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The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett (1929)
★3.73(203)
Like 'The Long Goodbye', this features a cynical detective navigating a morally ambiguous world.
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The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler (1953)
★4.02(103 ratings)
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.
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The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett (1933)
★3.77(61)
Shares the detective fiction roots of 'The Long Goodbye' with witty banter and intricate plotting.
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The Galton Case
by Ross Macdonald (1959)
★4.19(8)
Echoes 'The Long Goodbye's' exploration of past secrets and flawed characters in a California setting.
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Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain (1889)
★4.17(57)
Similar to 'The Long Goodbye' in its dark portrayal of moral compromise and fatalistic outcomes.
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley (1985)
★3.76(52)
Offers a similar hardboiled detective feel to 'The Long Goodbye' with a compelling protagonist.
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