Best Crime Fiction

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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
78,358 members
1,432 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 2
12 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: I don't really think of this as "crime fiction," but OK!
2
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
19,496 members
310 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 1
11 Members
KimarieBee, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, peterveen, Gatorhater, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, jeffza, sgazdayka
4
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
5,446 members
149 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 8
8 Members
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5
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
10,812 members
251 reviews
4
Global Rank 3
11 Members
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6
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
10,270 members
284 reviews
4
Global Rank 10
7 Members
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7
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
30,422 members
930 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 11
8 Members
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8
The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
10,392 members
82 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 5
7 Members
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9
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
9,979 members
322 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 12
7 Members
Cecrow, roby72, Gatorhater, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, ManWithAnAgenda, cap78
10
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
6,171 members
195 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 14
7 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, peterveen, Gatorhater, ahef1963, kara.shamy
11
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
12,425 members
152 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 16
6 Members
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12
The Firm
by John Grisham
11,478 members
111 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 6
9 Members
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13
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
7,797 members
396 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 33
4 Members
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14
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
15,312 members
298 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 9
8 Members
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15
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
17,065 members
421 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 4
10 Members
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
17,116 members
315 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 15
7 Members
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17
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
20,284 members
554 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 21
6 Members
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18
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
10,380 members
421 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 89
2 Members
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin
by Agatha Christie
2,390 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 27
5 Members
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20
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,831 members
65 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 66
3 Members
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21
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,379 members
116 reviews
4
Global Rank 28
5 Members
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22
The Rose Rent
by Ellis Peters
1,794 members
25 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 68
3 Members
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23
I Am the Only Running Footman
by Martha Grimes
1,000 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 250
2 Members
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24
Innocent Blood
by P. D. James
1,864 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 42
4 Members
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25
Playing with Fire
by Peter Robinson
1,135 members
29 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 50
4 Members
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26
Devices and Desires
by P. D. James
3,111 members
43 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 22
5 Members
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27
The Raven in the Foregate
by Ellis Peters
1,696 members
25 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 75
3 Members
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Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,773 members
106 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 32
4 Members
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Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,461 members
121 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 26
5 Members
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Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
4,316 members
76 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 53
4 Members
Bluewolf0411, peterveen, ahef1963, dsp501,
Explanations
Bluewolf0411: In the top 10 crime fiction books I've read
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Atonement
by Ian McEwan
26,457 members
626 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 139
2 Members
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
7,368 members
163 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 29
5 Members
KimarieBee, peterveen, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Friederike.Geissler
33
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
25,853 members
386 reviews
4
Global Rank 30
5 Members
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34
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
21,208 members
535 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 18
7 Members
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35
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
20,670 members
610 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 24
6 Members
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36
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
12,968 members
190 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 34
5 Members
KimarieBee, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Friederike.Geissler, ManWithAnAgenda
37
A Place of Execution
by Val McDermid
1,712 members
41 reviews
4
Global Rank 58
4 Members
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The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith
9,820 members
580 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 99
3 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963, kara.shamy,ManWithAnAgenda
39
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
by Maj Sjöwall
1,389 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 63
3 Members
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40
Finders Keepers
by Stephen King
4,429 members
197 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 64
3 Members
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41
Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn
8,544 members
415 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 65
3 Members
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42
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
11,060 members
292 reviews
4
Global Rank 67
3 Members
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43
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
22,058 members
1,542 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 69
3 Members
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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
5,886 members
226 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 39
4 Members
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45
The Franchise Affair
by Josephine Tey
2,133 members
81 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 74
3 Members
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46
Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
2,559 members
86 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 48
4 Members
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47
Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
2,930 members
224 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 94
2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
48
One Good Turn
by Kate Atkinson
4,355 members
218 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 98
2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
49
The Dry
by Jane Harper
3,765 members
265 reviews
4
Global Rank 55
4 Members
Bluewolf0411, peterveen, ahef1963, kara.shamy
50
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,224 members
114 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 51
3 Members
peterveen, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
51
The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
3,622 members
215 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 106
2 Members
peterveen, ahef1963
52
The Shape of Water
by Andrea Camilleri
2,606 members
117 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 114
3 Members
macha, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411
53
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by P. D. James
2,604 members
54 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 86
3 Members
peterveen, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Millennium Trilogy
by Stieg Larsson
1,702 members
38 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 110
2 Members
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55
Before I Go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson
6,183 members
475 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 113
2 Members
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56
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
6,432 members
340 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 146
2 Members
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57
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
4,514 members
103 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 20
6 Members
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58
In a Dry Season
by Peter Robinson
1,484 members
42 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 43
5 Members
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The Neon Rain
by James Lee Burke
1,853 members
73 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 81
3 Members
macha, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
1,768 members
115 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 73
3 Members
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Explanations
Bluewolf0411: Easily in the top 25 crime fiction books I've read.
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Garnethill
by Denise Mina
1,047 members
36 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 103
2 Members
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62
Force of Nature
by Jane Harper
2,088 members
142 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 105
2 Members
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63
Innocent
by Scott Turow
1,469 members
79 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 107
2 Members
Bluewolf0411, ahef1963
64
Run Away
by Harlan Coben
1,355 members
43 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 112
2 Members
Bluewolf0411, ahef1963
65
The Chestnut Man
by Soren Sveistrup
1,268 members
48 reviews
4
Global Rank 118
2 Members
Bluewolf0411, ahef1963
66
Endless Night
by Agatha Christie
2,948 members
71 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 138
2 Members
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67
The Bat
by Jo Nesbø
3,825 members
187 reviews
½ 3.3
Global Rank 192
Member
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Firewall
by Henning Mankell
2,937 members
58 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 194
Member
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The Hypnotist
by Lars Kepler
2,488 members
148 reviews
½ 3.4
Global Rank 196
Member
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70
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
2,956 members
139 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 198
Member
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71
The Hidden Child
by Camilla Läckberg
1,489 members
89 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 200
Member
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