James Ellroy

74 books

The Dudley Smith Trio by James Ellroy

The Dudley Smith Trio

James Ellroy

1334 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction crime reflective slow-paced
Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting by Ed Ruscha, Ralph Rugoff, James Ellroy, Alexandra Schwartz

Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting

Ed Ruscha, Ralph Rugoff, James Ellroy, Alexandra Schwartz

192 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction art reflective slow-paced
The Enchanters by James Ellroy

The Enchanters

James Ellroy

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime historical mystery challenging dark tense medium-paced
Granta 46: Crime by Bill Buford

Granta 46: Crime

Granta #46

Bill Buford

254 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

art essays literary short stories challenging dark informative medium-paced
Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories by Margaret Maron, Robert Sampson, Benjamin Appel, Gil Brewer, Jack Adrian, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Ross Macdonald, Elmore Leonard, Bill Pronzini, William Coe, Brett Halliday, Helen Nielsen, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, W.R. Burnett, Daniel Mainwaring, Andrew Vachss, Norbert Davis, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Leigh Brackett, Evan Hunter, H.A. DeRosso, James Hannah, Jim Thompson, Paul Cain, James Reasoner, Jonathan Craig, Faye Kellerman, John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, Frederick Nebel, James Ellroy, David Alexander, Chester Himes

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Margaret Maron, Robert Sampson, Benjamin Appel, Gil Brewer, Jack Adrian, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Ross Macdonald, Elmore Leonard, Bill Pronzini, William Coe, Brett Halliday, Helen Nielsen, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, W.R. Burnett, Daniel Mainwaring, Andrew Vachss, Norbert Davis, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Leigh Brackett, Evan Hunter, H.A. DeRosso, James Hannah, Jim Thompson, Paul Cain, James Reasoner, Jonathan Craig, Faye Kellerman, John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, Frederick Nebel, James Ellroy, David Alexander, Chester Himes

544 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious fast-paced
L.A. Noir by James Ellroy

L.A. Noir

Lloyd Hopkins #1-3 omnibus

James Ellroy

644 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
My Dark Places by James Ellroy

My Dark Places

James Ellroy

427 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker

No Beast So Fierce

Edward Bunker

320 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Pound for Pound by F.X. Toole

Pound for Pound

F.X. Toole

366 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Scene of the Crime: Photographs from the LAPD Archive by Tim Wride, James Ellroy

Scene of the Crime: Photographs from the LAPD Archive

Tim Wride, James Ellroy

240 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative medium-paced