The MWA (United States) Top 100 Mystery Novels (1995), By Author

The Mystery Writers of America 
Top 100 Mystery Novels (1995) by author.

In 1995 the Mystery Writers of America put together a list of the Top 100 Mystery Novels. It is presented below, alphabetically, by author.

Rank  author name  book title  (year) 

17    Eric Ambler: A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939)
33    E. C. Bentley: Trent's Last Case (1913)
22    John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
75    W. R. Burnett: Little Caesar (1929)
14    James M. Cain: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)
34    James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1943)
54    Truman Capote: In Cold Blood (1966)
96    John Dickson Carr: The Three Coffins (1935)
44    Vera Caspary: Laura (1942)
8      Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939)
13    Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (1953)
21    Raymond Chandler: Farewell My Lovely (1940)
59    Raymond Chandler: The Lady in the Lake (1943)
57    G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
10    Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (1939)
12    Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
19    Agatha Christie: The Witness for the Prosecution (1948)
41    Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
84    Tom Clancy: The Hunt for Red October (1984)
7      Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868)
32    Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White (1860)
86    Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent (1907)
1      Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (1887-1927)
97    Richard Condon: Prizzi's Honor (1982)
72    Edmund Crispin: The Moving Toyshop (1946)
35    Martin Cruz Smith: Gorky Park (1981)
43    Len Deighton: The IPCRESS File (1962)
62    Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)
24    Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment (1866)
9      Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (1938)
23    Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (1980)
99    Jack Finney: Time and Again (1970)
78    Ian Fleming: From Russia, with Love (1957)
25    Ken Follett: Eye of the Needle (1978)
20    Frederick Forsyth: The Day of the Jackal (1971)
80    Michael Gilbert: Smallbone Deceased (1950)
51    Sue Grafton: "A" is for Alibi (1982)
48    Graham Greene: The Third Man (1950)
61    Graham Greene: Our Man in Havana (1958)
69    Graham Greene: Brighton Rock (1938)
42    John Grisham: The Firm (1991)
73    John Grisham: A Time to Kill (1989)
2      Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930)
31    Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man (1934)
39    Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest (1929)
88    Dashiell Hammett: The Glass Key (1931)
16    Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988)
27    Thomas Harris: Red Dragon (1981)
76    George V. Higgins: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972)
50    Mary Higgins Clark: Where Are the Children? (1975)
71    Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955)
37    Tony Hillerman: Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
53    Tony Hillerman: A Thief of Time (1989)
55    Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male (1939)
83    P. D. James: Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
6      John le Carré: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963)
30    John le Carré: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974)
58    John le Carré: Smiley's People (1979)
68    John le Carré: The Little Drummer Girl (1983)
60    Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
67    Elmore Leonard: Stick (1983)
100  Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby (1967)
63    Peter Lovesey: Wobble to Death (1970)
64    W. Somerset Maugham: Ashenden (1928) (short story collection)
87    John D. MacDonald: The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
91    Ross Macdonald: The Chill (1963)
98    James McClure: The Steam Pig (1974)
29    Gregory Mcdonald: Fletch (1974)
65    Nicholas Meyer: The Seven Per-Cent Solution (1974)
79    Margaret Millar: Beast in View (1955)
26    John Mortimer: Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) (short story collection)
92    Walter Mosley: Devil in a Blue Dress (1990)
82    Elizabeth Peters: Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975)
100  Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977)
3      Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1852) (collection)
15    Mario Puzo: The Godfather (1969)
89    Ruth Rendell: A Judgement in Stone (1977)
95    Craig Rice: Home Sweet Homicide (1944)
40    Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase (1908)
52    Lawrence Sanders: The First Deadly Sin (1973)
18    Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night (1935)
28    Dorothy L. Sayers: The Nine Tailors (1934)
36    Dorothy L. Sayers: Strong Poison (1930)
56    Dorothy L. Sayers: Murder Must Advertise (1933)
77    Dorothy L. Sayers: Clouds of Witness (1927)
46    Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö: The Laughing Policeman (1968)
45    Mickey Spillane: I, the Jury (1947)
70    Bram Stoker: Dracula (1897)
66    Rex Stout: The Doorbell Rang (1965)
4      Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time
81    Josephine Tey: The Franchise Affair
90    Josephine Tey: Brat Farrar
11    Robert Traver: Anatomy of a Murder (1958)
85    Ross Thomas: Chinaman's Chance (1978)
49    Jim Thompson: The Killer Inside Me (1952)
5      Scott Turow: Presumed Innocent (1987)
93    Joseph Wambaugh: The Choirboys (1975)
74    Hillary Waugh: Last Seen Wearing ... (1952)
38    Donald E. Westlake: The Hot Rock (1970)
47    Donald E. Westlake: Bank Shot (1972)
94    Donald E. Westlake: God Save the Mark (1967)

By ranking.

Repeat numbers indicate ties. Bold indicates collections. Italics indicates translation.
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Presented in: The Crown Crime Companion: The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Broadway Books, 1995) Mystery Writers Of America. (ISBN-10: 0517881152)