The MWJ (Japan) Top 100 Western Mystery Novels (1985), By Author.

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Top 100 Western Mystery Novels (1985) by author

In 1985 Shukan Bunshun Magazine, together with the Mystery Writers of Japan put together a list of the Top 100 Mystery Novels. It is presented below, alphabetically, by author. This poll was updated in 2012.
 

Rank  author name  book title  (year) 

72 Eric Ambler The Mask of Dimitrios aka A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939)
52 Jeffrey Archer Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1976)
23 Catherine Arley Woman of Straw (1956)
61 Isaac Asimov Black Widowers (short stories) (1974)
21 Desmond Bagley High Citadel (1965)
92 Bill S. Ballinger The Tooth and the Nail (1955)
75 Edmund Clerihew Bentley Trent's Last Case (1913)
46 Anthony Berkeley The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929)
61 Anthony Berkeley Trial and Error (1937)
58 Nicholas Blake The Beast Must Die (1938)
38 Christianna Brand Tour de Force (1955)
91 Christianna Brand Death of Jezebel (1948)
56 James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)
        Curt Cannon (see Ed McBain)
3 Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye (1953)
13 Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
43 Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep (1939)
24 G. K. Chesterton The Innocence of Father Brown (short stories) (1911)
4 Agatha Christie And Then There Were None (1939)
8 Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
34 Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
51 Wilkie Collins The Moonstone (1868)
10 Arthur Conan Doyle  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (short stories) (1892)
45 Arthur Conan Doyle  The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
94 Edmund Crispin Buried for Pleasure (1948)
99 James Crumley The Wrong Case (1975)
71 Clive Cussler Raise the Titanic! (1976)
37 Roald Dahl Someone Like You (short stories) (1953)
64 William L. DeAndrea The HOG Murders (1979)
77 Henry Denker Outrage (1982)
39 Colin Dexter Last Seen Wearing (1976)
35 Carter Dickson The Judas Window (1938)
14 John Dickson Carr The Burning Court (1937)
26 John Dickson Carr The Hollow Man aka The Three Coffins (1935)
69 John Dickson Carr The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942)
68 Daphne du Maurier Rebecca (1932)
85 Ken Follett Eye of the Needle (1978)
12 Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal (1971)
70 Frederick Forsyth The Devil's Alternative (1979)
98 Frederick Forsyth The Odessa File (1972)
19 Dick Francis For Kicks (1965)
48 Dick Francis Whip Hand (1979)
73 Dick Francis Odds Against (1965)
41 Brian Freemantle Charlie Muffin aka Charlie M (1977)
78 Brian Freemantle Goodbye to an Old Friend (1973)
63 Graham Greene The Human Factor (1978)
19 Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon (1930)
29 Dashiell Hammett Red Harvest (1929)
88 Dashiell Hammett The Glass Key (1931)
5 Jack Higgins The Eagle Has Landed (1975)
56 Jack Higgins Storm Warning (1976)
60 Jack Higgins A Prayer for the Dying (1973)
        William Irish (see Cornell Woolrich)
67 Sébastien Japrisot Trap for Cinderella (1962)
74 Richard Jessup Threat (1981)
86 Harry Kemelman The Nine Mile Walk (short stories) (1967)
89 Tony Kenrick Stealing Lillian (1975)
33 John le Carré The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963)
41 Maurice Leblanc 813 (1910)
16 Gaston Leroux The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907)
17 Ira Levin A Kiss Before Dying (1953)
32 Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity (1980)
6 Gavin Lyall Midnight Plus One (1965)
59 Gavin Lyall The Most Dangerous Game (1964)
 24 Ross Macdonald The Chill (1964)
54 Ross Macdonald The Wycherly Woman (1961)
11 Alistair MacLean HMS Ulysses (1955)
80 Alistair MacLean The Guns of Navarone (1957)
64 Ed McBain Cop Hater (1956)
82 Curt Cannon I Like 'em Tough (short stories) (1958)
87 A. A. Milne The Red House Mystery (1922)
15 Lucien Nahum Shadow 81 (1975)
28 Robert B. Parker Early Autumn (1981)
18 Eden Phillpotts The Red Redmaynes (1922)
76 Eden Phillpotts A Voice from the Dark (1925)
36 Edgar Allan Poe The Murders in the Rue Morgue (short story) (1841)
40 Edgar Allan Poe The Gold-Bug (short story) (1843)
64 Edgar Allan Poe The Purloined Letter (short story) (1845)
49 Joyce Porter Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All (1967)
1 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of Y (1932)
27 Ellery Queen The Tragedy of X (1932)
31 Ellery Queen The Egyptian Cross Mystery (1932)
53 Ellery Queen Calamity Town (1942)
54 Ellery Queen The Greek Coffin Mystery (1932)
90 Ellery Queen The Dutch Shoe Mystery (1931)
94 Ellery Queen Halfway House (1936)
93 A. J. Quinnell Man on Fire (1980)
94 A. J. Quinnell Blood Ties (1984)
49 Craig Rice Home Sweet Homicide (1944)
99 Lawrence Sanders The First Deadly Sin (1973 )
83 Georges Simenon A Man's Head (1931)
30 Sjöwall & Wahlöö The Laughing Policeman (1968)
79 John Thomas Sladek Invisible Green (1977)
84 W. Somerset Maugham Ashenden: Or the British Agent (1928)
44 Josephine Tey The Daughter of Time (1951)
81 Steven L. Thompson Recovery (1980)
9 S. S. Van Dine The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
22 S. S. Van Dine The Greene Murder Case (1928)
7 Freeman Wills Crofts The Cask (1920)
97 Freeman Wills Crofts  The 12.30 from Croydon aka Wilful and Premeditated (1934)
46 Cornell Woolrich Rendezvous in Black (1948)
2 William Irish Phantom Lady (1942)

 Repeat numbers indicate ties. Bold indicates collections. Italics indicates translation.

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