The Greatest Books of All Time on Murder
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15897 | Maigret And The Man On The Boulevard | Georges Simenon | 1953 | Belgian | French | |
| 15897 | The Red Right Hand | Joel Townsley Rogers | 1945 | American | English | |
| 15897 | The Chinese Maze Murders | Robert Van Gulik | 1957 | Dutch | English | |
| 15897 | Final Curtain | Ngaio Marsh | 1947 | New Zealander | English | |
| 16667 | The Reluctant Widow | Georgette Heyer | 1946 | British | English | |
| 16753 | Hercule Poirot | Agatha Christie | 1920 | British | English | |
| 16613 | City Of The Dead | Herbert Lieberman | 1976 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Fleshmarket Close | Ian Rankin | 2004 | Scottish | English | |
| 17117 | The Tenderness of Wolves | Stef Penney | 2006 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Hogg | Samuel R. Delany | 1995 | American | English | |
| 17117 | An American Dream | Norman Mailer | 1965 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Devil All The Time | Donald Ray Pollock | 2011 | American | English | |
| 17117 | In A Dark, Dark Wood | Ruth Ware | 2015 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Woman In The Window | A. J. Finn | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | A Crime In The Neighborhood | Suzanne Berne | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Claws Of The Cat | Susan Spann | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Murderer | Roy Heath | 1978 | Guyanese | English | |
| 17117 | Original Sin | P. D. James | 1994 | British | English | |
| 17117 | I Am Pilgrim | Terry Hayes | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Red Notice | Bill Browder | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17070 | The Mousetrap | Agatha Christie | 1952 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Nelson De Mille Collection | Nelson DeMille | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Up Country | Nelson DeMille | 2002 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Weight Of Water | Anita Shreve | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Jack Glass | Adam Roberts | 2012 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Islanders | Christopher Priest | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Tik Tok | John Sladek | 1983 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Full Dark House | Christopher Fowler | 2003 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Little Eve | Catriona Ward | 2018 | British | English | |
| 17117 | These Violent Delights | Micah Nemerever | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Cross Fire | James Patterson | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Pelican Brief | John Grisham | 1992 | American | English | |
| 17117 | P Is For Peril | Sue Grafton | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Camel Club | David Baldacci | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Cross Country | James Patterson | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Last Juror | John Grisham | 2004 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Alex Cross's Trial | James Patterson | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Swimsuit | James Patterson | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Shell Shaker | LeAnne Howe | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Friends In High Places | Donna Leon | 1999 | French | English | |
| 17117 | The Reckoning | Charles Nicholl | 1992 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Polar Star | Martin Cruz Smith | 1989 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Quaker City, Or The Monks Of Monk Hall | George Lippard | 1845 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Lost Girls | Robert Kolker | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17117 | A Taste of Fear | Tharwat Abaza | 1968 | Egyptian | Unknown | |
| 17117 | Murder And Anger | Muwaffaq Khidr | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | Coyote Waits | Tony Hillerman | 1990 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Angel Fire | Ron Franscell | 1998 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers | Jesse Q. Sutanto | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17117 | As Good As Dead | Holly Jackson | 2021 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Sharp Objects | Gillian Flynn | 2006 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Gone World | Tom Sweterlitsch | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Dark Places | Gillian Flynn | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Gone To See The River Man | Kristopher Triana | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Stalker | Lars Kepler | 2014 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 17117 | Without Remorse | Tom Clancy | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Throat | Peter Straub | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17117 | And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks | William S. Burroughs | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Odd Thomas | Dean R. Koontz | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | When You See Me | Lisa Gardner | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Look For Me | Lisa Gardner | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The 4th Man | Lisa Gardner | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Killing Hour | Lisa Gardner | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Next Accident | Lisa Gardner | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Third Victim | Lisa Gardner | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Alone | Lisa Gardner | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Ragdoll | Daniel Cole | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Cadillac Jukebox | James Lee Burke | 1996 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The A26 | Pascal Garnier | 1999 | French | French | |
| 17117 | I Was Dora Suarez | Derek Raymond | 1990 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Havana Black | Leonardo Padura | 1998 | Cuban | Spanish | |
| 17117 | Murder In Memoriam | Didier Daeninckx | 1984 | French | French | |
| 17117 | Murder On The Eiffel Tower | Claude Izner | 2003 | French | French | |
| 17117 | The Count And The Confession | John Taylor | 2002 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Simple Art Of Murder | Raymond Chandler | 1950 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Black Tower | P. D. James | 1975 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Uniform Justice | Donna Leon | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Secret Place | Tana French | 2014 | Irish | English | |
| 17117 | The Boy | Tami Hoag | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Memory Man | David Baldacci | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Fool Moon | Jim Butcher | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Dante Club | Matthew Pearl | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Three Month Fever | Gary Indiana | 1999 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Canary Murder Case | S. S. Van Dine | 1927 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Moonflower Murders | Anthony Horowitz | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Sleeping Murder | Agatha Christie | 1976 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Viaduct Murder | Ronald Knox | 1925 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Death In A Tenured Position | Amanda Cross | 1981 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Benson Murder Case | S. S. Van Dine | 1926 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Death Comes To Pemberley | P. D. James | 2011 | British | English | |
| 16997 | Crooked House | Agatha Christie | 1949 | British | English | |
| 16749 | The Man In The Queue | Josephine Tey | 1929 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Death Of A Peer | Ngaio Marsh | 1996 | New Zealand | English | |
| 16805 | A Shilling For Candles | Josephine Tey | 1953 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Professor And The Madman | Simon Winchester | 1998 | British | English |