15 Best crime books like Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection by Raymond Chandler

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Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Raymond Chandler

4.14

Format: 11 pages, Audio CD

The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries…

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Cover of Black Mask Audio Magazine, Vol. 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask (Hollywood Theater of the Ear)(Library Edition) by Paul Cain, William Cole, Hugh B. Cave, Frederick Nebel, Yuri Rasovsky, None

1. Black Mask Audio Magazine, Vol. 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask (Hollywood Theater of the Ear)(Library Edition)

By: Paul Cain , William Cole , Hugh B. Cave , Frederick Nebel , Yuri Rasovsky , None

3.61

Format: 1 pages, MP3 CD

In the 1930s and 40s, Black Mask helped reshape the modern mystery genre with its hard-boiled detec… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
Cover of Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) by Mick Herron

2. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

Cover of Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2) by Ian Fleming

3. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

By: Ian Fleming

3.63

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Don't lose faith in your stars."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

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4. 361

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.56

Format: 207 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray Kelly woke up in the hospita… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
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5. The Thin Man

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • noir
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6. Night Film

By: Marisha Pessl

3.78

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lowe… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Moe was a triple threat."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Freak the ferocious out."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

" Everyone smiles for a photograph. "

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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7. Wonder Boys

By: Michael Chabon , None

3.95

Format: 302 pages,

In his first novel since The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Chabon presents a hilarious and heartbreaking… read more

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8. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more

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  • audiobook
"And life is all a variorum, at the best."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Cover of The Seventh (Parker, #7) by Richard Stark

9. The Seventh (Parker, #7)

By: Richard Stark

4.08

Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Why not? Just because no one had ever tried it before? What better place for a heist, if it was … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
"They had this block to themselves. The windows of all the tenements on both sides were marked with the white X of urban renewal; they stood nearly empty, waiting for the wreckers. Within them the coc…"

-Richard Stark, The Seventh (Parker, #7)

Cover of The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53) by Donald E. Westlake

10. The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53)

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.26

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Originally published in 1960 as The Mercenaries. SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY Mavis St. P… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
Cover of The Green Eagle Score (Parker, #10) by Richard Stark

11. The Green Eagle Score (Parker, #10)

By: Richard Stark

4.31

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here's Parker--planning to steal the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York, with … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Jugger (Parker, #6) by Richard Stark

12. The Jugger (Parker, #6)

By: Richard Stark

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, because what he did was steal. But Joe Sheer, a ret… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
"Well, it just figures," Younger told him, like a man explaining his religion."

-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)

"The technicians worked around him now as though they expected to launch him into space."

-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)

"The room was full of law. Apparently somebody on Younger’s force had invited the state police to attend after all; the pack of technical men, with their cameras and chalk, powders and notebooks and l…"

-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)

Cover of The Rare Coin Score (Parker, #9) by Richard Stark

13. The Rare Coin Score (Parker, #9)

By: Richard Stark

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When it comes to heists, Parker believes in some cardinal rules. On this job, he breaks two of them… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
"Parker spent two weeks on the white sand beach at Biloxi, and on a white sandy bitch named Belle."

-Richard Stark, The Rare Coin Score (Parker, #9)

14. Black Mask 10: Death Stops Payment: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

By: Carol Monda , Eric Conger , Otto Penzler

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Audio CD

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Maskpublished pulp crime ficti… read more

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15. Black Mask 9: The Corpse Didn't Kick: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

By: Eric Conger , Otto Penzler , Alan Winter

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Audio CD

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Maskpublished pulp crime ficti… read more

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Cover of The Mourner (Parker, #4) by Richard Stark

16. The Mourner (Parker, #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • audiobook
"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

17. The Score (Parker, #5)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more

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18. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Richard Dinnick

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Audio CD

Young Dr Mortimer ventures from Devonshire to Baker Street, with news of the death of his friend, S… read more

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19. Black Mask 11: Middleman for Murder: and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

By: Eric Conger , Johnny Heller , Otto Penzler

4.06

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Maskpublished pulp crime ficti… read more

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20. The Calling (Luther, #1)

By: Neil Cross

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet DCI John Luther. He's brilliant. He's intense. He's obsessional. He's dangerous. DCI John Luth… read more

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21. Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more

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  • audiobook
"Dad"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

Cover of Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia (Zoey Ashe, #3) by Jason Pargin

22. Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia (Zoey Ashe, #3)

By: Jason Pargin

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival in the desert, which every year precedes t… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4) by Jason Pargin

23. If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4)

By: Jason Pargin

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin’s hilarious and horrifying John Dies at the End seri… read more

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  • audiobook
"When Joy looked at humans, she saw animals so detached from the food chain that their own boredom was eating them alive. None of their instincts made sense to them; they were primates adorning themse…"

-Jason Pargin, If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4)

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24. Alien III

By: William Gibson

3.45

Format: 136 pages, Audible Audio

Audible is bringing William Gibson’s uncovered Alien III script to life in audio for the first time… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection by David     Semple

25. Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: David Semple

4.30

Format: None pages, Audiobook

After a lifetime spent in public relations, one-woman dynamo Agatha Raisin struggles to adapt to li… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

26. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

By: Jason Pargin

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bes… read more

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  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Mask 5: The Ring on the Hand of Death: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine by Otto Penzler

27. Black Mask 5: The Ring on the Hand of Death: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

By: Otto Penzler

3.68

Format: 405 pages, Audio CD

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fict… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett

28. Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.79

Format: None pages, Audio CD

"Now I'm a detective because I happen to like the work. It pays me a fair salary, but I could find … read more

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Cover of Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher by Lee Child

29. Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher

By: Lee Child

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Jeeves & Wooster: The Collected Radio Dramas by P.G. Wodehouse

30. Jeeves & Wooster: The Collected Radio Dramas

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.41

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

Michael Hordern and Richard Briers star as Jeeves and Wooster in six BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatis… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection by Raymond Chandler

31. Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Raymond Chandler

4.14

Format: 11 pages, Audio CD

The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection book and Raymond Chandler's Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection

  • detective
  • noir
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

21 best-selling audiobook books like Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection by Raymond Chandler

Transform Your Habits

Black Mask Audio Magazine, Vol. 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask (Hollywood Theater of the Ear)(Library Edition)

Paul Cain , William Cole , Hugh B. Cave , Frederick Nebel , Yuri Rasovsky , None

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

Mick Herron

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

Ian Fleming

3.63

Transform Your Habits

361

Donald E. Westlake

3.56

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13 Best audiobook books like Black Mask 5: The Ring on the Hand of Death: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine by Otto Penzler

Transform Your Habits

Black Mask Audio Magazine, Vol. 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask (Hollywood Theater of the Ear)(Library Edition)

Paul Cain , William Cole , Hugh B. Cave , Frederick Nebel , Yuri Rasovsky , None

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

Ian Fleming

3.64

Transform Your Habits

You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

Ian Fleming

3.75

Transform Your Habits

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

Ian Fleming

3.97

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