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Mystery Writers of America Top 100 Mysteries of All Time as Listed by Goodreads

In 1995 the Mystery Writers of America published a book called "The Crown Crime Companion: The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time". This is a list of those books, ranked in order by the number of votes they received from the MWA. The list itself was taken from Goodreads.
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
1
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
2
Agatha Christie
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
3
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
4
Dashiell Hammett
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
5
John Le Carré
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
6
Truman Capote
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
7
Harper Lee
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
8
Agatha Christie
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
9
Josephine Tey
Fletch (Greg Mcdonald)
Fletch
10
Greg Mcdonald
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
11
Daphne Du Maurier
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
12
Mario Puzo
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
13
Umberto Eco
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
15
Chandler
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
16
Thomas Harris
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
17
Raymond Chandler
Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
Anatomy of a Murder
18
Robert Traver
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
19
John Buchan
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
20
Thomas Harris
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
21
Frederick Forsyth
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
22
Dashiell Hammett
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
23
Ken Follett
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
24
John Grisham
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
25
Wilkie Collins
Laura
Laura
26
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
27
Jim Thompson
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
28
Bram Stoker
The Seven Per Cent Solution
The Seven Per Cent Solution
29
Clouds of Witness (1926)
Clouds of Witness (1926)
30
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October
31
Tom Clancy
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
32
Edgar Allan Poe
Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
33
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
34
Collins
Rumpole of the Bailey (John Mortimer)
Rumpole of the Bailey
35
John Mortimer
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
36
Dorothy L. Sayers
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
37
Scott Turow
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
38
Chandler
Strong Poison (1930)
Strong Poison (1930)
39
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
40
James M. Cain
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