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IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

"The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association looks back at the 1900s and have compiled a list of favorites"
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A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi
1
Sue Grafton
An English Murder (Cyril Hare)
An English Murder
2
Cyril Hare
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (P. D. James)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
3
P. D. James
Aunt Dimity's Death (Nancy Atherton)
Aunt Dimity's Death
4
Nancy Atherton
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
5
Laurie R. King
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
6
Raymond Chandler
Black Cherry Blues (James Lee Burke)
Black Cherry Blues
7
James Lee Burke
Blue Lonesome (Bill Pronzini)
Blue Lonesome
8
Bill Pronzini
Booked to Die (John Dunning)
Booked to Die
9
John Dunning
Bootlegger's Daughter (Margaret Maron)
Bootlegger's Daughter
10
Margaret Maron
Brat Farrar (Josephine Tey)
Brat Farrar
11
Josephine Tey
A Broken Vessel (Kate Ross)
A Broken Vessel
12
Kate Ross
Cat of Many Tails (Ellery Queen)
Cat of Many Tails
13
Ellery Queen
Child of Silence (Abigail Padgett)
Child of Silence
14
Abigail Padgett
The Chill (Ross MacDonald)
The Chill
15
Ross MacDonald
Chinaman's Chance (Ross Thomas)
Chinaman's Chance
16
Ross Thomas
The Circular Staircase (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Circular Staircase
17
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Club Dumas
18
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Concourse (S.J. Rozan)
Concourse
19
S.J. Rozan
Concrete Blonde (Michael Connelly)
Concrete Blonde
20
Michael Connelly
The Corpse in the Snowman (Nicholas Blake)
The Corpse in the Snowman
21
Nicholas Blake
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Chester Himes)
Cotton Comes to Harlem
22
Chester Himes
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Elizabeth Peters)
Crocodile on the Sandbank
23
Elizabeth Peters
Dark Nantucket Noon (Jane Langton)
Dark Nantucket Noon
24
Jane Langton
Darkness, Take My Hand (Dennis Lehane)
Darkness, Take My Hand
25
Dennis Lehane
Dead Right (Peter Robinson)
Dead Right
26
Peter Robinson
Deadlock (Sara Paretsky)
Deadlock
27
Sara Paretsky
Death by Sheer Torture (Robert Barnard)
Death by Sheer Torture
28
Robert Barnard
Death's Bright Angel (Janet Neel)
Death's Bright Angel
29
Janet Neel
The Deep Blue Goodbye (John D. MacDonald)
The Deep Blue Goodbye
30
John D. MacDonald
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
31
Walter Mosley
A Dram of Poison (Charlotte Armstrong)
A Dram of Poison
32
Charlotte Armstrong
Dreaming of the Bones (Deborah Crombie)
Dreaming of the Bones
33
Deborah Crombie
Edwin of the Iron Shoes (Marcia Muller)
Edwin of the Iron Shoes
34
Marcia Muller
The Fabulous Clipjoint (Fredric Brown)
The Fabulous Clipjoint
35
Fredric Brown
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
36
Elmore Leonard
A Great Deliverance (Elizabeth George)
A Great Deliverance
37
Elizabeth George
Green for Danger (Christianna Brand)
Green for Danger
38
Christianna Brand
Hamlet, Revenge! (Michael Innes)
Hamlet, Revenge!
39
Michael Innes
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
40
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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