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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 4

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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Mean Streak (Sandra Brown)
Mean Streak
Sandra Brown
122
The Memory Box (Eva Lesko Natiello)
The Memory Box
Eva Lesko Natiello
123
The Mermaids Singing (Val Mcdermid)
The Mermaids Singing
Val Mcdermid
124
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt
125
Midnight Riot
Midnight Riot
126
The Monkey's Raincoat
The Monkey's Raincoat
127
Mr Mercedes (Stephen King)
Mr Mercedes
Stephen King
128
The Murder Bag (Tony Parsons)
The Murder Bag
Tony Parsons
129
Murder in Mississippi (John Safran)
Murder in Mississippi
John Safran
130
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
131
Naked in Death
Naked in Death
132
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
133
The Neon Rain
The Neon Rain
134
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
135
Night Film (Marisha Pessl)
Night Film
Marisha Pessl
136
Night Games (Anne)
Night Games
Anne
137
Night Passage (Robert B Parker)
Night Passage
Robert B Parker
138
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
139
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
140
Now You See Me (Sharon Bolton)
Now You See Me
Sharon Bolton
141
One for the Money (Janet Evanovich)
One for the Money
Janet Evanovich
142
Orange Is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman
143
The Outsider
The Outsider
144
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
145
Pietr the Latvian (Georges Simenon)
Pietr the Latvian
Georges Simenon
146
Pines (Wayward Pines #1) (Blake Crouch)
Pines (Wayward Pines #1)
Blake Crouch
147
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
148
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem
Patricia Cornwell
149
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THE POWER OF THE DOG
150
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
151
Prime Suspect (Lynda Laplante)
Prime Suspect
Lynda Laplante
152
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg
153
Quiche of Death
Quiche of Death
154
Ratking
Ratking
155
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
156
Reconstructing Amelia (Kimberly McCreight)
Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight
157
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
158
Retribution
Retribution
159
The Ritual Bath
The Ritual Bath
160
River of Shadows (Valerio Varesi)
River of Shadows
Valerio Varesi
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