Marcel Duhamel

10 books

Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

Richard Wright

419 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely

Philip Marlowe #2

Raymond Chandler

304 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious reflective medium-paced
On acheve bien les chevaux by Horace McCoy, Marcel Duhamel

On acheve bien les chevaux

Horace McCoy, Marcel Duhamel

224 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction classics crime dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Call for the Dead by John le Carré

Call for the Dead

George Smiley #1

John le Carré

160 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller informative medium-paced
The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett

The Glass Key

Dashiell Hammett

214 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Murder of Quality by John le Carré

A Murder of Quality

George Smiley #2

John le Carré

160 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953) by James Naremore, Paul Hammond, Etienne Chaumeton, Raymond Borde

A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)

James Naremore, Paul Hammond, Etienne Chaumeton, Raymond Borde

200 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction mysterious medium-paced
Pas D'orchidees Pour Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase
Pas D'orchidees Pour Miss Blandish
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James Hadley Chase

Pas D'orchidees Pour Miss Blandish

James Hadley Chase

256 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

George Smiley #3

John le Carré

224 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck

The Wayward Bus

John Steinbeck

271 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced