The Greatest Crime Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17120 Inside The Cia Ronald Kessler 1992 American English
The Abstainer Ian McGuire 2020 British English
17120 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Stolen Coast Dwyer Murphy 2023 Unknown English
17120 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17120 Brooklyn Crime Novel Jonathan Lethem 2023 American English
17120 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17120 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17120 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2021 French English
17120 Fixit Joe Ide 2023 American English
17120 The Kind Worth Saving Peter Swanson 2023 American English
17120 The Murder Of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Lock Up John Banville 2023 Irish English
17120 My Men Victoria Kielland 2023 Unknown Norwegian
17120 Prom Mom Laura Lippman 2023 American English
17120 Confidence Rafael Frumkin 2023 Unknown English
17120 Up With The Sun Thomas Mallon 2023 American English
17120 Correction Ben Austen 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 Number Go Up Zeke Faux 2023 Unknown English
17120 Starkweather Harry N. MacLean 2023 Unknown English
17120 Mefisto Kulübü Tess Gerritsen 2006 American English
17120 Günahkar Tess Gerritsen 2003 American English
17120 Siliniş Tess Gerritsen 2005 American English
17120 Savannah Blues Mary Kay Andrews 2002 American English
17120 Still Life / A Fatal Grace / The Cruelest Month Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
17120 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17120 The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 British English
17120 The Day After Tomorrow Allan Folsom 2004 American English
17120 Find You First Linwood Barclay 2021 Canadian English
17120 City On Fire Don Winslow 2022 American English
17120 Blood Sport Dick Francis 1967 British English
17120 Born Victim Hillary Waugh 1962 American English
17120 Dover One Joyce Porter 1964 British English
17120 How Like An Angel Margaret Millar 1962 Canadian English
17120 Quiet As A Nun Antonia Fraser 1977 British English
17120 A Red Death Walter Mosley 1991 American English
17120 Víctimas En Fals Sebastien Japrisot French French
17120 The Yiddish Policeman's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
17120 恶意 Keigo Higashino 1996 Japanese Japanese
17120 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17120 Deep Freeze Lisa Jackson 2005 American English
17120 Left To Die Lisa Jackson 2008 American English
17120 Big Sky Kate Atkinson 2019 British English
17120 The Wife, The Maid, And The Mistress Ariel Lawhon 2014 American English
17120 House Of Correction Paul French Unknown Unknown
17120 The Book Of Lies Brad Meltzer 2008 American English
17120 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17120 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17120 Blood Ties Kay Hooper 2007 American English
17120 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17120 The Silent Girl Tess Gerritsen 2011 American English
17120 Innocence Heda Margolius Kovály 1985 Czech Czech
17120 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17120 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17120 One Shot Harry Gary Phillips 2022 Unknown English
17120 A Talent For Murder Peter Swanson 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17120 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17120 One Way Or Another Leonardo Sciascia 1974 Italian Italian
17120 O Caso Alaska Sanders Joël Dicker 2022 Swiss French
17120 How To Survive Your Murder Danielle Valentine 2022 Unknown English
17120 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17120 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17120 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17120 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17120 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17120 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17120 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17120 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17120 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17120 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17120 Under The Bright Lights Daniel Woodrell 1986 American English
17120 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17120 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17120 The Way Home George P. Pelecanos 2009 American English
17120 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17095 El Gato Negro Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
17120 The Bronx Nobody Knows William B Helmreich American English
17120 Nobody Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17120 The Apothecary Diaries Natsu Hyuuga Japanese Japanese
17120 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
17120 Rytual Chloe Wilson 2025 Unknown Unknown
17120 Animal Factory Edward Bunker 1977 American English
17061 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17120 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17120 The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore 2010 American English
17120 Plum Island Nelson DeMille 1997 American English
17120 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17120 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17120 The Murders In Great Diddling Katarina Bivald 2024 Swedish Unknown
17120 The Antique Hunter's Guide To Murder C.L. Miller 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Square Of Sevens Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2023 British English
17120 Red Side Story Jasper Fforde 2024 British English
17120 The Last Word Elly Griffiths 2024 British English
17120 Close To Death Anthony Horowitz 2024 British English
17120 How To Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Secret Hours Mick Herron 2023 British English
17120 Murder Your Employer Rupert Holmes 2023 American English
17120 The Twist Of The Knife Anthony Horowitz 2019 British English
17120 Bleeding Heart Yard Elly Griffiths 2022 British English
17120 Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2016 Canadian English
17120 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17120 Aresenic And Adobo Mia P. Manansala 2021 American English
17120 The Postscript Murders Elly Griffiths 2020 British English
17120 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17120 The Rising Tide Ann Cleeves British English
17120 A Empregada Freida McFadden 2022 American English
17120 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17120 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown
17120 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17120 Origami Man Matthew FitzSimmons 2020 American English
17120 The Eye Of God James Rollins 2013 American English
17120 Cold Harbor Matthew FitzSimmons 2017 American English
17120 Дорогуша C.J. Skuse 2017 British English
17120 The Complete Adventures Of Feluda, Vol. 1 Satyajit Ray Indian Bengali
17120 Remote Control Andy McNab 1997 British English
17120 A Burning Megha Majumdar 2020 American English