Best crime novels according to German crime novelists

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Voted on by 122 members of Das Syndikat (an association of German/Swiss/Austrian mystery writers) in 2002. Everyone voted for ten books. Works from German-speaking countries were not allowed.

The list has been offline for a long time now, but thanks to the Web Archive, it can still be found.

Sorted by the number of votes. There are a lot of ties, including a four-way one for first place (it would have been a five-way tie had "The Big Sleep" received one more vote). Includes all the books with at least 3 votes.

A similar poll of British mystery writers:

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/19227-top-100-crime-novels-of-all-time-from-the-hatchards-crime-companion

and a poll of American writers:

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/20172-the-top-100-crime-novels-of-all-time-by-category-from-the-crown-crime-companion

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  1. 1.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Raymond Chandler
  3. 3.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by Dashiell Hammett
  4. 4.
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    by Patricia Highsmith
  5. 5.
    The Big Sleep
    by Raymond Chandler
  6. 6.
    Strangers on a Train
    by Patricia Highsmith
  7. 7.
    Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)
    by Dorothy L. Sayers
  9. 9.
    The Ice House: A Novel
    by Minette Walters
  10. 10.
    A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley Mysteries, No. 1)
    by Elizabeth George
  11. 11.
    The Terrorists (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
    by Maj Sjöwall
  12. 12.
    Farewell, My Lovely
    by Raymond Chandler
  13. 13.
    The Black Dahlia
    by James Ellroy
  14. 14.
    The Day of the Jackal
    by Frederick Forsyth
  15. 15.
    The Locked Room (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
    by Maj Sjöwall
  16. 16.
    The Sculptress
    by Minette Walters
  17. 17.
    The Mask of Dimitrios
    by Eric Ambler
  18. 18.
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
    by Agatha Christie
  19. 19.
    Smilla's Sense of Snow
    by Peter Hoeg
  20. 20.
    Silence of the Lambs
    by Thomas Harris
  22. 22.
  23. 23.
    The Body Farm (Scarpetta)
    by Patricia Cornwell
  24. 24.
    Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
    by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  25. 25.
    L.A. Confidential
    by James Ellroy
  26. 26.
    See Jane Run
    by Joy Fielding
  27. 27.
    The Glass Key
    by Dashiell Hammett
  28. 28.
    Red Harvest
    by Dashiell Hammett
  29. 29.
    The Tremor of Forgery (Highsmith, Patricia)
    by Patricia Highsmith
  30. 30.
    Edith's Diary (Highsmith, Patricia)
    by Patricia Highsmith
  31. 31.
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
    by John le Carre
  32. 32.
    The Laughing Policeman (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
    by Maj Sjöwall
  33. 33.
    Red Dragon
    by Thomas Harris
  34. 34.
    And Then There Were None
    by Agatha Christie
  35. 35.
    A Place of Execution
    by Val McDermid
  36. 36.
    The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Crime Classics)
    by Edgar Allan Poe
  37. 37.
    The Nine Tailors
    by Dorothy L. Sayers
  38. 38.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    by James M. Cain
  39. 39.
    The High Window
    by Raymond Chandler
  40. 40.
    The Lady in the Lake
    by Raymond Chandler
  41. 41.
    Eye of the Needle
    by Ken Follett
  42. 42.
  43. 43.
    The Dark Wind (Jim Chee Novels)
    by Tony Hillerman
  44. 44.
    Misery
    by Stephen King
  45. 45.
    Mercy
    by David Lindsey
  46. 46.
    The White Lioness: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (3)
    by Henning Mankell
  47. 47.
    Déjà dead
    by Kathy Reichs
  48. 48.
    A Demon in My View
    by Ruth Rendell
  49. 49.
    The Abominable Man (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
    by Maj Sjöwall
  50. 50.
    Het woeden der gehele wereld: Roman (Dutch Edition)
    by Maarten 't Hart

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