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The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association. [1] [2] Five years later, the Mystery Writers of America published a similar list titled The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. [3] [4] Many titles can be found in both lists. [3]
Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These individuals have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction , particularly in detective novels and short stories . Much of early detective fiction was written during the " Golden Age of Detective Fiction " (1920s–1930s).
This is a list of detective fiction writers. Many of these authors may also overlap with authors of crime fiction, mystery fiction, or thriller fiction. A–C
100 Great Detectives [1] (ISBN 978-0-881-84920-2) is a book written by Maxim Jakubowski. [2] Its original title was 100 Great Detectives or the Detective Directory and was published by Carroll & Graf Publishers [3] on 1 January 1991. 100 Great Detectives later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Critical Work in 1992. [4]
The highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.
Where two detectives work together, they are listed as A and B; where a single detective is regularly accompanied by a non-detecting sidekick or chronicler they are listed as A with B. The author who created the team appears in parentheses. Detective Duos: Anabel and Looker – Author Bryant and John May – (Christopher Fowler)
Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge, right) is the smartest man in any interrogation room in the Prime Video series "Cross," based on the James Patterson novels.
This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.