The Rip-Off (Mulholland Classic)
By: Jim Thompson
3.44
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Britton Rainstar never knew he could love a woman as deeply as he does Manuela Aloe and be so terri…
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1. Fletch and the Widow Bradley (Fletch, #4)
By: Gregory McDonald
3.70
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Fletch and the Widow Bradley When Fletch finds a wallet with $10,000 in cash inside, he doesn’t re… read more
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- detective
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2. The Wounded and the Slain
By: David Goodis
3.65
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
While in Jamaica to salvage their marriage, James and Cora Bevan find things taking a different tur… read more
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- hard boiled
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3. 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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4. 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
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"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)
5. Bad Monkey
By: Carl Hiaasen
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Carl Hiaasen is back doing what he does best: spinning a wickedly funny, fiercely pointed tale in w… read more
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- mystery
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6. The Wycherly Woman
By: Ross Macdonald
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her wealthy father hired Archer to find her. That was… read more
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7. The Girl Next Door
By: Jack Ketchum
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets, well-tended lawns and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow … read more
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8. The Hunter (Parker, #1)
By: Richard Stark
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more
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9. War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
By: Herman Wouk
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of… read more
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10. Dark Passage
By: David Goodis , None
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Sentenced to life in San Quentin for the alleged murder of his wife, Vince Parry escapes in a despe… read more
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11. The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
By: Herman Wouk
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the… read more
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12. Sanctuary
By: William Faulkner
4.32
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Psychologically astute and wonderfully poetic, Sanctuaryis a powerful novel examining the nature of… read more
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13. Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2)
By: Gregory McDonald
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Confess, Fletch The flight from Rome had been pleasant enough, even if the business he was on wasn'… read more
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14. Macbeth
By: Jo Nesbø
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in a dark, rainy northern town, Nesbo's Macbethpits the ambitions of a corrupt policeman agains… read more
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15. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
16. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
17. The Enchanters
By: James Ellroy
3.73
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more
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18. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
19. The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
By: Jeff Sharlet
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into cor… read more
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20. Before the Fall
By: Noah Hawley
3.72
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Emmy, PEN, Peabody, Critics' Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the TV show… read more
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"It’s hard to be sad when you’re being useful."-Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
"We all become caricatures of ourselves, if we live long enough"-Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
"...people can say all kinds of things without ever opening their mouths..."-Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
"Art exists not inside the piece itself, but inside the mind of the viewer."-Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
21. The Rip-Off (Mulholland Classic)
By: Jim Thompson
3.44
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Britton Rainstar never knew he could love a woman as deeply as he does Manuela Aloe and be so terri… read more
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- fiction
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
