9 must-read noir books like Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler

Cover of Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at…

"She was a cute as a washtub."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"She was a cute as a washtub."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

If you liked the noir plot in Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler

1. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • american
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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  • crime
"She was a cute as a washtub."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

Cover of Perchance to Dream by Robert B. Parker

2. Perchance to Dream

By: Robert B. Parker

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

The Sternwood Family, immortalized in" The Big Sleep," is in trouble again...Vivian's psychotic sis… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. 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 thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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4. The Maltese Falcon

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Drowning Pool

By: Ross Macdonald

3.58

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. The Killer Inside Me

By: Jim Thompson

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to … read more

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  • classics
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Double Indemnity

By: James M. Cain

4.06

Format: 115 pages, Paperback

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • american
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of …"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"There's a shark. Following the ship.' I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs. Walter, we'll have to wait. Till th…"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

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8. The Postman Always Rings Twice

By: James M. Cain

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Cain's first novel - the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston and the inspiration for Camus's Th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald

9. The Moving Target

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

10. The Galton Case

By: Ross Macdonald

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetw… read more

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11. The Goodbye Look

By: Ross Macdonald

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

In The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of … read more

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12. Black Money

By: Ross Macdonald

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with hi… read more

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13. The Glass Key

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages,

Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of S… read more

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14. The Continental Op

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

Dashiell Hammett is the true inventor of modern detective fiction and the creator of the private ey… read more

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15. Red Harvest

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages, ebook

The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also… read more

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16. The Dain Curse

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

Everything about the Leggett diamond heist indicated to the Continental Op that it was an inside jo… read more

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17. The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

By: Dashiell Hammett , Lillian Hellman , Jeff Stone

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Contin… read more

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18. The Grifters

By: Jim Thompson

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworki… read more

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19. Suicide Hill (Lloyd Hopkins, #3)

By: James Ellroy

3.37

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins is the most brilliant homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police… read more

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20. The Chill

By: Ross Macdonald

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In The Chilla distraught young man hires Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has … read more

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21. The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)

By: James Ellroy

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Holl… read more

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9 Best fiction books like Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler

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4.23

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4.10

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4.19

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