Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (from The Hatchards Crime Companion)
In 1990 the members of the Crime Writers Association (of Great Britain) voted for their five favorite crime novels in each of ten categories ("The Founding Fathers", "The Golden Age (1914-1939)", "Police Procedural", "Psychological Suspense", "The Whodunnit", "History Mystery", "Romantic Suspense", "Thrillers", "Espionage" and "Hard-Boiled". The following 100 books (including some story collections as well as novels) are the top vote-getters from all categories, listed below in descending order.
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Created by RobT2 on Nov 25, 2006.


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