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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 5

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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Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
161
Emma Donoghue
The Rosary Girls (Richard Montanari)
The Rosary Girls
162
Richard Montanari
Roseanna (Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per)
Roseanna
163
Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per
Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey
164
Run for Home (Sheila Quigley)
Run for Home
165
Sheila Quigley
The Sculptress (Minette Walters)
The Sculptress
166
Minette Walters
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
167
Donna Tartt
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
168
The Shining Girls (Lauren Beukes)
The Shining Girls
169
Lauren Beukes
Siege (Simon Kernick)
Siege
170
Simon Kernick
The Silent Wife (A.S.A.Harrison)
The Silent Wife
171
A.S.A.Harrison
Skinner's Rules (Quintin Jardine)
Skinner's Rules
172
Quintin Jardine
Sleepyhead (Mark Billingham)
Sleepyhead
173
Mark Billingham
Still Life (Louise Penny)
Still Life
174
Louise Penny
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
Storm Front
175
Jim Butcher
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
176
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
The Stranger Beside Me
177
Ann Rule
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
178
Patricia Highsmith
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
179
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher (Kate Somerscale)
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
180
Kate Somerscale
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
181
Alan Bradley
Talking to the Dead (Harry Bingham)
Talking to the Dead
182
Harry Bingham
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
Tell No One
183
Harlan Coben
Think of a Number (John Verdon)
Think of a Number
184
John Verdon
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
185
Graham Greene
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
186
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
187
Harper Lee
Tourist Season
Tourist Season
188
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
189
Franz Kafka
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
190
Peter Carey
Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
191
Jon Krakauer
Unwanted (Kristina Ohlsson)
Unwanted
192
Kristina Ohlsson
The Various Haunts of Men (Susan Hill)
The Various Haunts of Men
193
Susan Hill
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
194
Iain Banks
The Weight of Blood
The Weight of Blood
195
When the Bough Breaks
When the Bough Breaks
196
When We Were Orphans (Kazuo Ishiguro)
When We Were Orphans
197
Kazuo Ishiguro
Where Are the Children
Where Are the Children
198
Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Whose Body?
199
Dorothy L. Sayers
Wild Justice (Phillip Margolin)
Wild Justice
200
Phillip Margolin
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