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Books about the film noir, thrillers, detective or gangster film genre :

In English :

  • Film Noir: Films of Trust and Betrayal, Paul Duncan (The Pocket Essential) 2006
  • Noir Anxiety, Kelly Oliver, Benigno Trigo, University of Minnesota Press
  • The Philosophy of Neo-Noir (the Philosophy of Popular Culture), Mark T. Conard, University Press of Kentucky
  • Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 by Michael F. Keaney
  • Encyclopedia of Film Noir by Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell, Greenwood Press
  • The rough guide to Film Noir by Alexander Ballinger & Danny Graydon, Rough Guides
  • Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir by Eddie Muller
  • Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward (Editor)
  • A Panorama of American Film Noir, 1941-1953 by Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton.
  • Film Noir by Andrew Spicer
  • The Noir Style by Alain Silver & James Ursini, Paul Duncan ed.
  • Film Noir Reader 4: The Crucial Films and Themes (Film Noir Reader) by Alain Silver & James Ursini
  • Film Noir by Paul Duncan & Alan Silver
  • Crime films by Thomas Leicht, Cambridge ed.
  • More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts by James Naremore, University of California Press.
  • The Philosophy of Film Noir by Robert Porfirio, Mark T. Conard (Editor)
  • Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir by Sheri Chinen Biesen
  • L.A. Noir: The City as Character by Alain Silver & James Ursini
  • San Francisco Noir by Nathaniel Rich
  • The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir by Eddie Muller
  • Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir by Arthur Lyons
  • Its A Bitter Little World: The Smartest Toughest Nastiest Quotes From Film Noir by Charles Pappas
  • Hard-boiled : great lines from classic noir films by Peggy Thompson & Saeko Usukawa, Studio Vista ed.
  • The Gangster film, by John Baxter (Screen series)
  • Underworld USA by Colin McArthur, Cinema One
  • The Heavies by Ian Cameron, Movie paperbacks, Studio Vista
  • In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity by Frank Krutnik
  • Broads by Ian & Elisabeth Cameron, Movie paperbacks, Studio Vista
  • Dark City Dames : The Wicked Women of Film Noir by Eddie Muller (Regan books)
  • Femme Noir: The Bad Girls of Film by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
  • Women in Film Noir by E. Ann Kaplan (British Film Institute Books)
  • Dangerous Dames : Women and Representation in the Weimar Street Film and Film Noir by Jans B. Wager
  • Dames in the Driver's Seat : Rereading Film Noir by Jans B. Wage
  • Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film by Helen Hans
  • Femme Noir: The Bad Girls of Film by Karen Burroughs Hannsberr
  • Silent Mystery and Detective Movies, a comprehensive filmography, by Ken Wlaschin (McFarland and Co)
  • Thrillers, by Martin Rubin (Cambridge University Press)
  • Driven to Darkness: Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir, by Vincent Brook (Rutgers University Press, 2009)
  • Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir by Gene D. Phillips (Scarecrow, 2011)
  • Historical Dictionary of Film Noir by Andrew Spicer (Scarecrow Press, 2010)
  • Maximum Movies-Pulp Fictions: Film Culture and the Worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane, and Jim Thompson by Peter Stanfield (Rutgers University Press, 2011)
  • Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream, by Mark Osteen (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012)
    Dark Borders: Film Noir and American Citizenship by Auerbach, Jonathan Duke (University Press)
    Tech-Noir Film: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres by Auger, Emily E. (Intellect Books)
    Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir  by Biesen, Sheri Chinen (JHU Press)
    A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953) by Borde, Raymond & Chaumeton, Etienne (City Lights Books)
    Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City  by Bould, Mark (Wallflower Press)
    Driven to Darkness: Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir by Brook, Vincent Rutgers (University Press)
    French Film Noir by Buss, Robin (Marion Boyars Publishers Limited)
    The Philosophy of Film Noir by Conard, Mark T. (University Press of Kentucky)
    Film Noir by Crowther, Bruce (Random House)
    The Maltese Touch of Evil: Film Noir and Potential Criticism by Clute, Shannon Scott; Edwards, Richard L. (UPNE)
    Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir by Dickos, Andrew (University Press of Kentucky)
    Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity by Dimendberg, Edward (Harvard University Press)
    Film noir and the cinema of paranoia by Dixon, Wheeler W. (Rutgers University Press)
    Film noir by Duncan, Paul (Pocket Essentials)
    Existentialism, Film Noir, and Hard-Boiled Fiction by Faison, Stephen E. (Cambria Press)
    Philosophy, Black Film, Film Noir by Flory, Dan (Penn State Press)
    Out of the Past: Adventures in Film Noir by Gifford, Barry (Univ. Press of Mississippi)
    A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Definitive Reference Guide by Grant, John (Limelight)
    Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film by Hanson, Helen (I.B.Tauris)
    Early Film Noir: Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style by Hare, William (McFarland)
    Women in film noir by Kaplan, E. Ann (British Film Institute)
    Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir by Keating, Patrick (Columbia University Press)
    In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity by Krutnik, Frank (Taylor & Francis)
    Film Noir by Luhr, William (John Wiley & Sons)
    Encyclopedia of Film Noir by Mayer, Geoff & McDonnell, Brian (ABC-CLIO)
    More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts by Naremore, James (University of California Press)
    Film Noir by Nieland, Justus (Taylor & Francis)
    Perspectives on film noir by Palmer, R. Barton (G.K. Hall)
    What is Film Noir? by Park, William (Rowman & Littlefield)
    Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir by Phillips, Gene D. (Scarecrow Press)
    Fatalism in American Film Noi r: Some Cinematic Philosophy by Pippin, Robert B. (University of Virginia Press)
    Screwball Comedy and Film Noir: Unexpected Connections by Renzi, Thomas C. (McFarland)
    Cornell Woolrich: From Pulp Noir to Film Noir by Renzi, Thomas C. (McFarland)
    Film noir byRobson, Eddie (Virgin)
    Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy by Rode, Alan K. (McFarland)
    Dark city: the film noir by Selby, Spencer (McFarland)
    In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City by Smith, Imogen Sara (McFarland)
    European Film Noir by Spicer, Andrew (Manchester University Press)
    Film Noir by Spicer, Andrew (Longman)
    Historical Dictionary of Film Noir by Spicer, Andrew (Scarecrow Press)
    Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons by Stephens, Michael L. (McFarland & Company)
    Voices in the Dark: The Narrative Patterns Of *Film Noir* by Telotte, J P. (University of Illinois Press)
    Dames in the Driver's Seat: Rereading Film Noir by Wager, Jans B. (University of Texas Press)
    "TV Noir:the 20th Century" by Starman, Ray (The Troy Bookmakers Press, Troy NY. 2nd ed., Amazon Books)

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In French :
  • L'art du Film Noir: les affiches de l'âge d'or du film policier par Eddie Muller, éd. Calmann-Levy
  • Le Film noir by Patrick Brion, La Martinière ed.
  • Le film noir américain by François Guérif
  • Panorama du Film Noir américain, par Raymond Borde et Etienne Chaumeton
  • Encyclopedie du Film Noir par Alain Silver et Elizabeth Ward, éd. Rivages.
  • Le film noir, vrais et faux cauchemars by Noël Simsolo, Cahiers du Cinéma ed.
  • Le Film noir by Gabriele Lucci, Hazan ed.
  • Dark city by Eddie Muller, Clairac ed.
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