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)
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