Tozai List. The Mystery Writers of Japan
Top 100 Western Mystery Novels (2012) by author
In 2012 Shukan Bunshun Magazine, together with the Mystery Writers of Japan put together a revised list of the Top 100 Mystery Novels. It is presented below, alphabetically, by author.
 
Rank  author name  book title  (year) 
95  Jeffrey Archer  Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less  (1976)
53  Catherine Arley  Woman of Straw  (1956)
76  Charlotte Armstrong  A Dram of Poison  (1956)
66  Isaac Asimov  Black Widowers (short stories)  (1974)
100  Isaac Asimov  The Caves of Steel  (1954)
91  Desmond Bagley  High Citadel  (1965)
20  Anthony Berkeley  The Poisoned Chocolates Case  (1929)
31  Anthony Berkeley  Trial and Error  (1937)
49  Anthony Berkeley  Jumping Jenny aka Dead Mrs. Stratton  (1933)
59  Anthony Berkeley  The Second Shot  (1930)
21  Lawrence Block  Eight Million Ways to Die  (1982)
24  Christianna Brand  Death of Jezebel  (1948)
69  Dan Brown  The Da Vinci Code  (2003)
6  Raymond Chandler  The Long Goodbye  (1953)
79  Raymond Chandler  Farewell, My Lovely  (1940)
8  G. K. Chesterton  The Innocence of Father Brown (short stories)  (1911)
86  G. K. Chesterton  The Poet and the Lunatics (short stories)  (1929)
1  Agatha Christie  And Then There Were None  (1939)
5  Agatha Christie  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd  (1926)
11  Agatha Christie  Murder on the Orient Express  (1934)
62  Agatha Christie  The A.B.C. Murders  (1936)
99  Agatha Christie  Death on the Nile  (1937)
67  Wilkie Collins  The Moonstone  (1868)
3  Arthur Conan Doyle   The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (short stories)  (1892)
47  Arthur Conan Doyle  The Hound of the Baskervilles  (1902)
96  Arthur Conan Doyle  A Study in Scarlet  (1887)
94  Thomas H. Cook  The Chatham School Affair  (1996)
64  Roald Dahl  Someone Like You (short stories)  (1953)
63  William L. DeAndrea  The HOG Murders  (1979)
22  Jeffery Deaver  The Bone Collector  (1997)
73  Jeffery Deaver  The Cold Moon  (2006)
80  Colin Dexter  Last Seen Wearing  (1976)
44  Carter Dickson  The Judas Window  (1938)
10  John Dickson Carr  The Burning Court  (1937)
16  John Dickson Carr  The Hollow Man aka The Three Coffins  (1935)
37  John Dickson Carr  The Emperor's Snuff-Box  (1942)
7  Umberto Eco  The Name of the Rose  (1980)
27  James Ellroy  White Jazz  (1992)
55  James Ellroy  The Black Dahlia  (1987)
60  James Ellroy  The Big Nowhere  (1988)
17  Frederick Forsyth  The Day of the Jackal  (1971)
46  Dick Francis  Whip Hand  (1979)
35  Dick Francis  For Kicks  (1965)
72  Robert Goddard  Past Caring  (1986)
38  Dashiell Hammett  Red Harvest  (1929)
36  Dashiell Hammett  The Maltese Falcon  (1930)
9  Thomas Harris  The Silence of the Lambs  (1988)
85  Thomas Harris  Red Dragon  (1981)
19 Jack Higgins  The Eagle Has Landed  1975)
26  James P. Hogan  Inherit the Stars  (1977)
54  Stephen Hunter  Point of Impact  (1993)
74  Kazuo Ishiguro  Never Let Me Go  (2005)
41  Sébastien Japrisot  Trap for Cinderella  (1962)
68  Harry Kemelman  The Nine Mile Walk (short stories)  (1967)
61  Stephen King  Misery  (1987)
12  Stieg Larsson  Millennium series  (2005-2007)
92  Maurice Leblanc  The Hollow Needle  (1909)
28  Gaston Leroux  The Mystery of the Yellow Room  (1907)
13  Ira Levin  A Kiss Before Dying  (1953)
25  Gavin Lyall  Midnight Plus One  (1965)
15  Ross Macdonald  The Chill  (1964)
57  Ross Macdonald  The Wycherly Woman  (1961)
70  Alistair MacLean  HMS Ulysses  (1955)
75  Robert R. McCammon  Boy's Life  (1991)
32  Lucien Nahum  Shadow 81  (1975)
98  Richard Neely  A Madness of the Heart  (1976)
58  Carol O'Connell  The Judas Child  (1998)
93  Robert B. Parker  Early Autumn  (1981)
83  George Pelecanos  The Big Blowdown  (1996)
48  Eden Phillpotts  The Red Redmaynes  (1922)
34  Edgar Allan Poe  The Murders in the Rue Morgue (short story)   (1841)
2  Ellery Queen  The Tragedy of Y  (1932)
14  Ellery Queen  The Tragedy of X  (1932)
23  Ellery Queen  The Greek Coffin Mystery  (1932)
42  Ellery Queen  The Egyptian Cross Mystery  (1932)
78  Ellery Queen  Cat of Many Tails  (1949)
90  Ellery Queen  Calamity Town  (1942)
51  Ruth Rendell  A Judgement in Stone  (1977)
89  Craig Rice  Home Sweet Homicide  (1944)
81  Theodore Roszak  Flicker  (1991)
45  Dorothy L. Sayers  The Nine Tailors  (1934)
30  Sjöwall & Wahlöö  The Laughing Policeman  (1968)
50  John Thomas Sladek  Invisible Green  (1977)
84  Scott Smith  A Simple Plan  (1993)
56  Tom Rob Smith  Child 44  (2008)
39  Josephine Tey  The Daughter of Time  (1951)
71  Trevanian  Shibumi  (1979)
29  Scott Turow  Presumed Innocent  (1987)
18  S. S. Van Dine  The Bishop Murder Case  (1929)
52  Ferdinand von Schirach  Crime  (2009) Short stories.
82  Sarah Waters  Fingersmith  (2002)
88  Sarah Waters  Affinity  (1999)
97  Donald E. Westlake  The Hot Rock  (1970)
33  Freeman Wills Crofts  The Cask  (1920)
43  R. D. Wingfield  Frost at Christmas  (1984)
65  R. D. Wingfield  A Touch of Frost  (1987)
77  Don Winslow  A Cool Breeze on the Underground  (1991)
87  Don Winslow  The Power of the Dog  (2005)
4  William Irish  Phantom Lady  (1942)
40  Stuart Woods  Chiefs  (1981)
Repeat numbers indicate ties. Bold indicates collections. Italics indicates translation.
via Wikipedia.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
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