Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time

Based on bookaward
The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Mystery Writers of America
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
89,952 members
1,559 reviews
½ 4.4
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
13,998 members
98 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
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Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
5,988 members
159 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
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4
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
23,943 members
686 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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5
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
20,682 members
472 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
25,480 members
615 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
6,578 members
250 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,511 members
314 reviews
4
7 Members
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The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
14,554 members
374 reviews
4
6 Members
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10
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,122 members
112 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
10,356 members
302 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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12
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
12,088 members
384 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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13
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,888 members
126 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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14
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,099 members
273 reviews
4
6 Members
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Time and Again
by Jack Finney
4,428 members
154 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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16
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,846 members
124 reviews
4
5 Members
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,913 members
145 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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18
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
4,433 members
117 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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Dracula
by Bram Stoker
41,339 members
683 reviews
4
4 Members
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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,757 members
337 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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21
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,048 members
113 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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22
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
12,492 members
134 reviews
4
4 Members
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The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
2,002 members
66 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,863 members
516 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,913 members
140 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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26
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
5,329 members
157 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
3,574 members
64 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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28
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
5,052 members
113 reviews
4
4 Members
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The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
4,729 members
159 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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30
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,233 members
223 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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31
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
4,983 members
88 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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32
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
5,988 members
203 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
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33
Rumpole of the Bailey
by John Mortimer
792 members
15 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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34
The Lady in the Lake
by Raymond Chandler
3,721 members
69 reviews
4
3 Members
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35
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
13,380 members
161 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
4,950 members
42 reviews
4
3 Members
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37
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
by Nicholas Meyer
2,021 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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38
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
6,034 members
108 reviews
4
3 Members
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39
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
51,688 members
577 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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40
Gorky Park
by Martin Cruz Smith
4,197 members
85 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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A Thief of Time
by Tony Hillerman
2,737 members
47 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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42
The Firm
by John Grisham
12,597 members
129 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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43
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
7,256 members
108 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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44
Devil in a Blue Dress + Crimson Stain
by Walter Mosley
1,362 members
49 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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45
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
263 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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46
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
2,267 members
67 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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47
Shroud for a Nightingale
by P. D. James
2,455 members
49 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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48
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,945 members
101 reviews
4
3 Members
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49
A is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
7,172 members
192 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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50
A Judgement in Stone
by Ruth Rendell
1,170 members
36 reviews
4
3 Members
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51
Rogue Male
by Geoffrey Household
1,272 members
44 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Glass Key
by Dashiell Hammett
2,283 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
2,213 members
85 reviews
4
2 Members
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Laura
by Vera Caspary
666 members
29 reviews
4
2 Members
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Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
5,968 members
156 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Brighton Rock
by Graham Greene
5,647 members
127 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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The Doorbell Rang
by Rex Stout
1,511 members
36 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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From Russia with Love
by Ian Fleming
4,261 members
71 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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59
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
3,396 members
100 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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60
Trent's Last Case
by E. C. Bentley
1,025 members
35 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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61
Wobble to Death
by Peter Lovesey
387 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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62
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
4,963 members
246 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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63
The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
1,070 members
44 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
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64
The Chill
by Ross Macdonald
824 members
26 reviews
4
2 Members
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65
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
461 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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66
Smallbone Deceased
by Michael Gilbert
512 members
20 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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67
Last Seen Wearing...
by Hillary Waugh
203 members
10 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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68
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
by John le Carré
9,886 members
270 reviews
4
3 Members
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69
The Franchise Affair
by Josephine Tey
2,362 members
90 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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70
Brat Farrar
by Josephine Tey
2,086 members
86 reviews
4
3 Members
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71
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
14,149 members
162 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
72
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
11,387 members
125 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
73
The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
2,642 members
97 reviews
3.9
Member
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74
Stick
by Elmore Leonard
746 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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75
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,201 members
27 reviews
3.8
Member
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76
The Dreadful Lemon Sky
by John D. MacDonald
970 members
21 reviews
3.8
Member
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77
The First Deadly Sin
by Lawrence Sanders
803 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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78
Anatomy of a Murder
by Robert Traver
1,017 members
26 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
79
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
by George V. Higgins
1,060 members
48 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
80
The Witness for the Prosecution [short story]
by Agatha Christie
1,027 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
NinieB
81
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carré
9,690 members
249 reviews
4
Member
leslie.98
82
Smiley's People
by John le Carré
5,046 members
74 reviews
4.2
Member
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83
The Ipcress File
by Len Deighton
1,520 members
45 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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84
Ashenden; or, The British Agent
by W. Somerset Maugham
1,154 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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85
Home Sweet Homicide
by Craig Rice
203 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
leslie.98
86
The Third Man
by Graham Greene
2,321 members
73 reviews
3.8
Member
leslie.98
87
A Coffin for Dimitrios
by Eric Ambler
2,149 members
62 reviews
3.8
Member
leslie.98
88
The Moving Toyshop
by Edmund Crispin
1,584 members
70 reviews
3.8
Member
leslie.98
89
Three Coffins
by John Dickson Carr
983 members
41 reviews
3.8
Member
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90
Bank Shot
by Donald E. Westlake
543 members
22 reviews
3.9
Member
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91
I, the Jury
by Mickey Spillane
814 members
31 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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92
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
12,668 members
198 reviews
4.2
93
The Little Drummer Girl
by John le Carré
3,825 members
55 reviews
3.8
94
Where Are the Children?
by Mary Higgins Clark
2,656 members
38 reviews
½ 3.6
95
The Choirboys
by Joseph Wambaugh
873 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
96
God Save the Mark
by Donald E. Westlake
440 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
97
The Steam Pig
by James McClure
253 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
98
Little Caesar
by W. R. Burnett
215 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
99
Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley
1,547 members
58 reviews
3.8
100
The Hot Rock
by Donald E. Westlake
1,009 members
36 reviews
3.9