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Survey of Mysteries and Crime Fiction

Members: 16 participating members (show all)

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1
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,437 members, 118 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (1), tricia013101 (1), aulsmith (1), ahef1963 (1), merrystar (2), inge87

2
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
14,348 members, 382 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: neicybee (1), smcwl (1), MissJessie (2), lewbs (2), ahef1963 (5)

3
The hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: MissJessie (3), lewbs (4), smcwl (5), aulsmith (7), merrystar (15)

4
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
11,266 members, 291 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (4), merrystar (7), ahef1963 (13), aulsmith (25), cej1027

5
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
4,658 members, 187 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), neicybee (6), ahef1963 (17), inge87

7
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
35,038 members, 1,586 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), neicybee (4), cej1027

8
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
6,801 members, 218 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), MissJessie (9), merrystar (21), aulsmith (26)

9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10,132 members, 188 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), MissJessie (5), aulsmith (23)

10
Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
6,045 members, 88 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: smcwl (3), MissJessie (6), ahef1963 (15)

11
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
14,837 members, 840 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: neicybee (7), ahef1963 (9), cej1027

12
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
37,993 members, 1,210 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: neicybee (2), ahef1963 (2), cej1027

Thumbs down: merrystar

13
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L. Sayers
2,940 members, 70 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), MissJessie (7), aulsmith (19)

14
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
8,540 members, 193 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: neicybee (5), merrystar (14), ahef1963 (14)

15
Death of a Peer aka Surfeit of Lampreys
by Ngaio Marsh
775 members, 15 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (10), aulsmith (12), merrystar (13)

16
Have His Carcase
by Dorothy L. Sayers
2,782 members, 53 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (11), aulsmith (21), inge87

17
Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,809 members, 140 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (12), aulsmith (22), inge87

18
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
3,121 members, 81 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (10), MissJessie (13), ahef1963 (21)

19
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
4,117 members, 90 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9), ahef1963 (18), merrystar (20)

20
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,117 members, 91 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (14), merrystar (17), aulsmith (20)

21
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,515 members, 93 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (15), aulsmith (18), ahef1963 (20)

22
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
14,422 members, 405 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: neicybee (3), lewbs (5)

23
The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
750 members, 32 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: smcwl (2), merrystar (11)

24
Buried in a Bog
by Sheila Connolly
260 members, 28 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: smcwl (6), inge87

25
The Murder at the Vicarage = Appointment with an Assassin
by Agatha Christie
4,407 members, 137 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), MissJessie (16)

26
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
8,670 members, 272 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar (19), cej1027

27
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
4,192 members, 79 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: lewbs (6), MissJessie (17)

28
The Key to Rebecca
by Ken Follett
2,326 members, 28 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: lewbs (7), MissJessie (18)

29
Birds of a Feather
by Jacqueline Winspear
2,199 members, 112 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (19), inge87

30
The Innocence of Father Brown
by G. K. Chesterton
1,325 members, 36 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (9), ahef1963 (27)

31
Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,643 members, 86 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: NinieB (1)

32
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
1,711 members, 133 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1)

33
The Chain of Chance
by Stanisław Lem
488 members, 5 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: bluepiano (1)

Explanations:

bluepiano (1): Wonderful mystery lacking the English village,the quirky detective, the police procedure, and the solution.

34
The League of Frightened Men
by Rex Stout
819 members, 22 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (15), MissJessie (20)

35
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
15,885 members, 247 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: lewbs (1), MissJessie (21)

Thumbs down: aulsmith (31)

Explanations:

aulsmith (31): I had a tough time getting threw this and really disliked it when I was done.

36
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
4,571 members, 140 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: lewbs (3), ahef1963 (4)

Thumbs down: aulsmith (27)

Explanations:

aulsmith (27): Although there is a mystery this is more of a thriller, a genre I don't like

37
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
by John le Carré
6,412 members, 173 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), MissJessie (22)

38
A Taste for Death
by P. D. James
2,573 members, 29 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22), MissJessie (23)

39
The Documents in the Case
by Dorothy L. Sayers
1,319 members, 24 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (24), ahef1963 (24)

40
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
7,930 members, 80 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2)

41
Minute for Murder
by Nicholas Blake
123 members, 5 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2)

Explanations:

aulsmith (2): Not only a good mystery, but a good novel about the end of World War II in England.

42
Murder on Cue
by Jane Dentinger
95 members, 3 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: NinieB (2)

43
Death of The Little Match Girl
by Zoran Ferić
12 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: bluepiano (2)

Explanations:

bluepiano (2): It has the unexplained murder, the medical examiner, and the investigator, but it's also refreshingly odd and has funniest opening pages I've read.

44
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
11,995 members, 344 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (8), ahef1963 (12), cej1027

Thumbs down: merrystar, pjw328

45
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
8,001 members, 229 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3)

46
Fadeout
by Joseph Hansen
337 members, 15 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

Explanations:

aulsmith (3): The first of the Brandstetter mysteries

47
Death in Kashmir
by M. M. Kaye
328 members, 9 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3)

48
The Fourth Wall
by Barbara Paul
54 members, 1 review
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: NinieB (3)

49
The Coming
by Andrej Nikolaidis
21 members, 1 review
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: bluepiano (3)

Explanations:

bluepiano (3): Unformulaic mystery. Very much not formulaic.

50
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
8,837 members, 377 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4)

Explanations:

aulsmith (4): The mystery is almost secondary to everything else, but I loved it anyway.

51
Behold, Here's Poison
by Georgette Heyer
752 members, 31 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4)

52
The False Inspector Dew
by Peter Lovesey
356 members, 14 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: smcwl (4)

53
Hawthorn and Child
by Keith Ridgway
190 members, 7 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: bluepiano (4)

Explanations:

bluepiano (4): There are detectives and there is a mystery but the book's much more original than that.

55
Farthing
by Jo Walton
1,362 members, 101 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5)

Explanations:

aulsmith (5): Alternate history

56
The Little Death
by Michael Nava
255 members, 4 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6)

Explanations:

aulsmith (6): Not Nava's best, but the beginning of an excellent series.

57
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
6,790 members, 306 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

58
Unbound
by Julie Kaevert
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: smcwl (7)

59
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,468 members, 55 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8)

60
The Reluctant Widow
by Georgette Heyer
1,347 members, 51 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: inge87

61
The Quiet Gentleman
by Georgette Heyer
1,340 members, 44 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: inge87

62
Cousin Kate
by Georgette Heyer
1,216 members, 41 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: inge87

63
The Toll-Gate
by Georgette Heyer
1,160 members, 33 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: inge87

64
The Return of Captain John Emmett
by Elizabeth Speller
467 members, 36 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: inge87

65
Miss Silver Comes To Stay
by Patricia Wentworth
367 members, 7 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8)

66
The Land of Dreams
by Vidar Sundstøl
207 members, 15 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: inge87

67
Scandal in Skibbereen
by Sheila Connolly
141 members, 14 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: inge87

68
A Not So Perfect Crime
by Teresa Solana
83 members, 7 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: inge87

69
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
by Sarah Caudwell
906 members, 28 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: smcwl (9)

70
The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. Chesterton
5,486 members, 136 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10)

71
Still Life
by Louise Penny
4,352 members, 307 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

72
The Man with a Load of Mischief
by Martha Grimes
1,311 members, 17 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10)

73
The Artful Egg
by James McClure
72 members, 1 review
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: smcwl (10)

74
Cocaine Blues
by Kerry Greenwood
1,366 members, 110 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (11)

75
Picture Miss Seeton
by Heron Carvic
225 members, 13 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: merrystar (12)

76
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
7,271 members, 224 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (13)

77
The Deep Blue Good-Bye
by John D. MacDonald
1,464 members, 35 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14)

Explanations:

aulsmith (14): I got tired of MacDonald fairly quickly but this was one of the first ones I read, and I enjoyed it.

78
Thirty-Three Teeth
by Colin Cotterill
723 members, 44 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (16)

79
An Expert in Murder
by Nicola Upson
649 members, 39 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: merrystar (16)

80
A Thief of Time
by Tony Hillerman
2,089 members, 35 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: merrystar (18)

81
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
4,221 members, 154 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19)

82
The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
3,438 members, 106 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (24)

83
The Remorseful Day
by Colin Dexter
1,198 members, 15 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25)

84
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by P. D. James
2,140 members, 39 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (26)

85
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
1,120 members, 15 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26)

86
A Judgement in Stone
by Ruth Rendell
844 members, 20 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28)

87
Stick
by Elmore Leonard
573 members, 4 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (29)

88
A Demon in My View
by Ruth Rendell
399 members, 6 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30)

89
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
11,416 members, 230 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Thumbs down: MissJessie

Explanations:

MissJessie (0): Just didn't like it.

90
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
13,769 members, 540 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (25), cej1027

Thumbs down: merrystar, aulsmith (32)

Explanations:

aulsmith (32): Didn't make it to chapter 2.

91
Before the Fact
by Francis Iles
196 members, 12 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: smcwl (8)

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Explanations:

bluepiano (0): There are deaths and there is ambiguity, but that doesn't mean it's a mystery. It isn't.

93
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
2,688 members, 103 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Thumbs down: aulsmith (28)

Explanations:

aulsmith (28): I didn't get through this one. Again it seemed more of a thriller.

94
Fer-de-Lance
by Rex Stout
1,456 members, 51 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (27)

Thumbs down: aulsmith (33)

Explanations:

aulsmith (33): This is the first Nero Wolfe. Stout wasn't quite up to speed yet.

95
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
1,149 members, 39 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith (30)

Explanations:

aulsmith (30): I thought this was more of a thriller than a mystery. Maybe if I had started earlier in the series I would have loved it as much as other people do.… (more)

96
Skinflick
by Joseph Hansen
194 members, 2 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith (29)

Explanations:

aulsmith (29): Hansen is great, but start at the beginning of the series.

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