NOVELS THAT BECAME FAMOUS NOIR FILMS
Discover the gripping novels that inspired famous noir films. Explore classic books turned into iconic crime movies, from hardboiled detective tales to dark thrillers that defined film noir.


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Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other Writings (LOA #80)
by Raymond Chandler
The lady in the lade - The little sister - The long goodbye - Playback - Double indemnity - Selected essays and letters.

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The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories
by James M. Cain
These three classics from the master of the noir novel, along with five otherwise unavailable short stories, are electric with the taut narrative voice, the …

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A Coffin for Dimitrios
by Eric Ambler
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The classic story of an ordinary man seemingly out of his …
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Thieves' Market
by Albert Isaac Bezzerides
A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to …
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s (LOA #94)
by Robert Polito
Presents six early classics of American noir fiction: James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, Edward Anderson's Thieves Like Us, Kenneth Fearing's The Big …