Lists of Bests: The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, by Category (from The Crown Crime Companion) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/20172 From the back of the book: "For _The Crown Crime Companion_, the Mystery Writers of America have compiled a list of the best 100 mystery novels of all time, as well as a list of favorites in ten categories." These are the top books (in descending order) from each category: * Classics (1-10) * Suspense (11-20) * Hardboiled/Private Eye (21-30) * Police Procedural (31-41 - there was a tie between #40 and #41) * Espionage/Thriller (42-51) * Criminal (52-61) * Cozy/Traditional (62-71) * Historical (72-81) * Humorous (82-91) * Legal/Courtroom (92-101) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:14:21 GMT en-us 0 50 101 50 0 The Complete Sherlock Holmes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1552133 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1552133"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000CPAR60.01-A193HK9H3SMHWG._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133550412_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Tales of Mystery and Imagination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77731 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77731"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151002347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allen Poe</div> The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979673 <div id="position">3</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 Woman in White (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/668629 <div id="position">4</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> Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315016 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315016"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143058142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fyodor Dostoyevsky</div> Trent's Last Case http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1078689 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Clerihew Bentley</div> The Circular Staircase http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2355555 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2355555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1426409265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60993002_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Roberts Rinehart</div> The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907329 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907329"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140439269.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> The Innocence of Father Brown http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2175790 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2175790"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0809592533.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. K. Chesterton</div> Dracula (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11038 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11038"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393970124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bram Stoker</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89732 <div id="position">11</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> Silence of the Lambs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92500 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92500"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312022824.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430301_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Red Dragon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456799 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456799"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0525945563.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Where Are the Children? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85102 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85102"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416507779.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Higgins Clark</div> Laura (Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1204014 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1204014"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558615059.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V34298268_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vera Caspary</div> Beast in View http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64289 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64289"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786706678.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056488270_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Millar</div> A Judgement in Stone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239515 <div id="position">17</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> Rosemary's Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515602 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515602"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E12BOI.01-A2AXN9TZNRHUH0._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira Levin</div> The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642227 <div id="position">19</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> Brighton Rock: (Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61309 <div id="position">20</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 Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18648 <div id="position">21</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 Big Sleep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11237 <div id="position">22</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 Long Goodbye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11231 <div id="position">23</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> Farewell, My Lovely http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11236 <div id="position">24</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 Thin Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18647 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18647"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722637.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> Red Harvest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18646 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18646"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122553653_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> I, the Jury http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2319989 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2319989"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000H7930O.01-A1V17DNPQMDUFD._SCTHUMBZZZ_V33607833_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mickey Spillane</div> A Is for Alibi (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mystery Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968545 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312938993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sue Grafton</div> The Lady in the Lake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11234 <div id="position">29</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> The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/264123 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/264123"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553237217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455470_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rex Stout</div> Dance Hall of the Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180749 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180749"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060563745.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Hillerman</div> The Laughing Policeman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18866 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18866"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679742239.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464937_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maj Sjowall</div> Gorky Park http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62644 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62644"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345298349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436907_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Cruz Smith</div> A Thief of Time (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89668 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061000043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123815543_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Hillerman</div> The First Deadly Sin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/408327 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/408327"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425104273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056442080_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Sanders</div> Last Seen Wearing (Pan Classic Crime) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1448448 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1448448"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330389890.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hillary Waugh</div> The Steam Pig (Crime Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/901407 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James McCLure</div> The Choirboys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/174593 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/174593"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440111889.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056443320_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Wambaugh</div> Shroud for a Nightingale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20873 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20873"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743219600.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056474370_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.D. James</div> Ice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2495254 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed McBain</div> In the Heat of the Night (Mystery Scene Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2528049 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2528049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0881848875.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056504382_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ball</div> The Spy Who Came In from the Cold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21409 <div id="position">42</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> A Coffin for Dimitrios http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220079 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220079"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Ambler</div> Eye of the Needle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/992002 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/992002"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006074815X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Follett</div> The Day of the Jackal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15681 <div id="position">45</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> Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21475 <div id="position">46</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> The Thirty-Nine Steps (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3530 <div id="position">47</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 Ipcress File http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/645794 <div id="position">48</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> Smiley's People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83001 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/83001"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743455800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John le Carre</div> Rogue Male (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642246 <div id="position">50</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>