Lists of Bests: Orion Millennium's "Crime Masterworks Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/1593 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:15:37 GMT en-us 0 50 47 0 0 The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1862968 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1862968"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847643.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Sherlock Holmes's Great Cases (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2656703 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2656703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847651.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Other Paths to Glory (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/691854 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/691854"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/075284766X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Price</div> The Deep Blue Goodbye (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642101 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642101"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847678.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59558569_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John D. MacDonald</div> The Getaway (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507471 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507471"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847686.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> Double Indemnity (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/697518 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/697518"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Cain</div> The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901298 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901298"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</div> Ice (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2682310 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2682310"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed McBain</div> The Laughing Policeman (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642134 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752847724.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maj Sjowall</div> The Choirboys (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1493609 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1493609"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Wambaugh</div> The Glass Key (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105141 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851330.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Hollow Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1850266 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1850266"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851373.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dickson Carr</div> The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642227 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642227"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590171810.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Fearing</div> The Specialty of the House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642261 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Ellin</div> Rogue Male (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642246 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642246"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/075285139X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Household</div> Dance Hall of the Dead (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683502 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683502"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852825.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Hillerman</div> The Killer Inside Me (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485596 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485596"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851438.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> The Best of Father Brown (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2622606 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2622606"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851683.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G.K. Chesterton</div> Nightwebs (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642272 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642272"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851705.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornell Woolrich</div> Briar Patch (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498487 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498487"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851721.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ross Thomas</div> The Labyrinth Makers (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69689 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69689"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851764.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Price</div> Beast in View (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335503 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335503"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851748.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Millar</div> Black Money (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2500497 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2500497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851780.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43025681_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ross Macdonald</div> The Blue Room (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2278530 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2278530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752853805.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Simenon</div> Mildred Pierce (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2535157 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2535157"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Cain</div> Hammett (Crime Masterworks S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642329 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642329"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851829.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V61536945_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Gores</div> The Dain Curse (Crime Masterworks S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555988 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555988"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> POP.1280 (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507474 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507474"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851845.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> Sadie When She Died (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2619626 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2619626"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752856154.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed McBain</div> Red Harvest (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422554 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422554"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852612.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Anatomy of a Murder (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642402 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642402"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752856162.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Travers</div> The Old "Vengeful" (Crime Masterworks S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21821 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21821"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Price</div> The Stain on the Snow (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642491 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642491"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752853783.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Simenon</div> The Grifters (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1656232 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1656232"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/075285206X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> The Eighth Circle (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003139 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003139"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752853317.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Ellin</div> Roseanna (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2604926 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2604926"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752856138.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maj Sjowall</div> After Dark, My Sweet (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485595 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485595"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852086.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> The Continental Op (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642565 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642565"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752856170.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Interface (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642579 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642579"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752851888.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Gores</div> Nothing More Than Murder (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507476 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507476"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2488948 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2488948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752861743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Cain</div> Midnight Plus One (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642596 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642596"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752867172.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gavin Lyall</div> Serenade (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/474831 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/474831"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752861751.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Cain</div> A Hell of a Woman (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507475 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507475"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752852108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> Savage Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188291 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188291"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679733108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> A Swell-Looking Babe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/539311 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/539311"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679733116.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490267 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490267"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722599.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div>