Rivertonbiblioteket

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Rivertonbiblioteket ("The Riverton Library") is a list of "the 99 best crime novels and thrillers of all time" compiled in the 1990s by Rivertonklubben, the Norwegian detective fiction writers' show more association. Listed books were voted in by the association's members.

Disambugation notice: Rivertonbiblioteket has been referred to as "the 100 best", but the published list ([Rivertonbiblioteket : tidenes beste kriminal- og spenningsbøker]) clearly states that there are only 99 books in the library. 
"Rivertonbiblioteket" has later also been used for a publisher series of 13 books. show less
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The Mask of Dimitrios (1939) by Eric Ambler
The Tooth and the Nail (1955) by Bill S. Ballinger
Trent's Last Case (1913) by E. C. Bentley
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) by Anthony Berkeley
Death in the Blue Lake (1942) by André Bjerke
Consider the Verdict (1973) by Anders Bodelsen
Think of a number (1968) by Anders Bodelsen
Skjult mønster (1950) by Bernhard Borge
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) by John Buchan
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) by James M. Cain
In Cold Blood (1965) by Truman Capote
The Burning Court (1937) by John Dickson Carr
The Nine Wrong Answers (1952) by John Dickson Carr
The Three Coffins (1935) by John Dickson Carr
The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler
The Little Sister (1949) by Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye (1953) by Raymond Chandler
Enter The Saint (1930) by Leslie Charteris
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (1969) by James Hadley Chase
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) by G. K. Chesterton
Bortreist på ubestemt tid (1972) by Sigrun Karin Christiansen
And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie
The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins
The Last Good Kiss (1978) by James Crumley
Berlin Game (1983) by Len Deighton
The Dead of Jericho (1981) by Colin Dexter
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Pledge (1958) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco
Historien om Gottlob (1976) by Torolf Elster
Muren (1936) by Torolf Elster
Goldfinger (1959) by Ian Fleming
Eye of the Needle (1978) by Ken Follett
The Day of the Jackal (1971) by Frederick Forsyth
Trial Run (1978) by Dick Francis
The Case of the Curious Bride (1934) by Erle Stanley Gardner
Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene
The Third Man (1949) by Graham Greene
The Glass Key (1931) by Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett
Red Harvest (1929) by Dashiell Hammett
Deep Water (1957) by Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith
A Thief of Time (1988) by Tony Hillerman
Falling Angel (1978) by William Hjortsberg
Rogue Male (1939) by Geoffrey Household
Malice Aforethought (1931) by Francis Iles
Devices and Desires (1989) by P. D. James
A Taste for Death (1986) by P. D. James
Murder Against the Grain (1967) by Emma Lathen
The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) by John le Carré
Bandits (1987) by Elmore Leonard
A Kiss before Dying (1953) by Ira Levin
A Purple Place for Dying (1964) by John D. MacDonald
The Far Side of the Dollar (1965) by Ross Macdonald
The Galton Case (1959) by Ross Macdonald
Night Without End (1959) by Alistair MacLean
Rittet fra Olesko (1935) by Max Mauser
Like Love (1962) by Ed McBain
Hvit som snø (1980) by Jon Michelet
How Like an Angel (1962) by Margaret Millar
Nineteen Red Roses (1973) by Torben Nielsen
Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster (1960) by Gerd Nyquist
Smuglere (1935) by Arthur Omre
Guardian Angel (1992) by Sara Paretsky
The Murders in the Rue Morgue [short story] (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe
The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo
Death and the Maiden (1939) by Patrick Quentin
A Judgement in Stone (1977) by Ruth Rendell
The Iron Chariot (1909) by Stein Riverton
Morderen fra mørket (1976) by Stein Riverton
Höstvind och djupa vatten (1955) by Hans-Krister Rönblom
Lansen (1974) by Anker Rogstad
The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Missing Bureaucrat (1938) by Hans Scherfig
Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1975) by Georges Simenon
The Abominable Man (1971) by Maj Sjöwall
The Laughing Policeman (1970) by Maj Sjöwall
Roseanna (1965) by Maj Sjöwall
Døden i Capelulo (1986) by Fredrik Skagen
Nattdykk (1983) by Kim Småge
I, the Jury (1947) by Mickey Spillane
Yours until Death (1979) by Gunnar Staalesen
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Åndemasken (1943) by Stein Ståle
Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker
The Doorbell Rang (1965) by Rex Stout
The League of Frightened Men (1935) by Rex Stout
The Colour of Murder (1957) by Julian Symons
The Daughter of Time (1951) by Josephine Tey
The Mountains Have a Secret (1948) by Arthur William Upfield
Southern Seas (1979) by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
The Choirboys (1975) by Joseph Wambaugh
Last Seen Wearing... (1952) by Hillary Waugh
The Bride Wore Black (1940) by Cornell Woolrich

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Rivertonbiblioteket ("The Riverton Library") is a list of "the 99 best crime novels and thrillers of all time" compiled in the 1990s by Rivertonklubben, the Norwegian detective fiction writers' association. Listed books were voted in by the association's members.

Disambugation notice: Rivertonbiblioteket has been referred to as "the 100 best", but the published list ([Rivertonbiblioteket : tidenes beste kriminal- og spenningsbøker]) clearly states that there are only 99 books in the library. 
"Rivertonbiblioteket" has later also been used for a publisher series of 13 books. (English, Member-written)
Rivertonbiblioteket ("The Riverton Library") is a list of "the 99 best crime novels and thrillers of all time" compiled in the 1990s by Rivertonklubben, the Norwegian detective fiction writers' association. Listed books were voted in by the association's members. Disambugation notice: Rivertonbiblioteket has been referred to as "the 100 best", but the published list ([Rivertonbiblioteket : tidenes beste kriminal- og spenningsbøker]) clearly states that there are only 99 books in the library.  "Rivertonbiblioteket" has later also been used for a publisher series of 13 books. (Norwegian, Member-written)

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