Kåret av britiske "Crime Writers´ Association" i 1990
De 100 beste krimromanene noen sinne 1
2006-12-14
Det har naturligvis blitt satt opp mange lister av de beste krimbøkene opp igjennom tidene. Her er en kåring foretatt av britiske "Crime Writers´ Association" i 1990:
1. Josephine Tey: "The Daughter of Time" (1951)
2. Raymond Chandler: "The Big Sleep" (1939)
3. John Le Carré: "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" (1963)
4. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Gaudy Night" (1935)
5. Agatha Christie: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926)
6. Daphne du Maurier: "Rebecca" (1938)
7. Raymond Chandler: "Farewell My Lovely" (1940)
8. Wilkie Collins: "The Moonstone" (1868)
9. Len Deighton: "The Ipcress File" (1962)
10. Dashiell Hammett: "The Maltese Falcon" (1930)
11. Josephine Tey: "The Franchise Affair" (1948)
12. Hillary Waugh: "Last Seen Wearing ..." (1952)
13. Umberto Eco: "The Name of the Rose" (1980)
14. Geoffrey Household: "Rogue Male" (1939)
15. Raymond Chandler: "The Long Goodbye" (1953)
16. Francis Iles: "Malice Aforethought" (1931)
17. Frederick Forsyth: "The Day of the Jackal" (1971)
18. Dorothy L. Sayers: "The Nine Tailors" (1934)
19. Agatha Christie: "And Then There Were None" (1939)
20. John Buchan: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915)
21. Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories" (1892-1927)
22: Dorothy L. Sayers: "Murder Must Advertise" (1933)
23. Edgar Allan Poe: "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1852)
24. Eric Ambler: "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939)
25. Edmund Crispin: "The Moving Toyshop" (1946)
26. Margery Allingham: "Tiger in the Smoke" (1952)
27. Peter Lovesey: "The False Inspector Dew" (1982)
28. Wilkie Collins: "The Woman in White" (1860)
29. Barbara Vine: "A Dark-Adapted Eye" (1986)
30. James M. Cain: "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934)
31. Dashiell Hammett: "The Glass Key" (1931)
32. Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1902)
33. John Le Carré: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1974)
34. E.C. Bentley: "Trent´s Last Case" (1913)
35. Ian Fleming: "From Russia with Love" (1957)
36. Ed McBain: "Cop Hater" (1956)
37. Colin Dexter: "The Dead of Jericho" (1981)
38. Patricia Highsmith: "Strangers on a Train" (1950)
39. Ruth Rendell: "A Judgement in Stone" (1977)
40. John Dickson Carr: "The Hollow Man" (1935)
41. Anthony Berkeley: "The Poisoned Chocolates Case" (1929)
42. Ellis Peters: "A Morbid Taste for Bones" (1977)
43. Ellis Peters: "The Leper of St. Giles" (1981)
44. Ira Levin: "A Kiss Before Dying" (1953)
45. Patricia Highsmith: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1955)
46. Graham Greene: "Brighton Rock" (1938)
47. Raymond Chandler: "The Lady in the Lake" (1943)
48. Scott Turow: "Presumed Innocent" (1987)
49. Ruth Rendell: "A Demon in My View" (1976)
50. John Dickson Carr: "The Devil in Velvet" (1951)
51. Barbara Vine: "A Fatal Inversion" (1987)
52. Michael Innes: "The Journeying Boy" (1949)
53. P.D. James: "A Taste for Death" (1986)
54. Jack Higgins: "The Eagle Has Landed" (1975)
55. Mary Stewart: "My Brother Michael" (1960)
56. Peter Lovesey: "Bertie and the Tin Man" (1987)
57. Susan Moody: "Penny Black" (1984)
58. Len Deighton: "Game, Set & Match" (1984-1986)
59. Dick Francis: "The Danger" (1983)
60. P.D. James: "Devices and Desires" (1989)
61. Reginald Hill: "Underworld" (1988)
62. Mary Stewart: "Nine Coaches Waiting" (1958)
63. Paula Gosling: "A Running Duck" (1978)
64. Michael Gilbert: "Smallbone Deceased" (1950)
65. Lionel Davidson: "The Rose of Tibet" (1962)
66. P.D. James: "Innocent Blood" (1980)
67. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Strong Poison" (1930)
68. Michael Innes: "Hamlet, Revenge!" (1937)
69. Tony Hillerman: "A Thief of Time" (1989)
70. Caryl Brahms & S.J. Simon: "A Bullet in the Ballet" (1937)
71. Reginald Hill: "Dead Heads" (1983)
72. Graham Greene: "The Third Man" (1950)
73. Anthony Price: "The Labyrinth Makers" (1974)
74. Adam Hall: "The Quiller Memorandum" (1965)
75. Margaret Millar: "Beast in View" (1955)
76. Sarah Caudwell: "The Shortest Way to Hades" (1984)
77. Desmond Bagley: "Running Blind" (1970)
78. Dick Francis: "Twice Shy" (1981)
79. Richard Condon: "The Manchurian Candidate" (1959)
80. Caroline Graham: "The Killings at Badger´s Drift" (1987)
81. Nicholas Blake: "The Beast Must Die" (1938)
82. Martin Cruz Smith: "Gorky Park" (1981)
83. Agatha Christie: "Death Comes as the End" (1945)
84. Christianna Brand: "Green for Danger" (1945)
85. Cyril Hare: "Tragedy at Law" (1942)
86. John Fowles: "The Collector" (1963)
87. J.J. Marric: "Gideon´s Day" (1955)
88. Lionel Davidson: "The Sun Chemist" (1976)
89. Alistair MacLean: "The Guns of Navarone" (1957)
90. Julian Symons: "The Colour of Murder" (1957)
91. John Buchan: "Greenmantle" (1916)
92. Erskine Childers: "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903)
93. Peter Lovesey: "Wobble to Death" (1970)
94. Dashiell Hammett: "Red Harvest" (1929)
95. Ken Follett: "The Key to Rebecca" (1980)
96. Ed McBain: "Sadie When She Died" (1972)
97. H.R.F. Keating: "The Murder of the Maharajah" (1980)
98. Simon Brett: "What Bloody Man Is That?" (1987)
99. Gavin Lyall: "Shooting Script" (1966)
100. Edgar Wallace: "Four Just Men" (1906)
1. Josephine Tey: "The Daughter of Time" (1951)
2. Raymond Chandler: "The Big Sleep" (1939)
3. John Le Carré: "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" (1963)
4. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Gaudy Night" (1935)
5. Agatha Christie: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926)
6. Daphne du Maurier: "Rebecca" (1938)
7. Raymond Chandler: "Farewell My Lovely" (1940)
8. Wilkie Collins: "The Moonstone" (1868)
9. Len Deighton: "The Ipcress File" (1962)
10. Dashiell Hammett: "The Maltese Falcon" (1930)
11. Josephine Tey: "The Franchise Affair" (1948)
12. Hillary Waugh: "Last Seen Wearing ..." (1952)
13. Umberto Eco: "The Name of the Rose" (1980)
14. Geoffrey Household: "Rogue Male" (1939)
15. Raymond Chandler: "The Long Goodbye" (1953)
16. Francis Iles: "Malice Aforethought" (1931)
17. Frederick Forsyth: "The Day of the Jackal" (1971)
18. Dorothy L. Sayers: "The Nine Tailors" (1934)
19. Agatha Christie: "And Then There Were None" (1939)
20. John Buchan: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915)
21. Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories" (1892-1927)
22: Dorothy L. Sayers: "Murder Must Advertise" (1933)
23. Edgar Allan Poe: "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1852)
24. Eric Ambler: "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939)
25. Edmund Crispin: "The Moving Toyshop" (1946)
26. Margery Allingham: "Tiger in the Smoke" (1952)
27. Peter Lovesey: "The False Inspector Dew" (1982)
28. Wilkie Collins: "The Woman in White" (1860)
29. Barbara Vine: "A Dark-Adapted Eye" (1986)
30. James M. Cain: "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934)
31. Dashiell Hammett: "The Glass Key" (1931)
32. Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1902)
33. John Le Carré: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1974)
34. E.C. Bentley: "Trent´s Last Case" (1913)
35. Ian Fleming: "From Russia with Love" (1957)
36. Ed McBain: "Cop Hater" (1956)
37. Colin Dexter: "The Dead of Jericho" (1981)
38. Patricia Highsmith: "Strangers on a Train" (1950)
39. Ruth Rendell: "A Judgement in Stone" (1977)
40. John Dickson Carr: "The Hollow Man" (1935)
41. Anthony Berkeley: "The Poisoned Chocolates Case" (1929)
42. Ellis Peters: "A Morbid Taste for Bones" (1977)
43. Ellis Peters: "The Leper of St. Giles" (1981)
44. Ira Levin: "A Kiss Before Dying" (1953)
45. Patricia Highsmith: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1955)
46. Graham Greene: "Brighton Rock" (1938)
47. Raymond Chandler: "The Lady in the Lake" (1943)
48. Scott Turow: "Presumed Innocent" (1987)
49. Ruth Rendell: "A Demon in My View" (1976)
50. John Dickson Carr: "The Devil in Velvet" (1951)
51. Barbara Vine: "A Fatal Inversion" (1987)
52. Michael Innes: "The Journeying Boy" (1949)
53. P.D. James: "A Taste for Death" (1986)
54. Jack Higgins: "The Eagle Has Landed" (1975)
55. Mary Stewart: "My Brother Michael" (1960)
56. Peter Lovesey: "Bertie and the Tin Man" (1987)
57. Susan Moody: "Penny Black" (1984)
58. Len Deighton: "Game, Set & Match" (1984-1986)
59. Dick Francis: "The Danger" (1983)
60. P.D. James: "Devices and Desires" (1989)
61. Reginald Hill: "Underworld" (1988)
62. Mary Stewart: "Nine Coaches Waiting" (1958)
63. Paula Gosling: "A Running Duck" (1978)
64. Michael Gilbert: "Smallbone Deceased" (1950)
65. Lionel Davidson: "The Rose of Tibet" (1962)
66. P.D. James: "Innocent Blood" (1980)
67. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Strong Poison" (1930)
68. Michael Innes: "Hamlet, Revenge!" (1937)
69. Tony Hillerman: "A Thief of Time" (1989)
70. Caryl Brahms & S.J. Simon: "A Bullet in the Ballet" (1937)
71. Reginald Hill: "Dead Heads" (1983)
72. Graham Greene: "The Third Man" (1950)
73. Anthony Price: "The Labyrinth Makers" (1974)
74. Adam Hall: "The Quiller Memorandum" (1965)
75. Margaret Millar: "Beast in View" (1955)
76. Sarah Caudwell: "The Shortest Way to Hades" (1984)
77. Desmond Bagley: "Running Blind" (1970)
78. Dick Francis: "Twice Shy" (1981)
79. Richard Condon: "The Manchurian Candidate" (1959)
80. Caroline Graham: "The Killings at Badger´s Drift" (1987)
81. Nicholas Blake: "The Beast Must Die" (1938)
82. Martin Cruz Smith: "Gorky Park" (1981)
83. Agatha Christie: "Death Comes as the End" (1945)
84. Christianna Brand: "Green for Danger" (1945)
85. Cyril Hare: "Tragedy at Law" (1942)
86. John Fowles: "The Collector" (1963)
87. J.J. Marric: "Gideon´s Day" (1955)
88. Lionel Davidson: "The Sun Chemist" (1976)
89. Alistair MacLean: "The Guns of Navarone" (1957)
90. Julian Symons: "The Colour of Murder" (1957)
91. John Buchan: "Greenmantle" (1916)
92. Erskine Childers: "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903)
93. Peter Lovesey: "Wobble to Death" (1970)
94. Dashiell Hammett: "Red Harvest" (1929)
95. Ken Follett: "The Key to Rebecca" (1980)
96. Ed McBain: "Sadie When She Died" (1972)
97. H.R.F. Keating: "The Murder of the Maharajah" (1980)
98. Simon Brett: "What Bloody Man Is That?" (1987)
99. Gavin Lyall: "Shooting Script" (1966)
100. Edgar Wallace: "Four Just Men" (1906)


