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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Crime, Spy & Detective Fiction

This is the ninth in a series of lists I'm publishing providing, in my opinion, the best 40 books (or series) of each genre of fiction. I plan to cover nearly twenty genres in total. So far, I've published lists for historical fiction, horror, thrillers, children's literature, war literature, fantasy, family sagas and dystopian literature.
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This list provides what I believe to be the best crime novels that either involve spies or detective-based narratives. Most of us know of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, and the fantastic spy novels of John le Carre and Graham Greene. This list provides the best of them and so many more. Enjoy!
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The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
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Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
3
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
4
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
5
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
6
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
7
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
8
Blacktop Wasteland (S.A. Cosby)
Blacktop Wasteland (S.A. Cosby)
9
The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
10
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
11
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
12
The Complete Father Brown Stories (G. K. Chesterton)
The Complete Father Brown Stories (G. K. Chesterton)
13
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
14
The Cuckoo's Calling (Robert Galbraith)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Robert Galbraith)
15
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
16
The Devil and the Dark Water (Stuart Turton)
The Devil and the Dark Water (Stuart Turton)
17
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
18
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
19
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
20
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Dorothy L. Sayers)
21
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
22
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
23
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods (Tana French)
24
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
25
The Maid (Nita Prose)
The Maid (Nita Prose)
26
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
27
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
28
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
29
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
30
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
31
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
32
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
33
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
34
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
35
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
36
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
37
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
38
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
39
Tomás Nevinson (Javier Marias)
Tomás Nevinson (Javier Marias)
40
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
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