16 must-read crime books like Milwaukee Noir by Tim Hennessy

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Milwaukee Noir

By: Tim Hennessy

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In Milwaukee Noir, a city of manufacturers and booze, as well as a growing immigrant community, mak…

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Cover of The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) by Raymond Chandler

1. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

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2. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

By: Martin Short

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more

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"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."

-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

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3. Savage Night

By: Jim Thompson

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he'd worked his way to the top of a … read more

Similar categories in Jim Thompson's Savage Night book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. The Drifter (Peter Ash, #1)

By: Nick Petrie , Nicholas Petrie

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

An explosive thriller debut introducing Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren'… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Drifter (Peter Ash, #1) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5) by Elmore Leonard

5. Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

By: Elmore Leonard

4.00

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Elmore Leonard, best-selling author of 37 novels including Get Shorty and the recent Pagan Babies, … read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
"I want you to understand,"

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

"I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together."

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

"Boyd looked at him now like he was trying to decide something in his mind. “You’d shoot me, you get the chance?"

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

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6. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

3.78

Format: 377 pages,

Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of Big Box… read more

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7. Boundary Waters (Cork O'Connor, #2)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Quetico-Superior more than two million acres of forest, white-water rapids, and uncharted isla… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Boundary Waters (Cork O'Connor, #2) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

8. Burning Bright (Peter Ash, #2)

By: Nick Petrie , Nicholas Petrie

2.50

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

In the new novel featuring war veteran Peter Ash, an action hero of the likes of Jack Reacher or Ja… read more

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9. Bronx Noir

By: Lawrence Block , Sandra Kitt , Marlon James , Suzanne Chazin , Kevin Baker , Jerome Charyn , Robert Hughes , Thomas Adcock , S.J. Rozan , Ed Dee , Steven Torres , Joanne Dobson , Abraham Rodriguez Jr. , Miles Marshall Lewis , Terrence Cheng , None , None , None , None

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brand-new stories by: Thomas Adcock, Kevin Baker, Thomas Bentil, Lawrence Block, Jerome Charyn, Suz… read more

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10. The Summons

By: John Grisham

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and … read more

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11. Light It Up (Peter Ash #3)

By: Nick Petrie

4.03

Format: None pages,

"Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petrie's Peter Ash is the real deal."-… read more

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12. Since We Fell

By: Dennis Lehane

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since We Fellfollows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now … read more

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13. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • fiction
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Cover of The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) by Nick Petrie

14. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Harbor Lights book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Breaker (Peter Ash, #6) by Nick Petrie

16. The Breaker (Peter Ash, #6)

By: Nick Petrie

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When Peter Ash interrupts a crime in progress, he's set on a collision course with dangerous enemie… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Breaker (Peter Ash, #6) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Tear It Down (Peter Ash, #4) by Nick Petrie

17. Tear It Down (Peter Ash, #4)

By: Nick Petrie

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the new edge-of-your-seat adventure from national bestselling author Nick Petrie, Peter Ash purs… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's Tear It Down (Peter Ash, #4) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Runaway (Peter Ash, #7) by Nick Petrie

18. The Runaway (Peter Ash, #7)

By: Nick Petrie

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When Peter Ash rescues a stranded woman, he finds she’s in far deeper trouble than he could ever im… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Runaway (Peter Ash, #7) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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19. The Beast You Are: Stories

By: Paul Tremblay

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of  The Pallbearers Club ,  A He… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's The Beast You Are: Stories book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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20. Becoming the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

4.13

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Becoming the Boogeyman book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wild One (Peter Ash, #5) by Nick Petrie

21. The Wild One (Peter Ash, #5)

By: Nick Petrie

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer and his criminal family through the most forbidding and sta… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Wild One (Peter Ash, #5) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova

22. Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

By: Lisa Genova

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Genova's Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

"You don't need memory to love or feel loved."

-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

"Forgetting happens. If you stress about it, it'll happen even more."

-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

"Our brains don’t remember everything, but maybe what they remember is enough."

-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

"We frequently invent new information, often inaccurate, to fill in gaps in our memories so that the narrative feels more complete or pleasing."

-Lisa Genova, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

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23. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

Similar categories in Willy Vlautin's The Horse book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • fiction
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24. Spin a Black Yarn

By: Josh Malerman

3.40

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Ti… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Spin a Black Yarn book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
Cover of You Can't See Me (Forbidden Iceland, #4) by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

25. You Can't See Me (Forbidden Iceland, #4)

By: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

A wealthy Icelandic family gathers for a reunion in a remote hotel on the isolated lava fields, but… read more

Similar categories in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir's You Can't See Me (Forbidden Iceland, #4) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

26. Lady in the Lake

By: Laura Lippman

3.50

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that comb… read more

Similar categories in Laura Lippman's Lady in the Lake book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Again, I have to ask: are you really missing if nobody misses you?"

-Laura Lippman, Lady in the Lake

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27. Denver Noir

By: Cynthia Swanson

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Denver enters the Noir Series arena with a wide range of mile-high misgivings and perils. Featur… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Swanson's Denver Noir book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
Cover of Tampa Bay Noir by Colette Bancroft

28. Tampa Bay Noir

By: Colette Bancroft

3.46

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Tampa Bay joins Miami in representing the (alleged) Sunshine State in the Noir Series arena. Aka… read more

Similar categories in Colette Bancroft's Tampa Bay Noir book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Cleveland Noir by Michael Ruhlman

29. Cleveland Noir

By: Michael Ruhlman

3.89

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Cleveland Noir joins Columbus Noir as the Akashic Noir Series continues its tour of Ohio, and navig… read more

Similar categories in Michael Ruhlman's Cleveland Noir book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Mind-Bending Murder (Merry Wrath Mysteries, #17) by Leslie Langtry

30. Mind-Bending Murder (Merry Wrath Mysteries, #17)

By: Leslie Langtry

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath advent… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Langtry's Mind-Bending Murder (Merry Wrath Mysteries, #17) book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • mystery
Cover of Milwaukee Noir by Tim Hennessy

31. Milwaukee Noir

By: Tim Hennessy

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In Milwaukee Noir, a city of manufacturers and booze, as well as a growing immigrant community, mak… read more

Similar categories in Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir book and Tim Hennessy's Milwaukee Noir

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

22 Top fiction books like Milwaukee Noir by Tim Hennessy

Transform Your Habits

The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

Raymond Chandler

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Savage Night

Jim Thompson

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Drifter (Peter Ash, #1)

Nick Petrie , Nicholas Petrie

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

Elmore Leonard

4.00

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16 must-read fiction books like Cleveland Noir by Michael Ruhlman

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Harbor Lights

James Lee Burke

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

James Lee Burke

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Mysteries

Bill Watterson

3.76

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