I love all kind of lists, especially those that have to do with books. I happened to stumble upon a list of the top 100 Crime Novels. There are actually two lists; one from the British based Crime Writer's Association and one from the U.S.
Here are the 10 first entries (CWA to the left and US to the right):
| 1 | Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time (1951) | 1 | Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (1887-1927) |
| 2 | Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939) | 2 | Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930) |
| 3 | John le Carré: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963) | 3 | Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1852) |
| 4 | Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night (1935) | 4 | Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time (1951) |
| 5 | Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) | 5 | Scott Turow: Presumed Innocent (1987) |
| 6 | Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (1938) | 6 | John le Carré: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963) |
| 7 | Raymond Chandler: Farewell My Lovely (1940) | 7 | Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868) |
| 8 | Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868) | 8 | Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939) |
| 9 | Len Deighton: The IPCRESS File (1962) | 9 | Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (1938) |
| 10 | Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930) | 10 | Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (1939) |
We can see that some writers and novels have ended up on the top 10 on both lists, for example:
Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time (1 and 4)
Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (2 and 8)
John Le Carré: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (3 and 6)
Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (6 and 9)
Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (8 and 7)
Dashiel Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (10 and 2)
There might be an indication here that these are the books to read if you like Crime fiction. I will try to get hold of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time which sounds interesting. A modern police officer is looking into the alleged crime of Richard III!
You can have a look at the top 100 lists
here. I took the liberty to add a cross for the ones that I have read. Not that many I must admit. Here might lie another challenge! Sometimes I don't know if I read the book or saw the movie?
Would you have any favourites on the list?
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