The Greatest Books of All Time on Suspicion

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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
546 Jealousy Alain Robbe-Grillet 1957 French French
1183 In A Lonely Place Dorothy B. Hughes 1947 American English
2171 My Cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier 1951 British English
2676 Deep Water Patricia Highsmith 1957 American English
2684 Calamity Town Ellery Queen 1942 American English
3022 The Murder At The Vicarage Agatha Christie 1930 British English
3021 The Ministry Of Fear Graham Greene 1943 British English
3124 Cover Her Face P. D. James 1962 British English
3157 The Castafiore Emerald Hergé 1963 Belgian French
4310 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 British English
4310 Epitaph For A Spy Eric Ambler 1938 British English
4716 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley 1933 British English
5319 The Leavenworth Case Anna Katharine Green 1878 American English
5763 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
6907 Spies Michael Frayn 2002 British English
7915 Spring Flowers, Spring Frost Ismail Kadare 2000 Albanian Albanian
8466 The Successor Ismail Kadare 2003 Albanian Albanian
10066 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10161 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10556 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale 2008 British English
11419 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
14232 Doubt John Patrick Shanley 2004 American English
14985 The Human Factor Graham Greene 1978 British English
15914 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15914 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15914 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15914 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
15914 An Oxford Tragedy J. C. Masterman 1933 British English
15914 Suicide Excepted Cyril Hare 1939 British English
16549 R. S. V. P. Murder E. B. Eberhart 1938 Unknown English
16626 Bunnicula Deborah Howe 1979 American English
17162 The Black Tower P. D. James 1975 British English
17031 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17162 Murder Among Friends Elizabeth Ferrars 1946 British English
17162 The Party At No. 5 Shelley Smith 1964 Unknown English
17162 The Expendable Man Dorothy B. Hughes 1963 American English
17162 The Long Shadow Celia Fremlin 1975 British English
17162 Los Alamos Joseph Kanon 1997 American English
17162 Just Take My Heart Mary Higgins Clark 2009 English