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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction

I love crime fiction, but tend to read the same few authors. This list is comprised of crime fiction and true crime by 198 different individual authors, as well as a duo, and a collaborative novel by The Detection Club, whose members included Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy L Sayers, who all have individual works on this list too. This is by no means a comprehensive list, and there are sure to be favourites I have accidentally overlooked. For authors of series, I have chosen the title in which the detective first appears according to Goodreads. There are a couple of exceptions.
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Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power
1
David Baldacci
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
2
Caleb Carr
Alone (Lisa Gardner)
Alone
3
Lisa Gardner
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
Along Came a Spider
4
James Patterson
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
6
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
7
Agatha Christie
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
8
Dan Brown
Ashes to Ashes (Tami Hoag)
Ashes to Ashes
9
Tami Hoag
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
10
The Bat (Jo Nesbø)
The Bat
11
Jo Nesbø
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep
12
S.J. Watson
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
13
Raymond Chandler
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
14
James Ellroy
Black Dog (Stephen Booth)
Black Dog
15
Stephen Booth
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
16
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
17
Charles Dickens
The Blessing Way
The Blessing Way
18
Blindsighted (Karin Slaughter)
Blindsighted
19
Karin Slaughter
The Bone Collector (Jeffery Deaver)
The Bone Collector
20
Jeffery Deaver
Calendar Girl (Stella Duffy)
Calendar Girl
21
Stella Duffy
Call for the Dead (Lecarre)
Call for the Dead
22
Lecarre
Case Histories (Kate Atkinson)
Case Histories
23
Kate Atkinson
The Chalk Circle Man (Fred Vargas)
The Chalk Circle Man
24
Fred Vargas
A Clubbable Woman (Reginald Hill)
A Clubbable Woman
25
Reginald Hill
A Cold Day for Murder (Dana Stabenow)
A Cold Day for Murder
26
Dana Stabenow
A Cold Day in Paradise (Steve Hamilton)
A Cold Day in Paradise
27
Steve Hamilton
Cold Granite (Stuart MacBride)
Cold Granite
28
Stuart MacBride
Cold Killing (Luke Delaney)
Cold Killing
29
Luke Delaney
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
30
John Fowles
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
31
Dave Cullen
Compelling Evidence (Steve Martini)
Compelling Evidence
32
Steve Martini
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
33
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cop Hater
Cop Hater
34
Coronado High (Joshuah Bearman)
Coronado High
35
Joshuah Bearman
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
36
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime at Black Dudley (Margery Allingham)
Crime at Black Dudley
37
Margery Allingham
The Crossing Places (Elly Griffiths)
The Crossing Places
38
Elly Griffiths
The Crow Trap (Ann Cleeves)
The Crow Trap
39
Ann Cleeves
The Crucifix Killer (Chris Carter)
The Crucifix Killer
40
Chris Carter
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