Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two Names for Death | 1945 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 2 | Stranger at Home | 1946 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 3 | The Persian Cat | 1950 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 4 | My Old Man’s Badge | 1950 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 5 | You’ll Get Yours | 1952 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 6 | Tears are for Angels | 1952 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 7 | Little Sister | 1952 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 8 | Stool Pigeon | 1953 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 9 | Madball | 1953 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 10 | She Got What She Wanted | 1954 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 11 | The Woman on the Roof | 1954 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 12 | The Men From the Boys | 1956 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 13 | Never Say No to a Killer | 1956 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 14 | The Hoods Take Over | 1957 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 15 | The Living End | 1957 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 16 | Dead Wrong | 1957 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 17 | The Last Notch | 1958 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 18 | End of the Line | 1958 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 19 | Angel’s Flight | 1960 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 20 | Frantic | 1961 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 21 | A Haven for the Damned | 1962 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 22 | Frenzy of Evil | 1963 | Craig Rice | Buy |
| 23 | Eddie’s World | 2001 | Craig Rice | Buy |
The Black Gat series is a reprint imprint that brings classic noir and hardboiled crime fiction back into print. The 23 books in this collection span from the 1940s through the early 2000s and include work by a range of crime writers. The series preserves the kind of pulp paperback fiction that defined mid-century American crime writing.
Titles range from Two Names for Death (1945) to Eddie’s World (2001), covering nearly six decades of crime fiction. The books feature quick-moving plots, morally ambiguous characters, and the gritty urban settings that define the noir genre. For readers interested in the roots of hardboiled fiction, the Black Gat reprints are a good resource.