Kåret av "The Mystery Writers of America" i 1995
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2006-12-14
Her er en annen "topp 100"-liste, denne gangen i en kåring foretatt på den andre siden av atlanteren, av "The Mystery Writers of America" i 1995. Flere av titlene som figurerer på den britiske kåringen er også inkludert på denne listen, som er som følger:
1. Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" (1887-1927)
2. Dashiell Hammett: "The Maltese Falcon" (1930)
3. Edgar Allan Poe: "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1852)
4. Josephine Tey: "The Daughter of Time" (1951)
5. Scott Turow: "Presumed Innocent" (1987)
6. John Le Carré: "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" (1963)
7. Wilkie Collins: "The Moonstone" (1868)
8. Raymond Chandler: "The Big Sleep" (1939)
9. Daphne du Maurier: "Rebecca" (1938)
10. Agatha Christie: "And Then There Was None" (1939)
11. Robert Traver: "Anatomy of a Murder" (1958)
12. Agatha Christie: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926)
13. Raymond Chandler: "The Long Goodbye" (1953)
14. James M. Cain: "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934)
15. Mario Puzo: "The Godfather" (1969)
16. Thomas Harris: "The Silence of the Lambs" (1988)
17. Eric Ambler: "A Coffin for Dimitrios" (1939)
18. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Gaudy Night" (1935)
19. Agatha Christie: "Witness for the Prosecution" (1948)
20. Frederick Forsyth: "The Day of the Jackal" (1971)
21. Raymond Chandler: "Farewell My Lovely" (1940)
22. John Buchan: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915)
23. Umberto Eco: "The Name of the Rose" (1980)
24. Fyodor Dostovjevski: "Crime and Punishment" (1866)
25. Ken Follett: "Eye of the Needle" (1978)
26. John Mortimer: "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978)
27. Thomas Harris: "Red Dragon" (1981)
28. Dorothy L. Sayers: "The Nine Tailors" (1934)
29. Gregory McDonald: "Fletch" (1974)
30. John Le Carré: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1974)
31. Dashiell Hammett: "The Thin Man" (1934)
32. Wilkie Collins: "The Woman in White" (1860)
33. E.C. Bentley: "Trent´s Last Case" (1913)
34. James M. Cain: "Double Indemnity" (1943)
35. Martin Cruz Smith: "Gorky Park" (1981)
36. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Strong Poison" (1930)
37. Tony Hillerman: "Dance Hall of the Dead" (1973)
38. Donald E. Westlake: "The Hot Rock" (1970)
39. Dashiell Hammett: "Red Harvest" (1929)
40. Mary Roberts Rinehart: "The Circular Staircase" (1908)
41. Agatha Christie: "Murder on the Orient Express" (1934)
42. John Grisham: "The Firm" (1991)
43. Len Deighton: "The Ipcress File" (1962)
44. Vera Caspary: "Laura" (1942)
45. Mickey Spillane: "I, the Jury" (1947)
46. Maj Sjövall & Per Wahlöö: "The Laughing Policeman" (1968)
47. Donald E. Westlake: "Bank Shot" (1972)
48. Graham Greene: "The Third Man" (1950)
49. Jim Thompson: "The Killer Inside Me" (1952)
50. Mary Higgins Clark: "Where Are the Children?" (1975)
51. Sue Grafton: "´A` is for Alibi" (1982)
52. Lawrence Sanders: "The First Deadly Sin" (1973)
53. Tony Hillerman: "A Thief of Time" (1989)
54. Truman Capote: "In Cold Blood" (1966)
55. Geoffrey Household: "Rogue Male" (1939)
56. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Murder Must Advertise" (1933)
57. G.K. Chesterton: "The Innocence of Father Brown" (1911)
58. John Le Carré: "Smiley´s People" (1979)
59. Raymond Chandler: "The Lady in the Lake" (1943)
60. Harper Lee: "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960)
61. Graham Greene: "Our Man in Havana" (1958)
62. Charles Dickens: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (1870)
63. Peter Lovesey: "Wobble to Death" (1970)
64. W. Somerset Maugham: "Ashenden" (1928)
65. Nicholas Meyer: "The Seven Per-Cent Solution" (1974)
66. Rex Stout: "The Doorbell Rang" (1965)
67. Elmore Leonard: "Stick" (1983)
68. John Le Carré: "The Little Drummer Girl" (1983)
69. Graham Greene: "Brighton Rock" (1938)
70. Bram Stoker: "Dracula" (1897)
71. Patricia Highsmith: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1955)
72. Edmund Crispin: "The Moving Toyshop" (1946)
73. John Grisham: "A Time to Kill" (1989)
74. Hillary Waugh: "Last Seen Wearing ..." (1952)
75. W.R. Burnett: "Little Ceasar" (1929)
76. George V. Higgins: "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" (1972)
77. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Clouds of Witness" (1927)
78. Ian Fleming: "From Russia with Love" (1957)
79. Margaret Millar: "Beast in View" (1955)
80. Michael Gilbert: "Smallbone Deceased" (1950)
81. Josephine Tey: "The Franchise Affair" (1948)
82. Elizabeth Peters: "Crocodile on the Sandbank" (1975)
83. P.D. James: "Shroud for a Nightingale" (1971)
84. Tom Clancy: "The Hunt for Red October" (1984)
85. Ross Thomas: "Chinaman´s Chance" (1978)
86. Joseph Conrad: "The Secret Agent" (1907)
87. John D. MacDonald: "The Dreadful Lemon Sky" (1975)
88. Dashiell Hammett: "The Glass Key" (1931)
89. Ruth Rendell: "Judgement in Stone" (1977)
90. Josephine Tey: "Brat Farrar" (1950)
91. Ross MacDonald: "The Chill" (1963)
92. Walter Mosley: "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1990)
93. Joseph Wambaugh: "The Choirboys" (1975)
94. Donald E. Westlake: "God Save the Mark" (1967)
95. Craig Rice: "Home Sweet Homicide" (1944)
96. John Dickson Carr: "The Three Coffins" (1935)
97. Richard Condon: "Prizzi´s Honor" (1982)
98. James McClure: "The Steam Pig" (1974)
99. Jack Finney: "Time and Again" (1970)
100. Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977)
100. Ira Levin: "Rosemary´s Baby" (1967)
1. Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" (1887-1927)
2. Dashiell Hammett: "The Maltese Falcon" (1930)
3. Edgar Allan Poe: "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1852)
4. Josephine Tey: "The Daughter of Time" (1951)
5. Scott Turow: "Presumed Innocent" (1987)
6. John Le Carré: "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" (1963)
7. Wilkie Collins: "The Moonstone" (1868)
8. Raymond Chandler: "The Big Sleep" (1939)
9. Daphne du Maurier: "Rebecca" (1938)
10. Agatha Christie: "And Then There Was None" (1939)
11. Robert Traver: "Anatomy of a Murder" (1958)
12. Agatha Christie: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926)
13. Raymond Chandler: "The Long Goodbye" (1953)
14. James M. Cain: "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934)
15. Mario Puzo: "The Godfather" (1969)
16. Thomas Harris: "The Silence of the Lambs" (1988)
17. Eric Ambler: "A Coffin for Dimitrios" (1939)
18. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Gaudy Night" (1935)
19. Agatha Christie: "Witness for the Prosecution" (1948)
20. Frederick Forsyth: "The Day of the Jackal" (1971)
21. Raymond Chandler: "Farewell My Lovely" (1940)
22. John Buchan: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915)
23. Umberto Eco: "The Name of the Rose" (1980)
24. Fyodor Dostovjevski: "Crime and Punishment" (1866)
25. Ken Follett: "Eye of the Needle" (1978)
26. John Mortimer: "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978)
27. Thomas Harris: "Red Dragon" (1981)
28. Dorothy L. Sayers: "The Nine Tailors" (1934)
29. Gregory McDonald: "Fletch" (1974)
30. John Le Carré: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1974)
31. Dashiell Hammett: "The Thin Man" (1934)
32. Wilkie Collins: "The Woman in White" (1860)
33. E.C. Bentley: "Trent´s Last Case" (1913)
34. James M. Cain: "Double Indemnity" (1943)
35. Martin Cruz Smith: "Gorky Park" (1981)
36. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Strong Poison" (1930)
37. Tony Hillerman: "Dance Hall of the Dead" (1973)
38. Donald E. Westlake: "The Hot Rock" (1970)
39. Dashiell Hammett: "Red Harvest" (1929)
40. Mary Roberts Rinehart: "The Circular Staircase" (1908)
41. Agatha Christie: "Murder on the Orient Express" (1934)
42. John Grisham: "The Firm" (1991)
43. Len Deighton: "The Ipcress File" (1962)
44. Vera Caspary: "Laura" (1942)
45. Mickey Spillane: "I, the Jury" (1947)
46. Maj Sjövall & Per Wahlöö: "The Laughing Policeman" (1968)
47. Donald E. Westlake: "Bank Shot" (1972)
48. Graham Greene: "The Third Man" (1950)
49. Jim Thompson: "The Killer Inside Me" (1952)
50. Mary Higgins Clark: "Where Are the Children?" (1975)
51. Sue Grafton: "´A` is for Alibi" (1982)
52. Lawrence Sanders: "The First Deadly Sin" (1973)
53. Tony Hillerman: "A Thief of Time" (1989)
54. Truman Capote: "In Cold Blood" (1966)
55. Geoffrey Household: "Rogue Male" (1939)
56. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Murder Must Advertise" (1933)
57. G.K. Chesterton: "The Innocence of Father Brown" (1911)
58. John Le Carré: "Smiley´s People" (1979)
59. Raymond Chandler: "The Lady in the Lake" (1943)
60. Harper Lee: "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960)
61. Graham Greene: "Our Man in Havana" (1958)
62. Charles Dickens: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (1870)
63. Peter Lovesey: "Wobble to Death" (1970)
64. W. Somerset Maugham: "Ashenden" (1928)
65. Nicholas Meyer: "The Seven Per-Cent Solution" (1974)
66. Rex Stout: "The Doorbell Rang" (1965)
67. Elmore Leonard: "Stick" (1983)
68. John Le Carré: "The Little Drummer Girl" (1983)
69. Graham Greene: "Brighton Rock" (1938)
70. Bram Stoker: "Dracula" (1897)
71. Patricia Highsmith: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1955)
72. Edmund Crispin: "The Moving Toyshop" (1946)
73. John Grisham: "A Time to Kill" (1989)
74. Hillary Waugh: "Last Seen Wearing ..." (1952)
75. W.R. Burnett: "Little Ceasar" (1929)
76. George V. Higgins: "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" (1972)
77. Dorothy L. Sayers: "Clouds of Witness" (1927)
78. Ian Fleming: "From Russia with Love" (1957)
79. Margaret Millar: "Beast in View" (1955)
80. Michael Gilbert: "Smallbone Deceased" (1950)
81. Josephine Tey: "The Franchise Affair" (1948)
82. Elizabeth Peters: "Crocodile on the Sandbank" (1975)
83. P.D. James: "Shroud for a Nightingale" (1971)
84. Tom Clancy: "The Hunt for Red October" (1984)
85. Ross Thomas: "Chinaman´s Chance" (1978)
86. Joseph Conrad: "The Secret Agent" (1907)
87. John D. MacDonald: "The Dreadful Lemon Sky" (1975)
88. Dashiell Hammett: "The Glass Key" (1931)
89. Ruth Rendell: "Judgement in Stone" (1977)
90. Josephine Tey: "Brat Farrar" (1950)
91. Ross MacDonald: "The Chill" (1963)
92. Walter Mosley: "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1990)
93. Joseph Wambaugh: "The Choirboys" (1975)
94. Donald E. Westlake: "God Save the Mark" (1967)
95. Craig Rice: "Home Sweet Homicide" (1944)
96. John Dickson Carr: "The Three Coffins" (1935)
97. Richard Condon: "Prizzi´s Honor" (1982)
98. James McClure: "The Steam Pig" (1974)
99. Jack Finney: "Time and Again" (1970)
100. Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977)
100. Ira Levin: "Rosemary´s Baby" (1967)
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