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Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time - UK Crime Writers' Association

The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association. Some famous, some far more obscure, and with quite a few notable omissions (at least as far as I'm concerned). For variations on the same theme see 'The Guardian' list and a similar list by The Mystery Writers of America (I have published the former and may do so for the latter).
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The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
1
Josephine Tey
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
2
Raymond Chandler
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
3
John Le Carré
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
4
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
5
Agatha Christie
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
6
Daphne Du Maurier
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
7
Raymond Chandler
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
8
Wilkie Collins
The IPCRESS File
The IPCRESS File
9
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
10
Dashiell Hammett
The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair
11
Last Seen Wearing
Last Seen Wearing
12
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
13
Umberto Eco
Rogue Male
Rogue Male
14
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
15
Raymond Chandler
Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought
16
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
17
Frederick Forsyth
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
18
Dorothy L. Sayers
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
19
Agatha Christie
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
20
John Buchan
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
21
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Murder Must Advertise (1933)
Murder Must Advertise (1933)
22
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
23
Edgar Allan Poe
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios
24
The Moving Toyshop
The Moving Toyshop
25
Tiger in the Smoke
Tiger in the Smoke
26
The False Inspector Dew (Peter Lovesey)
The False Inspector Dew
27
Peter Lovesey
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
28
Wilkie Collins
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
29
Barbara Vine
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
30
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
31
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
32
Arthur Conan Doyle
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
33
John Le Carré
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case
34
From Russia, With Love
From Russia, With Love
35
Cop Hater
Cop Hater
36
The Dead of Jerico (Colin Dexter)
The Dead of Jerico
37
Colin Dexter
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
38
Patricia Highsmith
A Judgement in Stone
A Judgement in Stone
39
The Three Coffins
The Three Coffins
40
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