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Favorite Crime and Mystery Books

A selection of crime fiction, some novels, some short story collections/anthologies, a few non-fiction books on the mystery/detective genre, some from outside the genre including titles usually associated with sf, fantasy, horror and more mainstream writing. Not objective, just a list of books I've found entertaining and put forward for your consideration.
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Midnight Riot (Ben Aaronovitch)
Midnight Riot
1
Ben Aaronovitch
The Allingham Minibus (Margery Allingham)
The Allingham Minibus
2
Margery Allingham
The Tiger in the Smoke (Margery Allingham)
The Tiger in the Smoke
3
Margery Allingham
A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
4
The Shining Girls (Lauren Beukes)
The Shining Girls
5
Lauren Beukes
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
6
Robert Bloch
Rocket to the Morgue (Anthony Boucher)
Rocket to the Morgue
7
Anthony Boucher
His Name Was Death (Fredric Brown)
His Name Was Death
8
Fredric Brown
The Night of the Jabberwock (Fredric Brown)
The Night of the Jabberwock
9
Fredric Brown
The Screaming Mimi (Fredric Brown)
The Screaming Mimi
10
Fredric Brown
Girls (Frederick Busch)
Girls
11
Frederick Busch
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
12
James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
13
James M. Cain
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
14
Caleb Carr
The Burning Court (John Dickson Carr)
The Burning Court
15
John Dickson Carr
Laura (Vera Caspary)
Laura
16
Vera Caspary
The Final Solution (Michael Chabon)
The Final Solution
17
Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
18
Michael Chabon
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
19
Raymond Chandler
The Annotated Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler Edited and Annotated by Owen Hill)
The Annotated Big Sleep
20
Raymond Chandler Edited and Annotated by Owen Hill
The Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler)
The Lady in the Lake
21
Raymond Chandler
The Little Sister (Raymond Chandler)
The Little Sister
22
Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
23
Raymond Chandler
Trouble Is My Business
Trouble Is My Business
24
G K Chesterton Father Brown Omnibus
G K Chesterton Father Brown Omnibus
25
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
26
Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
27
Agatha Christie
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
28
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
29
Agatha Christie
Books to Die for (John Connolly)
Books to Die For
30
John Connolly
Beware of the Trains (Edmund Crispin)
Beware of the Trains
31
Edmund Crispin
Buried for Pleasure (Edmund Crispin)
Buried for Pleasure
32
Edmund Crispin
The Case of the Gilded Fly (Edmund Crispin)
The Case of the Gilded Fly
33
Edmund Crispin
Fen Country (Edmund Crispin)
Fen Country
34
Edmund Crispin
Glimpses of the Moon (Edmund Crispin)
Glimpses of the Moon
35
Edmund Crispin
The Long Divorce (Edmund Crispin)
The Long Divorce
36
Edmund Crispin
The Moving Toyshop (Edmund Crispin)
The Moving Toyshop
37
Edmund Crispin
The Investigations of Avram Davidson (Avram Davidson)
The Investigations of Avram Davidson
38
Avram Davidson
Tales for a Stormy Night (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
Tales for a Stormy Night
39
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The Dying of the Light (Michael Dibdin)
The Dying of the Light
40
Michael Dibdin
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