The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century as picked by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Submitted by kanyiferous on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 22:42
The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
- Allingham, Margery. The Tiger in the Smoke
- Ambler, Eric. A Coffin for Dimitrios
- Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison
- Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity's Death
- Ball, John. In the Heat of the Night
- Barnard, Robert. Death by Sheer Torture
- Barr, Nevada. Track of the Cat
- Blake, Nicholas. The Beast Must Die
- Block, Lawrence. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
- Brand, Christianna. Green for Danger
- Brown, Frederic. The Fabulous Clipjoint
- Buchan, John. The 39 Steps
- Burke, James Lee. Black Cherry Blues
- Cain, James M. The Postman Always Rings Twice
- Cannell, Dorothy. The Thin Woman
- Carr, John Dickson. The Three Coffins
- Caudwell, Sarah. Thus Was Adonis Murdered
- Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep
- Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Connelly, Michael. The Concrete Blonde
- Constantine, K.C.. The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
- Crais, Robert. The Monkey's Raincoat
- Crispin, Edmund. The Moving Toyshop
- Crombie, Deborah. Dreaming of the Bones
- Crumley, James. The Last Good Kiss
- Dickinson, Peter. The Yellow Room Conspiracy
- Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles
- DuMaurier, Daphne. Rebecca
- Dunning, John. Booked to Die
- Elkins, Aaron. Old Bones
- Evanovich, Janet. One for the Money
- Finney, Jack. Time and Again
- Ford, G.M.. Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca?
- Francis, Dick. Whip Hand
- Fremlin, Celia. The Hours Before Dawn
- George, Elizabeth. A Great Deliverance
- Gilbert, Michael. Smallbone Deceased
- Grafton, Sue. "A" is for Alibi
- Graham, Caroline. The Killings at Badger's Drift
- Grimes, Martha. The Man With the Load of Mischief
- Hammett, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon
- Hare, Cyril. An English Murder
- Harris, Thomas. The Silence of the Lambs
- Hiaasen, Carl. Tourist Season
- Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Hill, Reginald. On Beulah Height
- Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time
- Himes, Chester. Cotton Comes to Harlem
- Innes, Michael. Hamlet, Revenge
- James, P.D.. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- Kellerman, Faye. The Ritual Bath
- Kellerman, Jonathan. When the Bough Breaks
- King, Laurie. The Beekeeper's Apprentice
- Langton, Jane. Dark Nantucket Noon
- le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From The Cold
- Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird
- Lehane, Dennie. Darkness, Take My Hand
- Leonard, Elmore. Get Shorty
- Lochte, Dick. Sleeping Dog
- Lovesey, Peter. Rough Cider
- MacDonald, John D.. The Deep Blue Good-by
- MacDonald, Philip. The List of Adrian Messenger
- Macdonald, Ross. The Chill
- Maron, Margaret. Bootlegger's Daughter
- Marsh, Ngaio. Death of a Peer
- McBain, Ed. Sadie When She Died
- McClure, James. The Sunday Hangman
- McCrumb, Sharyn. If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
- Millar, Margaret. Stranger in My Grave
- Mosley, Walter. Devil in a Blue Dress
- Muller, Marcia. Edwin of the Iron Shoes
- Neel, Janet. Death's Bright Angel
- O'Connell, Carol. Mallory's Oracle
- Padgett, Abigail. Child of Silence
- Paretsky, Sara. Deadlock
- Parker, Robert. Looking for Rachel Wallace
- Perez-Reverte, Arturo. The Club Dumas
- Perry, Thomas. Vanishing Act
- Peters, Elizabeth. Crocodile on the Sandbank
- Peters, Ellis. One Corpse Too Many
- Pronzini, Bill. Blue Lonesome
- Queen, Ellery. Cat of Many Tails
- Rendell, Ruth. No More Dying Then
- Rice, Craig. The Wrong Murder
- Rinehart, Mary Roberts. The Circular Staircase
- Robinson, Peter. Blood at the Root
- Rosen, Richard. Strike Three You're Dead
- Ross, Kate. A Broken Vessel
- Rozan, S.J.. Concourse
- Sayers, Dorothy. Murder Must Advertise
- Sjowall & Wahloo. The Laughing Policeman
- Stout, Rex. Some Buried Caesar
- Tey, Josephine. Brat Farrar
- Thomas, Ross. Chinaman's Chance
- Todd, Charles. A Test of Wills
- Turow, Scott. Presumed Innocent
- Upfield, Arthur. The Sands of Windee
- Walters, Minette. The Ice House
- White, Randy Wayne. Sanibel Flats
- Woolrich, Cornell. I Married a Dead Man (
