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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 4

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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Mean Streak (Sandra Brown)
Mean Streak
121
Sandra Brown
The Memory Box (Eva Lesko Natiello)
The Memory Box
122
Eva Lesko Natiello
The Mermaids Singing (Val Mcdermid)
The Mermaids Singing
123
Val Mcdermid
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
124
John Berendt
Midnight Riot
Midnight Riot
125
The Monkey's Raincoat
The Monkey's Raincoat
126
Mr Mercedes (Stephen King)
Mr Mercedes
127
Stephen King
The Murder Bag (Tony Parsons)
The Murder Bag
128
Tony Parsons
Murder in Mississippi (John Safran)
Murder in Mississippi
129
John Safran
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
130
Dennis Lehane
Naked in Death (J.D. Robb)
Naked in Death
131
J.D. Robb
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
132
Umberto Eco
The Neon Rain
The Neon Rain
133
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
134
Paul Auster
Night Film (Marisha Pessl)
Night Film
135
Marisha Pessl
Night Games (Anne)
Night Games
136
Anne
Night Passage (Robert B Parker)
Night Passage
137
Robert B Parker
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
138
Cormac McCarthy
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
139
Alexander McCall Smith
Now You See Me (Sharon Bolton)
Now You See Me
140
Sharon Bolton
One for the Money (Janet Evanovich)
One for the Money
141
Janet Evanovich
Orange Is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
Orange Is the New Black
142
Piper Kerman
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
143
Albert Camus
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
144
Patrick Suskind
Pietr the Latvian (Georges Simenon)
Pietr the Latvian
145
Georges Simenon
Pines (Wayward Pines #1) (Blake Crouch)
Pines (Wayward Pines #1)
146
Blake Crouch
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
147
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem
148
Patricia Cornwell
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THE POWER OF THE DOG
149
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
150
Scott Turow
Prime Suspect (Lynda Laplante)
Prime Suspect
151
Lynda Laplante
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
152
James Hogg
Quiche of Death
Quiche of Death
153
Ratking
Ratking
154
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
155
Daphne Du Maurier
Reconstructing Amelia (Kimberly McCreight)
Reconstructing Amelia
156
Kimberly McCreight
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
157
Thomas Harris
Retribution
Retribution
158
The Ritual Bath
The Ritual Bath
159
River of Shadows (Valerio Varesi)
River of Shadows
160
Valerio Varesi
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