Books like The Fast Buck
The Fast Buck by James Hadley Chase reads as cynical, gritty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
You Must Be Kidding
James Hadley Chase · 1979
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84% genome match
The Maltese falcon, & The thin man
Dashiell Hammett · 1964
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69% genome match
The asphalt jungle
W. R. Burnett · 1949
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73% genome match
Sin City
Frank Miller · 1996
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71% genome match
The Blue Dahlia
Raymond Chandler · 1976
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69% genome match
52 Pick-Up
Elmore Leonard · 1974
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73% genome match
Phantom Lady
Cornell Woolrich · 1942
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74% genome match
The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson · 2015
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69% genome match
The Getaway
Jim Thompson · 1959
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69% genome match
Slam the big door
John D. MacDonald · 1960
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88% genome match
The Hunter (aka Point Blank and Payback)
Donald E. Westlake · 1962
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69% genome match
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy · 2005
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69% genome match
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