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
17164 Death Of A Ghost Margery Allingham 1934 British English
17164 Eight Men Out Eliot Asinof 1963 American English
17164 Tripwire Lee Child 1999 British English
17164 Die Trying Lee Child 1998 British English
17164 Babylon Berlin Volker Kutscher 2008 German German
17164 Hooligan Philipp Winkler 2016 German German
17155 O Escaravelho Do Diabo Lúcia Machado de Almeida 1972 Brazilian Portuguese
17164 The Black Tower P. D. James 1975 British English
17164 Give Unto Others Donna Leon 2022 American English
17164 Uniform Justice Donna Leon 2003 American English
17164 Maigret In Court Georges Simenon 1960 Belgian French
17164 Where They Last Saw Her Marcie R. Rendon 2024 Unknown Unknown
17164 Death At The Sign Of The Rook Kate Atkinson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17164 Bright Young Women Jessica Knoll 2023 Unknown English
17164 Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead 2021 American English
17164 The Secret Place Tana French 2014 Irish English
17164 The Wych Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
17164 The Searcher Tana French 2020 Irish English
17164 Broken Harbor Tana French 2012 Irish English
17164 The Boy Tami Hoag 2018 American English
17164 Bad Luck And Trouble Lee Child 2007 British English
17164 Memory Man David Baldacci 2015 American English
16985 The Murder On The Links Agatha Christie 1923 British English
17164 Babysitter Joyce Carol Oates 2022 American English
17164 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17164 Galveston Nic Pizzolatto 2010 American English
17164 My Friend Dahmer Derf Backderf 2012 American English
17164 Black River Nilanjana S. Roy 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Mysterious Case Of The Alperton Angels Janice Hallett 2024 British English
17164 Victim Andrew Boryga 2024 Unknown English
17164 We Solve Murders Richard Osman 2024 British English
17164 Rat City Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Murder Of Mr. Ma John Shen Yen Nee, SJ Rozan 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Murderess Laurie Notaro 2024 Unknown English
17164 A Case Of Matricide Graeme Macrae Burnet 2024 British English
17164 White City Dominic Nolan 2024 Unknown English
17164 Death In The Air Ram Murali 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Collaborators Michael Idov 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp Carter Dickson 1945 British English
17164 Inspector French’s Greatest Case Freeman Wills Crofts 1924 British English
17164 The Canary Murder Case S. S. Van Dine 1927 American English
17164 Overture To Death Ngaio Marsh 1939 New Zealander English
17164 Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz 2020 British English
17164 Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie 1976 British English
17164 Hell And Back Craig Johnson 2022 American English
17164 A Drink Before The War Dennis Lehane 1994 American English
17164 The Viaduct Murder Ronald Knox 1925 British English
17164 The Last Detective Peter Lovesey 1991 British English
17164 Lincoln's Last Trial Dan Abrams 2018 American English
17164 Iq Joe Ide 2016 American English
17164 The Moving Target Ross Macdonald 1950 American English
17164 Appleby's End Michael Innes 1973 British English
17164 Lament For A Maker Michael Innes 1938 British English
17164 In The Last Analysis Amanda Cross 1964 American English
17164 Death In A Tenured Position Amanda Cross 1981 American English
17164 Deadlock Sara Paretsky 1984 American English
17164 The Benson Murder Case S. S. Van Dine 1926 American English
17164 Death Comes To Pemberley P. D. James 2011 British English
17164 The Penguin Pool Murder Stuart Palmer 1932 American English
17019 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17164 The Crooked Hinge John Dickson Carr 1937 American English
16797 The Man In The Queue Josephine Tey 1929 British English
17164 Death Of A Peer Ngaio Marsh 1996 New Zealand English
16842 A Shilling For Candles Josephine Tey 1953 British English
17164 An Unsuitable Job For A Woman P. D. James 1972 British English
17164 The Murder Room P. D. James 2003 British English
17164 The Silent Woman Edward Marston 1994 British English
17164 Sleepers Lorenzo Carcaterra 1995 American English
17164 The Professor And The Madman Simon Winchester 1998 British English
17164 The Orchid Thief Susan Orlean 1998 American English
17164 The Case Of The Velvet Claws Erle Stanley Gardner 1933 American English
17164 The Siege Ben Macintyre 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Cracked Mirror Chris Brookmyre 2024 British English
17164 Deep Water James D. Bradley 2024 Unknown English
17164 Wolf At The Table Adam Rapp 2024 Unknown English
17164 House Of Glass Sarah Pekkanen 2024 Unknown English
17164 Guide Me Home Attica Locke 2024 American English
17164 The Return Of Ellie Black Emiko Jean 2024 Unknown English
17164 Inside Crime Colin Hynson 2007 Unknown English
17164 Dinner For Vampires Bethany Joy Lenz 2024 Unknown English
17164 Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen 2004 American English
17164 Westwind Ian Rankin 1990 British English
17164 The Man With No Face Peter May 1981 British English
17164 Piercing Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17164 The Winter Queen Boris Akunin 1998 Russian Russian
17164 Cherrywood Jock Serong 2024 Australian English
17164 The Sicilian Mario Puzo 1984 American English
17164 Map Of Bones James Rollins 2005 American English
17164 Show Me The Bodies Peter Apps 2022 Unknown English
17164 A Very British Killing Andrew Williams 2012 British English
17164 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17164 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17164 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17164 Slow Horses Mick Herron 2010 British English
17164 Notes On An Execution Danya Kukafka 2024 American English
17164 Von Hier Bis Zum Anfang Chris Whitaker 2021 British English
17164 The 6 David Baldacci American Unknown
17164 The Turnout Megan Abbott 2021 American English
17164 Our Kind Of Traitor John le Carré 2010 British English
17164 The Chain Adrian McKinty 2019 Irish English
17164 The Cartel Don Winslow 2015 American English
17164 Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson 1965 Australian English
17164 Wild Men Of Sydney Cyril Pearl 1958 Australian English
17164 Man Of Two Tribes Arthur William Upfield 1956 Australian English
17164 Lazarus Man Richard Price 2024 Unknown English
17164 Broiler Eli Cranor 2024 Unknown English
17164 The Last Kilo T.J. English 2024 Unknown English
17164 A Devil Went Down To Georgia Deb Miller Landau 2024 Unknown English
17164 Mystery Peter Straub 1990 American English
17164 Age Of Vice Deepti Kapoor 2023 Unknown English
17164 Old Sleuth, The Detective Harlan Page Halsey 2014 American English
17164 The Expressman And The Detective Allan Pinkerton 2004 American English
17164 The Mystery Of Dr Fu Manchu Rohmer Sax 1913 British English
16809 The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1908 American English
16809 The Old Man In The Corner Baroness Emmuska Orczy 1908 British English
17164 John Thorndyke's Cases R Austin Freeman 1909 British English
17164 Through The Wall Cleveland Moffett 1909 American English
17164 813 Maurice Leblanc 1910 French French
17164 At The Villa Rose A. E. W. Mason 1910 British English
17164 The Achievements Of Luther Trant William MacHarg, Edwin Balmer 1910 American English