vision (The Vision, #1-2) by Tom King

28. The Vision (The Vision, #1-2)

By: Tom King

4.50

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

Written by best-selling Author Tom King! One of the most celebrated comic books of the century, … read more

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Cover of The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

29. The Saturday Night Ghost Club

By: Craig Davidson

3.85

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of "Stranger Things" and "S… read more

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  • fiction
"You always fall hardest the first time, don’t you? There’s no bottom to it."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"Our boy owes us nothing. No boy owes his parents. Parents owe their children everything, always and unconditionally, and that's just the way it goes."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"Everybody could be doing something better without their lives. Name me one person who is doing the best, most righteous thing with their life this very minute."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"As far as I was concerned, there was nothing wrong with being an odd duck. I figured some people have edges that don’t allow them to slot into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

Cover of Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire

30. Descender: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

By: Jeff Lemire

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids h… read more

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Cover of Criminal (2019-) #1 by Ed Brubaker

31. Criminal (2019-) #1

By: Ed Brubaker

4.38

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RETURN OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CRIME COMIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY! Hot off their bestselling series… read more

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24 Best fiction books like Criminal (2019-) #1 by Ed Brubaker

Transform Your Habits

Death: The Deluxe Edition

Neil Gaiman , Chris Bachalo , Malcolm Jones III , Mark Buckingham , None , P. Craig Russell , Colleen Doran , Dave McKean

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Invincible, Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers

Tom Brevoort , Robert Kirkman , Ryan Ottley , Bill Crabtree

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

Rick Remender , Lee Loughridge , David Lapham , Wes Craig

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

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Superman: Space Age

Mark Russell

4.20

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Ultimate Invasion

Jonathan Hickman

3.68

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Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes

Chip Zdarsky

3.94

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Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Vol. 1: The Devil Nezha

Mark Waid

4.13

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