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Crime & detective

The best books on crime & detective, ranked by quality.

  1. 49
    The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder Edgar Wallace · 1925
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 ratings)
  2. 50
    The Secret of Sarek Maurice Leblanc · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 ratings)
  3. 51
    The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer · 1913
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (5 ratings)
  4. 52
    The Old Man in the Corner Emma Orczy · 1908
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (4 ratings)
  5. 53
    The Pit-Prop Syndicate Freeman Wills Crofts · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)
  6. 54
    Lord Peter Views the Body Dorothy L. Sayers · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 (4 ratings)
  7. 55
    The Tower Treasure Leslie McFarlane · 1927
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (14 ratings)
  8. 56
    Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes Maurice Leblanc · 1906
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.7 (3 ratings)
  9. 57
    The Missing Chums Leslie McFarlane · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.7 (3 ratings)
  10. 58
    The Club of Queer Trades Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.2 (13 ratings)
  11. 59
    File No. 113 Émile Gaboriau · 1868
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (11 ratings)
  12. 60
  13. 61
    Behind That Curtain Earl Derr Biggers · 1928
  14. 62
    His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle · 1993
  15. 63
    Murder in the Gunroom H. Beam Piper, H. Beam · 1953
  16. 64
    Terror Keep Edgar Wallace · 1927
  17. 65
    The Avenger Edgar Wallace · 1924
  18. 66
    The Black Mask Ernest William Hornung · 1975
  19. 67
    The Brooklyn murders G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) Cole, Margaret Cole · 1923
  20. 68
    The Canary Murder Case Willard Huntington Wright · 1927
  21. 69
    The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 2023
  22. 70
    The Charing Cross Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1923
  23. 71
    The Clue of the New Pin Edgar Wallace · 1923
  24. 72
    The Council of Justice Edgar Wallace · 1920
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