Combining the CWA and MWA Lists.
CWA 1990 Lists: (in ranked order) (by author)MWA 1995 (in ranked order) (by author)
Before comparing the MWA and CWA lists, here is a combined list by author. As may be obvious, those with two rankings are on both lists. Those with one ranking are on one list.
Ranking, without brackets: CWA. [In brackets, MWA]
26 Margery Allingham: The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)
24,[17] Eric Ambler: The Mask of Dimitrios (1939)
34,[33] E. C. Bentley: Trent's Last Case (1913)
41 Anthony Berkeley: The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929)
16 Francis Iles: Malice Aforethought (1931)
77 Desmond Bagley: Running Blind (1970)
81 Nicholas Blake: The Beast Must Die (1938)
70 Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon: A Bullet in the Ballet (1937)
84 Christianna Brand: Green for Danger (1945)
98 Simon Brett: What Bloody Man Is That? (1987)
20,[22] John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
91 John Buchan: Greenmantle (1916)
[75] W. R. Burnett: Little Caesar (1929)
30,[14] James M. Cain: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)
[34] James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1943)
[54] Truman Capote: In Cold Blood (1966)
40,[96] John Dickson Carr: The Hollow Man [aka The Three Coffins] (1935)
50 John Dickson Carr: The Devil in Velvet (1951)
[44] Vera Caspary: Laura (1942)
76 Sarah Caudwell: The Shortest Way to Hades (1984)
2,[8] Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939)
7,[21] Raymond Chandler: Farewell My Lovely (1940)
15,[13] Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (1953)
47,[59] Raymond Chandler: The Lady in the Lake (1943)
[57] G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
92 Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
5,[12] Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
19,[10] Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (1939)
83 Agatha Christie: Death Comes as the End (1945)
[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)
8,[7] Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868)
28,[32] Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White (1860)
21,[1]* Arthur Conan Doyle: The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (1892-1927)
32 Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
79 Richard Condon: The Manchurian Candidate (1959)
[97] Richard Condon: Prizzi's Honor (1982)
[86] Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent (1907)
25,[72] Edmund Crispin: The Moving Toyshop (1946)
81,[35] Martin Cruz Smith: Gorky Park (1981)
65 Lionel Davidson: The Rose of Tibet (1962)
88 Lionel Davidson: The Sun Chemist (1976)
9,[43] Len Deighton: The IPCRESS File (1962)
58 Len Deighton: Game, Set & Match (1984-1986).
36 Colin Dexter: The Dead of Jericho (1981)
[62] Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)
[24] Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment (1866)
6,[9] Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (1938)
13,[23] Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (1980)
[99] Jack Finney: Time and Again (1970)
35,[78] Ian Fleming: From Russia, with Love (1957)
95 Ken Follett: The Key to Rebecca (1980)
[25] Ken Follett: Eye of the Needle (1978)
17,[20] Frederick Forsyth: The Day of the Jackal (1971)
86 John Fowles: The Collector (1963)
59 Dick Francis: The Danger (1983)
78 Dick Francis: Twice Shy (1981)
64,[80] Michael Gilbert: Smallbone Deceased (1950)
63 Paula Gosling: A Running Duck (1978)
[51] Sue Grafton: "A" is for Alibi (1982)
80 Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987)
46,[69] Graham Greene: Brighton Rock (1938)
72,[50] Graham Greene: The Third Man (1950)
[61] Graham Greene: Our Man in Havana (1958)
[42] John Grisham: The Firm (1991)
[73] John Grisham: A Time to Kill (1989)
74 Adam Hall: The Quiller Memorandum (1965)
10,[2] Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930)
31,[88] Dashiell Hammett: The Glass Key (1931)
94,[39] Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest (1929)
[31] Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man (1934)
85 Cyril Hare: Tragedy at Law (1942)
[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)
54 Jack Higgins: The Eagle Has Landed (1975)
[50] Mary Higgins Clark: Where Are the Children? (1975)
38 Patricia Highsmith: Strangers on a Train (1950)
45,[71] Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955)
61 Reginald Hill: Underworld (1988)
71 Reginald Hill: Dead Heads (1983)
69,[53] Tony Hillerman: A Thief of Time (1989)
[37] Tony Hillerman: Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
14,[55] Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male (1939)
Francis Iles: See Anthony Berkeley.
52 Michael Innes: The Journeying Boy (1949)
68 Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
52 P. D. James: A Taste for Death (1986)
60 P. D. James: Devices and Desires (1989)
66 P. D. James: Innocent Blood (1980)
[83] P. D. James: Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
97 H. R. F. Keating: The Murder of the Maharajah (1980)
3,[6] John le Carré: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963)
33,[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)
44 Ira Levin: A Kiss Before Dying (1953)
[100] Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby (1967)
27 Peter Lovesey: The False Inspector Dew (1982)
56 Peter Lovesey: Bertie and the Tin Man (1987)
93,[63] Peter Lovesey: Wobble to Death (1970)
99 Gavin Lyall: Shooting Script (1966)
[64] W. Somerset Maugham: Ashenden (1928) (short story collection)
[87] John D. MacDonald: The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
[91] Ross Macdonald: The Chill (1963)
89 Alistair MacLean: The Guns of Navarone (1957)
87 J. J. Marric: Gideon's Day (1955)
36 Ed McBain: Cop Hater (1956)
96 Ed McBain: Sadie When She Died (1972)
[98] James McClure: The Steam Pig (1974)
[29] Gregory Mcdonald: Fletch (1974)
[65] Nicholas Meyer: The Seven Per-Cent Solution (1974)
75,[79] Margaret Millar: Beast in View (1955)
56 Susan Moody: Penny Black (1984)
[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)
42,[100] Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977)
42 Ellis Peters: The Leper of Saint Giles (1981)
23,[3] Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1852)
73 Anthony Price: The Labyrinth Makers (1974)
[15] Mario Puzo: The Godfather (1969)
39,[89] Ruth Rendell: A Judgement in Stone (1977)
49 Ruth Rendell: A Demon in My View (1976)
29 Barbara Vine: A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986)
50 Barbara Vine: A Fatal Inversion (1987)
[95] Craig Rice: Home Sweet Homicide (1944)
[40] Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase (1908)
[52] Lawrence Sanders: The First Deadly Sin (1973)
4,[18] Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night (1935)
18,[28] Dorothy L. Sayers: The Nine Tailors (1934)
22,[56] Dorothy L. Sayers: Murder Must Advertise (1933)
67,[36] Dorothy L. Sayers: Strong Poison (1930)
[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)
90 Julian Symons: The Colour of Murder (1957)
55 Mary Stewart: My Brother Michael (1960)
62 Mary Stewart: Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)
1,[4] Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time (1951)
11,[81] Josephine Tey: The Franchise Affair (1948)
[90] Josephine Tey: Brat Farrar
[85] Ross Thomas: Chinaman's Chance (1978)
[49] Jim Thompson: The Killer Inside Me (1952)
[11] Robert Traver: Anatomy of a Murder (1958)
48,[5] Scott Turow: Presumed Innocent (1987)
Barbara Vine: See Ruth Rendell
100 Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men (1906)
[93] Joseph Wambaugh: The Choirboys (1975)
12,[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)
*While the CWA references The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, the MWA refers to The Complete Sherlock Holmes.
