The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Mystery Writers of America, 100 Books
Not to be outdone by the British Crime Writers' Association - Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, the Mystery Writers of America came up with their list five years later.
who voted?
“more than 3,000 members” (MWA Florida Chapter membership page)
How did they vote?
Each member listed five favorite titles and the 100 highest vote-getters became the master list.
The names of the voters are not listed
This list was originally published in 1990 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
