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Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books

This list was taken from H.R.F. Keating's 1987 book of classic and popular mystery titles, starting in 1845 and ending in 1986.
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Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
1
Edgar Allan Poe
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
2
Wilkie Collins
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
3
Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Amateur Cracksman (E.W. Hornung)
The Amateur Cracksman
5
E.W. Hornung
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
6
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Thinking Machine (Jacques Futrelle)
The Thinking Machine
7
Jacques Futrelle
The Circular Staircase (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Circular Staircase
8
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
9
Uncle Abner (Melville Davisson Post)
Uncle Abner
10
Melville Davisson Post
The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder (Edgar Wallace)
The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder
11
Edgar Wallace
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
12
Agatha Christie
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
13
Dashiell Hammett
Death of My Aunt (CHB Kitchin)
Death of My Aunt
14
CHB Kitchin
The Documents in the Case (1930)
The Documents in the Case (1930)
15
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
16
Dashiell Hammett
The Sands of Windee
The Sands of Windee
17
Before the Fact (Francis Iles)
Before the Fact
18
Francis Iles
The Case of the Sulky Girl (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Sulky Girl
19
Erle Stanley Gardner
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
20
Agatha Christie
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
21
James M. Cain
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
22
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Hollow Man
The Hollow Man
23
The League of Frightened Men
The League of Frightened Men
24
The Wheel Spins (Ethel Lina White)
The Wheel Spins
25
Ethel Lina White
The Beast Must Die
The Beast Must Die
26
The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
27
Cornell Woolrich
Surfeit of Lampreys (Ngaio Marsh)
Surfeit of Lampreys
28
Ngaio Marsh
Calamity Town (Ellery Queen)
Calamity Town
29
Ellery Queen
Tragedy at Law (Cyril Hare)
Tragedy at Law
30
Cyril Hare
The High Window
The High Window
31
Green for Danger
Green for Danger
32
Appleby's End (Michael Innes)
Appleby's End
33
Michael Innes
Murder Among Friends (Elizabeth Ferrars)
Murder Among Friends
34
Elizabeth Ferrars
The Horizontal Man (Helen Eustis)
The Horizontal Man
35
Helen Eustis
The Moving Toyshop (Edmund Crispin)
The Moving Toyshop
36
Edmund Crispin
The Fabulous Clipjoint
The Fabulous Clipjoint
37
The Franchise Affair (Josephine Tey)
The Franchise Affair
38
Josephine Tey
Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly (John Franklin Bardin)
Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly
39
John Franklin Bardin
More Work for the Undertaker (Margery Allingham)
More Work for the Undertaker
40
Margery Allingham
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