10 August 2008

100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

Copied from Dani Torres' blog: It is "The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century, as selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association's online members (compiled in 2000)." I've also bolded the ones I've read. Some of them, however, I really wouldn't read. Allingham, Margery. The Tiger in the Smoke (no, but I've read Pullman's Tiger in the Well, which is a great thriller) Ambler, Eric. A Coffin for Dimitrios Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity's Death Ball, John. In the Heat of the Night Barnard, Robert. Death by Sheer Torture Barr, Nevada. Track of the Cat Blake, Nicholas. The Beast Must Die Block, Lawrence. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes Brand, Christianna. Green for Danger Brown, Frederic. The Fabulous Clipjoint Buchan, John. The 39 Steps Burke, James Lee. Black Cherry Blues Cain, James M.. The Postman Always Rings Twice Cannell, Dorothy. The Thin Woman (sigh...I've tried Cannell twice--I really don't like her) Carr, John Dickson. The Three Coffins Caudwell, Sarah. Thus Was Adonis Murdered Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (other Christie, but not this one) Connelly, Michael. The Concrete Blonde Constantine, K.C.. The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes Crais, Robert. The Monkey's Raincoat Crispin, Edmund. The Moving Toyshop Crombie, Deborah. Dreaming of the Bones Crumley, James. The Last Good Kiss Dickinson, Peter. The Yellow Room Conspiracy Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles DuMaurier, Daphne. Rebecca Dunning, John. Booked to Die (I like his Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime) Elkins, Aaron. Old Bones Evanovich, Janet. One for the Money Finney, Jack. Time and Again (and the sequel, too!) Ford, G.M.. Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? Francis, Dick. Whip Hand Fremlin, Celia. The Hours Before Dawn George, Elizabeth. A Great Deliverance Gilbert, Michael. Smallbone Deceased Grafton, Sue. "A" is for Alibi Graham, Caroline. The Killings at Badger's Drift Grimes, Martha. The Man With the Load of Mischief Hammett, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon Hare, Cyril. An English Murder Harris, Thomas. The Silence of the Lambs (never, never, ever--too creepy) Hiaasen, Carl. Tourist Season Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley Hill, Reginald. On Beulah Height Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time (I saw the Mystery presentation—does that count?) Himes, Chester. Cotton Comes to Harlem Innes, Michael. Hamlet, Revenge James, P.D.. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Kellerman, Faye. The Ritual Bath Kellerman, Jonathan. When the Bough Breaks King, Laurie. The Beekeeper's Apprentice Langton, Jane. Dark Nantucket Noon le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird (wonderful book!) Lehane, Dennie. Darkness, Take My Hand Leonard, Elmore. Get Shorty Lochte, Dick. Sleeping Dog Lovesey, Peter. Rough Cider MacDonald, John D.. The Deep Blue Good-by MacDonald, Philip. The List of Adrian Messenger Macdonald, Ross. The Chill Maron, Margaret. Bootlegger's Daughter Marsh, Ngaio. Death of a Peer McBain, Ed. Sadie When She Died McClure, James. The Sunday Hangman McCrumb, Sharyn. If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O Millar, Margaret. Stranger in My Grave Mosley, Walter. Devil in a Blue Dress Muller, Marcia. Edwin of the Iron Shoes Neel, Janet. Death's Bright Angel O'Connell, Carol. Mallory's Oracle Padgett, Abigail. Child of Silence Paretsky, Sara. Deadlock Parker, Robert. Looking for Rachel Wallace Perez-Reverte, Arturo. The Club Dumas Perry, Thomas. Vanishing Act Peters, Elizabeth. Crocodile on the Sandbank (all of the Amelia Peabody books, thanks) Peters, Ellis. One Corpse Too Many Pronzini, Bill. Blue Lonesome Queen, Ellery. Cat of Many Tails Rendell, Ruth. No More Dying Then Rice, Craig. The Wrong Murder Rinehart, Mary Roberts. The Circular Staircase (I think I may have read this; it could be The Bat) Robinson, Peter. Blood at the Root Rosen, Richard. Strike Three You're Dead Ross, Kate. A Broken Vessel Rozan, S.J.. Concourse (I've read the Lydia Chin books, but not the Bill Smith ones) Sayers, Dorothy. Murder Must Advertise (all of Lord Peter Wimsey books, thanks!) Sjowall & Wahloo. The Laughing Policeman Stout, Rex. Some Buried Caesar Tey, Josephine. Brat Farrar (I have Daughter of Time to read, though) Thomas, Ross. Chinaman's Chance Todd, Charles. A Test of Wills Turow, Scott. Presumed Innocent Upfield, Arthur. The Sands of Windee Walters, Minette. The Ice House White, Randy Wayne. Sanibel Flats Woolrich, Cornell. I Married a Dead Man

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