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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 2

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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The Cuckoo's Calling (Robert Galbraith)
The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
43
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth
44
Dead Cert (Dick Francis)
Dead Cert
Dick Francis
45
Dead Simple (Peter James)
Dead Simple
Peter James
46
Deadly Focus (R. C. Bridgestock)
Deadly Focus
R. C. Bridgestock
47
Death at La Fenice (Donna Leon)
Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon
48
Defending Jacob: A Novel
Defending Jacob: A Novel
49
Deja Dead (Kathy Reichs)
Deja Dead
Kathy Reichs
50
Depths of the Forest (Eugenio Fuentes)
Depths of the Forest
Eugenio Fuentes
51
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
52
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
53
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Mara Leveritt)
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Mara Leveritt
54
Devil's Peak (Deon Meyer)
Devil's Peak
Deon Meyer
55
Dissolution
Dissolution
56
Don't Tell (Karen Rose)
Don't Tell
Karen Rose
57
The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat
58
The Drowning Pool (Ross MacDonald)
The Drowning Pool
Ross MacDonald
59
Dying to Tell (Robert Goddard)
Dying to Tell
Robert Goddard
60
Elizabeth Is Missing (Emma Healey)
Elizabeth Is Missing
Emma Healey
61
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer
62
The Face of a Stranger
The Face of a Stranger
63
Faceless Killers
Faceless Killers
64
Fadeout
Fadeout
65
Fantomas
Fantomas
66
The Final Judgement (Richard North Patterson)
The Final Judgement
Richard North Patterson
67
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
John Grisham
68
The Floating Admiral (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931)
69
Gallows View (Peter Robinson)
Gallows View
Peter Robinson
70
Get Shorty
Get Shorty
71
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
72
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
73
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
74
The Golden Scales (Parker Bilal)
The Golden Scales
Parker Bilal
75
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
76
The Good Girl (Mary Kubica)
The Good Girl
Mary Kubica
77
Gorky Park
Gorky Park
78
A Great Deliverance
A Great Deliverance
79
Greenwich Killing Time (Kinky Freidman)
Greenwich Killing Time
Kinky Freidman
80
The Grifters (Jim Thompson)
The Grifters
Jim Thompson
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