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The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective, Crime, and Mystery Fiction (The Cornerstones)

In 1942, American editor Howard Haycraft published Murder for Pleasure, a history of the detective-fiction genre. He included a Reader's List of Detective Cornerstones. Subsequently, American writer and editor Ellery Queen expanded the list to include crime and mystery fiction and updated the list to 1952. The updated list is now known as the Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones. I've listed the Cornerstones in the order of original book publication.
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Zadig (Voltaire)
Zadig
1
Voltaire
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
2
William Godwin
Memoirs (Eugène François Vidocq)
Memoirs
3
Eugène François Vidocq
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
4
Edgar Allan Poe
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
5
Charles Dickens
Recollections of a Detective Police Officer (Waters (William Russell))
Recollections of a Detective Police Officer
6
Waters (William Russell)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
7
Wilkie Collins
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
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Victor Hugo
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Lerouge Case (Émile Gaboriau)
The Lerouge Case
10
Émile Gaboriau
The Dead Letter (Seeley Regester)
The Dead Letter
11
Seeley Regester
File No. 113 (Émile Gaboriau)
File No. 113
12
Émile Gaboriau
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
13
Wilkie Collins
The Mystery of Orcival (Émile Gaboriau)
The Mystery of Orcival
14
Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq (Émile Gaboriau)
Monsieur Lecoq
15
Émile Gaboriau
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
16
Charles Dickens
Old Sleuth, the Detective; Or, the Bayridge Mystery (Harlan Page Halsey)
Old Sleuth, the Detective; Or, the Bayridge Mystery
17
Harlan Page Halsey
The Expressman and the Detective (Allan Pinkerton)
The Expressman and the Detective
18
Allan Pinkerton
The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green)
The Leavenworth Case
19
Anna Katharine Green
New Arabian Nights (Robert Louis Stevenson)
New Arabian Nights
20
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
21
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Fergus Hume)
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
22
Fergus Hume
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
23
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
24
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
25
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Big Bow Mystery (Israel Zangwill)
The Big Bow Mystery
26
Israel Zangwill
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
27
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Mark Twain)
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
28
Mark Twain
Martin Hewitt, Investigator (Arthur Morrison)
Martin Hewitt, Investigator
29
Arthur Morrison
Prince Zaleski (M. P. Shiel)
Prince Zaleski
30
M. P. Shiel
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
31
Bram Stoker
Raffles:The Amateur Cracksman (E.W. Hornung)
Raffles:The Amateur Cracksman
32
E.W. Hornung
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
33
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Riddle of the Sands
34
Erskine Childers
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
35
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
36
Baroness Orczy
Tracks in the Snow (Godfrey Benson)
Tracks in the Snow
37
Godfrey Benson
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont (Robert Barr)
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont
38
Robert Barr
The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman)
The Red Thumb Mark
39
R. Austin Freeman
The Thinking Machine (Jacques Futrelle)
The Thinking Machine
40
Jacques Futrelle
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