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A List of Books That Are Not Quite Noir (But Also Not
Not
Noir)
"[N]oir has rules, the same way irony does, and I really don’t know what they are...Instead I’ll say this is a list of voices with some darkness in them."
By
Paul Neilan
| June 18, 2021
Father's Day Noir: Six Dark Novels and Stories About Fatherhood and Crime
The sins of the father...
By
Zach Vasquez
| June 18, 2021
The Best Books of the Year (So Far): Crime Fiction in 2021
CrimeReads editors select their favorite thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels of the year.
By
CrimeReads
| June 17, 2021
Millennial Thrillers and the Power of Obsession
In an increasingly untethered world, women in thrillers use obsession as a counter to their disconnect and ennui.
By
Melissa Larsen
| June 17, 2021
On Cars, Characters, and Crime
"Driving shapes identity. And in turn, it becomes a sign of our identity."
By
John McMahon
| June 17, 2021
Ivory Shoals
John Brandon
By
CrimeReads Excerpts
| June 16, 2021
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Bad Gays in Good Books
By
P. J. Vernon
| June 16, 2021
Asian-American Spies Played Critical Roles in World War Two—They Were Also Under Constant Suspicion
By
Brian Masaru Hayashi
| June 16, 2021
Godmothers Are the Original Gangsters
By
Camille Aubray
| June 16, 2021
Doubles and Second Selves: A Twisted Literary Tradition
Once you start looking, you find doubles just about everywhere.
By
Emily Beyda
| June 16, 2021
Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City ... Only to Disappear Into It
A new novel explores the mysterious legacy of Andrew Haswell Green, the Father of Greater New York, who built Central Park and the New York Public Library, then all but disappeared into history.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| June 15, 2021
On Black Lives Matter,
1990s Los Angeles,
and the Weight of History
In writing a book about police brutality in 1990s LA, I found a place to express my emotions about the death of George Floyd.
By
Noel Obiora
| June 15, 2021
Writing About Life in Appalachia, Chris Offutt Felt He Was Always a Crime Novelist
A long literary journey, starting with a bookmobile in the hills.
By
Chris Offutt
| June 15, 2021
The Gothic Elegance of Venice in Winter
Christine Mangan on the power of setting and the strange allure of off-season Venice.
By
Christine Mangan
| June 15, 2021
10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
By
CrimeReads
| June 14, 2021
‘The Limey’: How Steven Soderbergh Subverted the Classic Revenge Film
An inspired narrative choice and an unusual structure were just the start of what separates this 1999 neo-noir from others in the genre.
By
Nick Kolakowski
| June 14, 2021
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