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Mystery Writers of America Top 100 Mysteries of All Time as Listed by Goodreads - Page 3

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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Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
81
Graham Greene
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
82
John Grisham
Last Seen Wearing
Last Seen Wearing
83
Little Caesar
Little Caesar
84
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
85
From Russia With Love (Fleming)
From Russia With Love
86
Fleming
Beast in View (Margaret Millar)
Beast in View
87
Margaret Millar
Smallbone Deceased (Michael Gilbert)
Smallbone Deceased
88
Michael Gilbert
The Franchise Affair (Josephine Tey)
The Franchise Affair
89
Josephine Tey
Crocodile on the Sandback
Crocodile on the Sandback
90
Shroud for a Nightingale (P.D. James)
Shroud for a Nightingale
91
P.D. James
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
92
Joseph Conrad
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
93
Hammett
A Judgement in Stone (Ruth Rendell)
A Judgement in Stone
94
Ruth Rendell
Brat Farrar (Josephine Tey)
Brat Farrar
95
Josephine Tey
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
96
Walter Mosley
The Choirboys (Novel)
The Choirboys (Novel)
97
Home Sweet Homicide
Home Sweet Homicide
98
The Three Coffins (John Dickson Carr)
The Three Coffins
99
John Dickson Carr
Prizzi's Honor (Richard Condon)
Prizzi's Honor
100
Richard Condon
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