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Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide: Crime & Thrillers

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Sourced from "Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide" (Nick Rennison, 8th edn, 2009).
Crime
1-2 Classics
3-18 Top picks
19-34: Also recommended
Thrillers
35-38 Classics
39-53: Top picks
54-68: Also recommended
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1
Edgar Allan Poe
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
3
The Blind Barber (John Dickson Carr)
The Blind Barber
4
John Dickson Carr
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
Tell No One
5
Harlan Coben
The Jewel That Was Ours (Colin Dexter)
The Jewel That Was Ours
6
Colin Dexter
Dead Lagoon
Dead Lagoon
7
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
8
James Ellroy
Dialogues of the Dead (Reginald Hill)
Dialogues of the Dead
9
Reginald Hill
Falling Angel (William Hjortsberg)
Falling Angel
10
William Hjortsberg
The Bottoms (Joe R. Lansdale)
The Bottoms
11
Joe R. Lansdale
Death in a Strange Country (Donna Leon)
Death in a Strange Country
12
Donna Leon
A Case of Spirits (Peter Lovesey)
A Case of Spirits
13
Peter Lovesey
Laurels Are Poison (Gladys Mitchell)
Laurels Are Poison
14
Gladys Mitchell
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go (George Pelecanos)
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
15
George Pelecanos
One Corpse Too Many (Ellis Peters)
One Corpse Too Many
16
Ellis Peters
Black and Blue (Ian Rankin)
Black and Blue
17
Ian Rankin
Too Many Cooks (Rex Stout)
Too Many Cooks
18
Rex Stout
Cadillac Jukebox (James Lee Burke)
Cadillac Jukebox
19
James Lee Burke
Post Mortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Post Mortem
20
Patricia Cornwell
The Moving Toyshop (Edmund Crispin)
The Moving Toyshop
21
Edmund Crispin
The Hours of the Virgin (Loren D. Estleman)
The Hours of the Virgin
22
Loren D. Estleman
Malice Aforethought (Francis Iles)
Malice Aforethought
23
Francis Iles
The Deep Blue Goodbye (John D. MacDonald)
The Deep Blue Goodbye
24
John D. MacDonald
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
25
Walter Mosley
Gallows View (Peter Robinson)
Gallows View
26
Peter Robinson
The Long-Legged Fly (James Sallis)
The Long-Legged Fly
27
James Sallis
A Three Pipe Problem (Julian Symons)
A Three Pipe Problem
28
Julian Symons
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
29
Josephine Tey
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
30
Scott Turow
A Fatal Inversion (Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell)
A Fatal Inversion
31
Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell
Miami Blues (Charles Willeford)
Miami Blues
32
Charles Willeford
A Small Death in Lisbon (Robert Wilson)
A Small Death in Lisbon
33
Robert Wilson
No Medals for the Major (Margaret Yorke)
No Medals for the Major
34
Margaret Yorke
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
35
Jules Verne
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
36
H. Rider Haggard
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
37
Rudyard Kipling
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Riddle of the Sands
38
Erskine Childers
The Mask of Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
The Mask of Dimitrios
39
Eric Ambler
The Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
The Sum of All Fears
40
Tom Clancy
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