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Challenge to Become Better Read in Crime Fiction - Page 5

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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Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
Emma Donoghue
162
The Rosary Girls (Richard Montanari)
The Rosary Girls
Richard Montanari
163
Roseanna (Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per)
Roseanna
Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per
164
Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey
165
Run for Home (Sheila Quigley)
Run for Home
Sheila Quigley
166
The Sculptress (Minette Walters)
The Sculptress
Minette Walters
167
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
168
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
169
The Shining Girls (Lauren Beukes)
The Shining Girls
Lauren Beukes
170
Siege (Simon Kernick)
Siege
Simon Kernick
171
The Silent Wife
The Silent Wife
172
Skinner's Rules (Quintin Jardine)
Skinner's Rules
Quintin Jardine
173
Sleepyhead (Mark Billingham)
Sleepyhead
Mark Billingham
174
Still Life (Louise Penny)
Still Life
Louise Penny
175
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
Storm Front
Jim Butcher
176
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
177
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
178
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
179
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
180
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher (Kate Somerscale)
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Kate Somerscale
181
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley
182
Talking to the Dead (Harry Bingham)
Talking to the Dead
Harry Bingham
183
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
Tell No One
Harlan Coben
184
Think of a Number (John Verdon)
Think of a Number
John Verdon
185
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
Graham Greene
186
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
187
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
188
Tourist Season
Tourist Season
189
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
190
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey
191
Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
192
Unwanted (Kristina Ohlsson)
Unwanted
Kristina Ohlsson
193
The Various Haunts of Men (Susan Hill)
The Various Haunts of Men
Susan Hill
194
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
195
The Weight of Blood
The Weight of Blood
196
When the Bough Breaks
When the Bough Breaks
197
When We Were Orphans (Kazuo Ishiguro)
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
198
Where Are the Children
Where Are the Children
199
Whose Body?
Whose Body?
200
Wild Justice (Phillip Margolin)
Wild Justice
Phillip Margolin
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