The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
This classic detective novel follows a private investigator who is hired by a mysterious woman to track down her missing sister. The case quickly becomes complicated when the investigator is caught up in a dangerous hunt for a priceless artifact, the Maltese Falcon. As he navigates a world of treachery, deceit, and murder, he must use his wit and courage to outsmart his enemies and solve the mystery.
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This book is on the following lists:
- 2nd on The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Mystery Writers of America)
- 10th on The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (Crime Writers' Association)
- 29th on Top 100 Killer Thrillers (NPR)
- 36th on Tozai Mystery Best 100 (2012 Revision) (Shūkan Bunshun (Japanese Newspaper))
- 56th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 79th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 380th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 469th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time (Time)
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- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
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- Inteliquest's World's 100 Greatest Books of All-Time (InteliQuest)
- "Our Readable Century", The Best Books of the 20th Century (January Magazine)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)