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Orion Millennium's "Crime Masterworks Books"

The Crime Masterworks is a series of books published by Orion Millennium which attempts to re-print classic Crime books.

Whenever possible I’ve added the Crime Masterworks edition to this list, but since they’re not all listed on allconsuming this was not always possible.

The list isn’t pretty, but it does serve its purpose of providing a checklist for a great reading list.

Finding a definitive list of the SF & Fantasy Masterworks was quite easy, but the Crime Masterworks are rather more ellusive – feel free to contribute a source if you know of a definitive list.
1. The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks)
by Dashiell Hammett
  
2. Sherlock Holmes's Great Cases (Crime Masterworks)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  
3. Other Paths to Glory (Crime Masterworks)
by Anthony Price
  
4. The Deep Blue Goodbye (Crime Masterworks)
by John D. MacDonald
  
5. The Getaway (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
6. Double Indemnity (Crime Masterworks)
by James M. Cain
  
7. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Crime Masterworks)
by Edgar Allan Poe
  
8. Ice (Crime Masterworks)
by Ed McBain
  
9. The Laughing Policeman (Crime Masterworks)
by Maj Sjowall
  
10. The Choirboys (Crime Masterworks)
by Joseph Wambaugh
  
11. The Glass Key (Crime Masterworks)
by Dashiell Hammett
  
12. Hollow Man
by John Dickson Carr
  
13. The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics)
by Kenneth Fearing
  
14.
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 The Specialty of the House
by Stanley Ellin
  
15. Rogue Male (Crime Masterworks)
by Geoffrey Household
  
16. Dance Hall of the Dead (Crime Masterworks)
by Tony Hillerman
  
17. The Killer Inside Me (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
18. The Best of Father Brown (Crime Masterworks)
by G.K. Chesterton
  
19. Nightwebs (Crime Masterworks)
by Cornell Woolrich
  
20. Briar Patch (Crime Masterworks)
by Ross Thomas
  
21. The Labyrinth Makers (Crime Masterworks)
by Anthony Price
  
22. Beast in View (Crime Masterworks)
by Margaret Millar
  
23. Black Money (Crime Masterworks)
by Ross Macdonald
  
24. The Blue Room (Crime Masterworks)
by Georges Simenon
  
25. Mildred Pierce (Crime Masterworks)
by James M. Cain
  
26. Hammett (Crime Masterworks S.)
by Joe Gores
  
27. The Dain Curse (Crime Masterworks S.)
by Dashiell Hammett
  
28. POP.1280 (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
29. Sadie When She Died (Crime Masterworks)
by Ed McBain
  
30. Red Harvest (Crime Masterworks)
by Dashiell Hammett
  
31. Anatomy of a Murder (Crime Masterworks)
by Robert Travers
  
32. The Old "Vengeful" (Crime Masterworks S.)
by Anthony Price
  
33. The Stain on the Snow (Crime Masterworks)
by Georges Simenon
  
34. The Grifters (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
35. The Eighth Circle (Crime Masterworks)
by Stanley Ellin
  
36. Roseanna (Crime Masterworks)
by Maj Sjowall
  
37. After Dark, My Sweet (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
38. The Continental Op (Crime Masterworks)
by Dashiell Hammett
  
39. Interface (Crime Masterworks)
by Joe Gores
  
40. Nothing More Than Murder (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
41. The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime Masterworks)
by James M. Cain
  
42. Midnight Plus One (Crime Masterworks)
by Gavin Lyall
  
43. Serenade (Crime Masterworks)
by James M. Cain
  
44. A Hell of a Woman (Crime Masterworks)
by Jim Thompson
  
45. Savage Night
by Jim Thompson
  
46. A Swell-Looking Babe
by Jim Thompson
  
47. The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
by Dashiell Hammett
  
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Created by Lewis on Mar 21, 2006.