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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 (Agatha Christie)
2
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
3
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
4
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
5
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
6
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
7
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
8
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
9
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
10
Fletch (Greg Mcdonald)
Fletch (Greg Mcdonald)
11
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
12
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
13
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
14
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
15
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
16
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
17
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
18
Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
19
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
20
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
21
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
22
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
23
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
24
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm (John Grisham)
25
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
26
Laura
Laura
27
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me
28
Dracula
Dracula
29
The Seven Per Cent Solution
The Seven Per Cent Solution
30
Clouds of Witness (1926)
Clouds of Witness (1926)
31
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
32
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
33
Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
34
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone (Collins)
35
Rumpole of the Bailey (John Mortimer)
Rumpole of the Bailey (John Mortimer)
36
The Nine Tailors
The Nine Tailors
37
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
38
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
39
Strong Poison (1930)
Strong Poison (1930)
40
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
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