Lists of Bests: Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (from The Hatchards Crime Companion) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/19227 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. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:22:58 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Daughter of Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19251 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19251"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684803860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465384_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josephine Tey</div> The Big Sleep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11237 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11237"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394758285.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122538385_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> The Spy Who Came In from the Cold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21409 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21409"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743442539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122558852_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John le Carre</div> Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1659 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1659"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061043494.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy L. Sayers</div> Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160057 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160057"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1579126278.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89732 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89732"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380730405.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V41075501_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne du Maurier</div> Farewell, My Lovely http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11236 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11236"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394758277.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695157_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979673 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979673"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375757856.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wilkie Collins</div> The Ipcress File http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/645794 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/645794"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0586026193.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Len Deighton</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18648 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18648"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722645.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1100853900_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> The FRANCHISE AFFAIR http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/365810 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/365810"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684842564.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josephine Tey</div> Last Seen Wearing... http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623930 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hillary Waugh</div> The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970172 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970172"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307264890.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Umberto Eco</div> Rogue Male (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642246 <div id="position">14</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> The Long Goodbye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11231 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11231"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394757688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Malice Aforethought http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2632167 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2632167"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752864785.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120766361_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Iles</div> The Day of the Jackal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15681 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15681"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553266306.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455485_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick Forsyth</div> The Nine Tailors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4143 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4143"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156658992.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy L. Sayers</div> And Then There Were None http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/957525 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/957525"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312330871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div> The Thirty-Nine Steps (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3530 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141441178.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Buchan</div> The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2460911 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1665 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061043559.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy L. Sayers</div> Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Paperback Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77736 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77736"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0794501869.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1092912592_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</div> The Mask of Dimitrios http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/789438 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Ambler</div> The Moving Toyshop: A Detective Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1454204 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edmund Crispin</div> The Tiger in the Smoke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2021001 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2021001"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099477734.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45643511_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margery Allingham</div> The False Inspector Dew http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/291791 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/291791"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1569472556.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056520431_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Lovesey</div> The Woman in White (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668629 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668629"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wilkie Collins</div> A Dark-Adapted Eye (Plume) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64317 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64317"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452270642.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Rendell</div> The Postman Always Rings Twice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970594 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970594"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000023VWR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056652869_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Mallahan Cain</div> The Glass Key http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281614 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281614"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1105877290_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> The Hound of the Baskervilles (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241403 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241403"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812966066.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21475 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21475"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743457900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John le Carre</div> Trent's Last Case http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1078689 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Clerihew Bentley</div> From Russia with Love (James Bond Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86299 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86299"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142002070.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Fleming</div> Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/561163 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/561163"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671775472.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056463740_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed McBain</div> Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse Mysteries (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24391 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24391"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804114862.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Dexter</div> Strangers on a Train http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10953 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10953"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393321983.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Highsmith</div> A Judgement in Stone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239515 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239515"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375704965.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Rendell</div> Hollow Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1850266 <div id="position">40</div><div 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/></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellis Peters</div> The Leper of St. Giles (Cadfael Chronicles) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361392 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/361392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0751511056.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peters</div> A Kiss Before Dying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45601 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45601"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786711647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira, Levin</div> The Talented Mr.Ripley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55256 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099282879.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Highsmith</div> Brighton Rock: (Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61309 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61309"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1083834066_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> The Lady in the Lake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11234 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11234"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394758250.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Presumed Innocent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12937 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12937"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446359866.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134644345_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Turow</div> A Demon in My View http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9103 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9103"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375704914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438421_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Rendell</div> The Devil in Velvet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69948 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69948"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786701013.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122568438_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dickson Carr</div>