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100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century, Picked by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Ass'n. - Page 2

In 2000, mystery booksellers looked back at a century of murder and compiled a list of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century. Members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association's online discussion group spent nearly two months considering and debating hundreds of titles recommended by mystery booksellers throughout the country. They agreed that each author could only appear once on the list.
IMBA's book, 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century, was published in December 2000 by The Crum Creek Press . This publication includes a member review discussing what makes each mystery on the list special, as well as members' choices of other titles they wish has been included. It won an Agatha and an Anthony award for the best non-fiction/critical work of 2000.
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The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
41
Dashiell Hammett
An English Murder
An English Murder
42
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
43
Thomas Harris
Tourist Season
Tourist Season
44
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
45
Patricia Highsmith
On Beulah Height
On Beulah Height
46
A Thief of Time
A Thief of Time
47
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem
48
Hamlet, Revenge
Hamlet, Revenge
49
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
50
The Ritual Bath
The Ritual Bath
51
When the Bough Breaks
When the Bough Breaks
52
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
53
Dark Nantucket Noon
Dark Nantucket Noon
54
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
55
John Le Carré
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
56
Harper Lee
Darkness Take My Hand
Darkness Take My Hand
57
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
58
Elmore Leonard
Sleeping Dog
Sleeping Dog
59
Rough Cider
Rough Cider
60
The Deep Blue Good-By
The Deep Blue Good-By
61
The List of Adrian Messenger
The List of Adrian Messenger
62
The Chill
The Chill
63
Bootlegger's Daughter
Bootlegger's Daughter
64
Death of a Peer
Death of a Peer
65
Sadie When She Died
Sadie When She Died
66
The Sunday Hangman
The Sunday Hangman
67
If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O
If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O
68
Stranger in My Grave
Stranger in My Grave
69
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
70
Walter Mosley
Edwin of the Iron Shoes
Edwin of the Iron Shoes
71
Death's Bright Angel
Death's Bright Angel
72
Mallory's Oracle
Mallory's Oracle
73
Child of Silence
Child of Silence
74
Deadlock
Deadlock
75
Looking for Rachel Wallace
Looking for Rachel Wallace
76
The Club Dumas
The Club Dumas
77
Vanishing Act
Vanishing Act
78
Crocodile on the Sandback
Crocodile on the Sandback
79
One Corpse Too Many
One Corpse Too Many
80
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