The 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
The Times, 100 Books
The Times team pick their favourite crime and spy novels, from Agatha Christie and Georges Simenon to today’s edgy Scandi and Japanese masters.
Contributors: Francesca Angelini, John Carey, Max Freeman-Mills, Josh Glancy, Andrew Holgate, Alan Hunter, Peter Kemp, Claire Lowdon, David Mills, John Dugdale, Patricia Nicol, Nick Rennison, Karen Robinson, Mika Ross-Southall, Joan Smith, Johanna Thomas-Corr
This list was originally published in 2019 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.