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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 3

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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Hangover Square (Patrick Hamilton)
Hangover Square
81
Patrick Hamilton
Happy Like Murderers (Gordon Burn)
Happy Like Murderers
82
Gordon Burn
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
83
Vincent Bugliosi
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
84
The Hypnotist
The Hypnotist
85
I Am Pilgrim (Terry Hayes)
I Am Pilgrim
86
Terry Hayes
I Let You Go (Clare MacKintosh)
I Let You Go
87
Clare MacKintosh
I Saw a Man (Owen Sheers)
I Saw a Man
88
Owen Sheers
The Ice Princess
The Ice Princess
89
In the Blood (Lisa Unger)
In the Blood
90
Lisa Unger
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
91
Truman Capote
In a Dark Dark Wood (Ruth Ware)
In a Dark Dark Wood
92
Ruth Ware
In the Woods (Tara French)
In the Woods
93
Tara French
Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky)
Indemnity Only
94
Sara Paretsky
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Shamini Flint)
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
95
Shamini Flint
The IPCRESS File
The IPCRESS File
96
Irène (Pierre Lemaitre)
Irène
97
Pierre Lemaitre
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi
98
Sue Grafton
Jar City
Jar City
99
A Judgement in Stone
A Judgement in Stone
100
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
The Keeper of Lost Causes
101
Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Kill Artist
The Kill Artist
102
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
103
Jim Thompson
Killing Floor (Lee Child)
Killing Floor
104
Lee Child
Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly
105
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift
106
The Kind Worth Killing (Peter Swanson)
The Kind Worth Killing
107
Peter Swanson
Knots and Crosses (Ian Rankin)
Knots and Crosses
108
Ian Rankin
The Ladykiller (Martina Cole)
The Ladykiller
109
Martina Cole
Last Bus to Woodstock (Colin Dexter)
Last Bus to Woodstock
110
Colin Dexter
Life or Death (Michael Robotham)
Life or Death
111
Michael Robotham
Little Boy Blue (Edward Bunker)
Little Boy Blue
112
Edward Bunker
Lonely Hearts (John Harvey)
Lonely Hearts
113
John Harvey
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
114
Alice Sebold
Luckiest Girl Alive (Jessica Knoll)
Luckiest Girl Alive
115
Jessica Knoll
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
116
Dashiell Hammett
A Man Lay Dead
A Man Lay Dead
117
The Man Who Knew Too Much (G K Chesterton)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
118
G K Chesterton
The Mangle Street Murders (M. R. C. Kasasian)
The Mangle Street Murders
119
M. R. C. Kasasian
Marrow (Tarryn Fisher)
Marrow
120
Tarryn Fisher
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