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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 2

I love crime fiction, but tend to read the same few authors. This list is comprised of crime fiction and true crime by 198 different individual authors, as well as a duo, and a collaborative novel by The Detection Club, whose members included Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy L Sayers, who all have individual works on this list too. This is by no means a comprehensive list, and there are sure to be favourites I have accidentally overlooked. For authors of series, I have chosen the title in which the detective first appears according to Goodreads. There are a couple of exceptions.
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Robert Galbraith)
The Cuckoo's Calling
41
Robert Galbraith
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
42
Jeff Lindsay
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
43
Frederick Forsyth
Dead Cert (Dick Francis)
Dead Cert
44
Dick Francis
Dead Simple (Peter James)
Dead Simple
45
Peter James
Deadly Focus (R. C. Bridgestock)
Deadly Focus
46
R. C. Bridgestock
Death at La Fenice (Donna Leon)
Death at La Fenice
47
Donna Leon
Defending Jacob (William Landay)
Defending Jacob
48
William Landay
Deja Dead (Kathy Reichs)
Deja Dead
49
Kathy Reichs
Depths of the Forest (Eugenio Fuentes)
Depths of the Forest
50
Eugenio Fuentes
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
51
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
52
Erik Larson
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Mara Leveritt)
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
53
Mara Leveritt
Devil's Peak (Deon Meyer)
Devil's Peak
54
Deon Meyer
Dissolution (C.J. Sansom)
Dissolution
55
C.J. Sansom
Don't Tell (Karen Rose)
Don't Tell
56
Karen Rose
The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat
57
The Drowning Pool (Ross MacDonald)
The Drowning Pool
58
Ross MacDonald
Dying to Tell (Robert Goddard)
Dying to Tell
59
Robert Goddard
Elizabeth Is Missing (Emma Healey)
Elizabeth Is Missing
60
Emma Healey
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
61
Norman Mailer
The Face of a Stranger
The Face of a Stranger
62
Faceless Killers (Henning Mankell)
Faceless Killers
63
Henning Mankell
Fadeout
Fadeout
64
Fantomas (Marcel Allain)
Fantomas
65
Marcel Allain
The Final Judgement (Richard North Patterson)
The Final Judgement
66
Richard North Patterson
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
67
John Grisham
The Floating Admiral (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931)
68
Gallows View (Peter Robinson)
Gallows View
69
Peter Robinson
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
70
Elmore Leonard
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
71
Paula Hawkins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
72
Stieg Larsson
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
73
Mario Puzo
The Golden Scales (Parker Bilal)
The Golden Scales
74
Parker Bilal
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
75
Gillian Flynn
The Good Girl (Mary Kubica)
The Good Girl
76
Mary Kubica
Gorky Park
Gorky Park
77
A Great Deliverance
A Great Deliverance
78
Greenwich Killing Time (Kinky Freidman)
Greenwich Killing Time
79
Kinky Freidman
The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
The Grifters
80
Jim Thompson
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