The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time

**The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time** on 1990. aastal avaldatud koondtabel sajast parimast põnevus-, spiooni- ja kriminaalromaanist, mille koostas Suurbritannia kriminaalromaanikirjanikke ühendav organisatsioon Crime Writers' Association. Viis aastat hiljem koostas Mystery Writers of America oma edetabeli "The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Selected".

## Suurbritannia koondtabel
# Josephine Tey "Tõde on aja tütar" *The Daughter of Time* (1951)
# Raymond Chandler "Sügav uni" *The Big Sleep* (1939)
# John le Carré "Spioon, kes pääses külma käest" *The Spy Who Came In From the Cold* (1963)
# Dorothy L. Sayers *Gaudy Night* (1935)
# Agatha Christie "Roger Ackroydi mõrvamine" *The Murder of Roger Ackroyd* (1926)
# Daphne du Maurier "Rebecca" (1938)
# Raymond Chandler "Hüvasti, mu arm" *Farewell My Lovely* (1940)
# Wilkie Collins "Kuukivi" *The Moonstone* (1868)
# Len Deighton *The IPCRESS File* (1962)
# Dashiell Hammett "Malta pistrik" *The Maltese Falcon* (1930)
# Josephine Tey *The Franchise Affair* (1948)
# Hillary Waugh *Last Seen Wearing ...* (1952)
# Umberto Eco "Roosi nimi" *The Name of the Rose* (1980)
# Geoffrey Household *Rogue Male* (1939)
# Raymond Chandler "Pikk hüvastijätt" *The Long Goodbye* (1953)
# Francis Iles *Malice Aforethought* (1931)
# Frederick Forsyth "Šaakali päev" *The Day of the Jackal* (1971)
# Dorothy L. Sayers *The Nine Tailors* (1934)
# Agatha Christie "Kümme väikest neegrit" *And Then There Were None* (1939)
# John Buchan "39 astet" *The Thirty-Nine Steps* (1915)
# Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmesi jutustuste kogumikud *The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories* (1892–1927)
# Dorothy L. Sayers *Murder Must Advertise* (1933)
# Edgar Allan Poe "Hirmu- ja õudusjutud" *Tales of Mystery & Imagination* (1852)
# Eric Ambler *The Mask of Dimitrios* (1939)
# Edmund Crispin *The Moving Toyshop* (1946)
# Margery Allingham *The Tiger in the Smoke* (1952)
# Peter Lovesey *The False Inspector Dew* (1982)
# Wilkie Collins "Naine valges" *The Woman in White* (1860)
# Barbara Vine *A Dark-Adapted Eye* (1986)
# James M. Cain "Postimees helistab alati kaks korda" *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1934)
# Dashiell Hammett "Klaasist võti" *The Glass Key* (1931)
# Arthur Conan Doyle "Baskerville'ide koer" *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1902)
# John le Carré "Plekksepp, rätsep, sõdur, nuhk" *Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy* (1974)
# E. C. Bentley *Trent's Last Case* (1913)
# Ian Fleming "Südamlik tervitus Venemaalt" *From Russia, with Love* (1957)
# Ed McBain *Cop Hater* (1956)
# Colin Dexter *The Dead of Jericho* (1981)
# Patricia Highsmith "Võõrad rongis" *Strangers on a Train* (1950)
# Ruth Rendell *A Judgement in Stone* (1977)
# John Dickson Carr "Kolm kirstu" *The Hollow Man* (1935]])
# Anthony Berkeley "Mürgitatud šokolaadikarp" *The Poisoned Chocolates Case* (1929)
# Ellis Peters *A Morbid Taste for Bones* (1977)
# Ellis Peters "Saint Gilesi pidalitõbine" *The Leper of St. Giles* (1981)
# Ira Levin "Suudlus enne surma" *A Kiss Before Dying* (1953)
# Patricia Highsmith "Andekas mr. Ripley" *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1955)
# Graham Greene "Brightoni karamell" *Brighton Rock* (1938)
# Raymond Chandler "Naine järves" *The Lady in the Lake* (1943)
# Scott Turow "Süütuse presumptsioon" *Presumed Innocent* (1987)
# Ruth Rendell *A Demon in My View* (1976)
# John Dickson Carr *The Devil in Velvet* (1951)
# Barbara Vine *A Fatal Inversion* (1987)
# Michael Innes *The Journeying Boy* (1949)
# P. D. James *A Taste for Death* (1986)
# Jack Higgins "Kotkas on laskunud" *The Eagle Has Landed* (1975)
# Mary Stewart "Minu vend Michael" *My Brother Michael* (1960)
# Peter Lovesey *Bertie and the Tin Man* (1987)
# Susan Moody *Penny Black* (1984)
# Len Deighton *Game, Set & Match* (1984–1986)
# Dick Francis "Oht" *The Danger* (1983)
# P. D. James *Devices and Desires* (1989)
# Reginald Hill *Under World* (1988)
# Mary Stewart *Nine Coaches Waiting* (1958)
# Paula Gosling *A Running Duck* (1978)
# Michael Gilbert *Smallbone Deceased* (1950)
# Lionel Davidson *The Rose of Tibet* (1962)
# P. D. James *Innocent Blood* (1980)
# Dorothy L. Sayers "Kange mürk" *Strong Poison* (1930)
# Michael Innes *Hamlet, Revenge!* (1937)
# Tony Hillerman *A Thief of Time* (1989)
# Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon *A Bullet in the Ballet* (1937)
# Reginald Hill *Deadheads* (1983)
# Graham Greene *The Third Man* (1950)
# Anthony Price *The Labyrinth Makers* (1974)
# Adam Hall "Quilleri memorandum" *The Quiller Memorandum* (1965)
# Margaret Millar *Beast in View* (1955)
# Sarah Caudwell *The Shortest Way to Hades* (1984)
# Desmond Bagley *Running Blind* (1970)
# Dick Francis *Twice Shy* (1981)
# Richard Condon "Mandžuuria kandidaat" *The Manchurian Candidate* (1959)
# Caroline Graham "Mõrvad Badger Driftis". Sarjast "Midsomeri mõrvalood". *The Killings at Badger's Drift* (1987)
# Nicholas Blake *The Beast Must Die* (1938)
# Martin Cruz Smith "Gorki park" *Gorky Park* (1981)
# Agatha Christie "Surm lõpetab kõik" *Death Comes as the End* (1944)
# Christianna Brand *Green for Danger* (1945)
# Cyril Hare *Tragedy at Law* (1942)
# John Fowles "Liblikapüüdja" *The Collector* (1963)
# J. J. Marric *Gideon's Day* (1955)
# Lionel Davidson *The Sun Chemist* (1976)
# Alistair MacLean "Navarone suurtükid" *The Guns of Navarone* (1957)
# Julian Symons *The Colour of Murder* (1957)
# John Buchan *Greenmantle* (1916)
# Erskine Childers *The Riddle of the Sands* (1903)
# Peter Lovesey *Wobble to Death* (1970)
# Dashiell Hammett "Punane lõikus" *Red Harvest* (1929)
# Ken Follett *The Key to Rebecca* (1980)
# Ed McBain *Sadie When She Died* (1972)
# H. R. F. Keating *The Murder of the Maharajah* (1980)
# Simon Brett *What Bloody Man Is That?* (1987)
# Gavin Lyall *Shooting Script* (1966)
# Edgar Wallace "Ministri hukkamine" *The Four Just Men* (1905)

## Ameerika Ühendriikide koondtabel
# Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmesi jutustuste kogumikud *The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories* (1892–1927)
# Dashiell Hammett "Malta pistrik" *The Maltese Falcon* (1930)
# Edgar Allan Poe "Hirmu- ja õudusjutud" *Tales of Mystery & Imagination* (1852)
# Josephine Tey "Tõde on aja tütar" *The Daughter of Time* (1951)
# Scott Turow "Süütuse presumptsioon" *Presumed Innocent* (1987)
# John le Carré "Spioon, kes pääses külma käest" *The Spy Who Came In From the Cold* (1963)
# Wilkie Collins "Kuukivi" *The Moonstone*. (1868)
# Raymond Chandler "Sügav uni" *The Big Sleep* (1939)
# Daphne du Maurier "Rebecca" (1938)
# Agatha Christie "Kümme väikest neegrit" *And Then There Were None* (1939)
# Robert Traver *Anatomy of a Murder* (1958)
# Agatha Christie "Roger Ackroydi mõrvamine" *The Murder of Roger Ackroyd* (1926)
# Raymond Chandler "Pikk hüvastijätt" *The Long Goodbye* (1953)
# James M. Cain "Postimees helistab alati kaks korda" *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1934)
# Mario Puzo "Ristiisa" *The Godfather* (1969)
# Thomas Harris Voonakeste vaikimine *The Silence of the Lambs* (1988)
# Eric Ambler *A Coffin for Dimitrios* (1939)
# Dorothy L. Sayers *Gaudy Night* (1935)
# Agatha Christie ""Süüdistuse tunnistaja"" *The Witness for the Prosecution* (1948)
# Frederick Forsyth "Šaakali päev" *The Day of the Jackal* (1971)
# Raymond Chandler "Hüvasti, mu arm" *Farewell My Lovely* (1940)
# John Buchan "39 astet" *The Thirty-Nine Steps* (1915)
# Umberto Eco "Roosi nimi" *The Name of the Rose* (1980)
# Fjodor Dostojevski "Kuritöö ja karistus" *Crime and Punishment* (1866)
# Ken Follett "Nõelasilm" *Eye of the Needle* (1978)
# John Mortimer *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1978)
# Thomas Harris "Punane draakon" *Red Dragon* (1981)
# Dorothy L. Sayers *The Nine Tailors* (1934)
# Gregory Mcdonald *Fletch* (1974)
# John le Carré "Plekksepp, rätsep, sõdur, nuhk" *Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy* (1974)
# Dashiell Hammett "Kõhn mees" *The Thin Man* (1934)
# Wilkie Collins "Naine valges" *The Woman in White* (1860)
# E. C. Bentley *Trent's Last Case* (1913)
# James M. Cain *Double Indemnity* (1943)
# Martin Cruz Smith "Gorki park" *Gorky Park* (1981)
# Dorothy L. Sayers "Kange mürk" *Strong Poison* (1930)
# Tony Hillerman *Dance Hall of the Dead* (1973)
# Donald E. Westlake *The Hot Rock* (1970)
# Dashiell Hammett "Punane lõikus" *Red Harvest* (1929)
# Mary Roberts Rinehart *The Circular Staircase* (1908)
# Agatha Christie "Mõrv Idaekspressis" *Murder on the Orient Express* (1934)
# John Grisham "Firma" *The Firm* (1991)
# Len Deighton *The IPCRESS File* (1962)
# Vera Caspary *Laura* (1942)
# Mickey Spillane *I, the Jury* (1947)
# Maj Sjöwall ja Per Wahlöö "Naerev politseinik" *The Laughing Policeman* (1968)
# Donald E. Westlake *Bank Shot* (1972)
# Graham Greene *The Third Man* (1950)
# Jim Thompson *The Killer Inside Me* (1952)
# Mary Higgins Clark *Where Are the Children?* (1975)
# Sue Grafton "A nagu alibi" *"A" is for Alibi* (1982)
# Lawrence Sanders *The First Deadly Sin* (1973)
# Tony Hillerman *A Thief of Time* (1989)
# Truman Capote "Külmavereliselt" *In Cold Blood* (1966)
# Geoffrey Household *Rogue Male* (1939)
# Dorothy L. Sayers *Murder Must Advertise* (1933)
# Gilbert Keith Chesterton *The Innocence of Father Brown* (1911)
# John le Carré "Smiley meeskond" *Smiley's People ([[1979]])
# [[Raymond Chandler]] "[[Naine järves]]" *The Lady in the Lake* ([[1943]])
# [[Harper Lee]] "[[Tappa laulurästast]]" *To Kill a Mockingbird* ([[1960]])
# [[Graham Greene]] "[[Meie mees Havannas]]" *Our Man in Havana* ([[1958]])
# [[Charles Dickens]] *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1870)
# [[Peter Lovesey]] *Wobble to Death* (1970)
# [[William Somerset Maugham]] "[[Ashenden]]" ([[1928]])
# [[Nicholas Meyer]] *The Seven Per-Cent Solution* (1974)
# [[Rex Stout]] "[[Uksekell helises]]" *The Doorbell Rang* ([[1965]])
# [[Elmore Leonard]] *Stick* (1983)
# [[John le Carré]] "[[Väike trummitüdruk]]" *The Little Drummer Girl* ([[1983]])
# [[Graham Greene]] "[[Brightoni karamell]]" *Brighton Rock* ([[1938]])
# [[Bram Stoker]] "[[Dracula]]" ([[1897]])
# [[Patricia Highsmith]] "[[Andekas mr. Ripley]]" *The Talented Mr. Ripley* ([[1955]])
# [[Edmund Crispin]] *The Moving Toyshop* (1946)
# [[John Grisham]] "[[Aeg on antud tappa]]" *A Time to Kill* ([[1989]])
# [[Hillary Waugh]] *Last Seen Wearing ...* (1952)
# [[W. R. Burnett]] *Little Caesar* (1929)
# [[George V. Higgins]] *The Friends of Eddie Coyle* (1972)
# [[Dorothy L. Sayers]] *Clouds of Witness* (1927)
# [[Ian Fleming]] "[[Südamlik tervitus Venemaalt]]" *From Russia, with Love* ([[1957]])
# [[Margaret Millar]] *Beast in View* (1955)
# [[Michael Gilbert]] *Smallbone Deceased* (1950)
# [[Josephine Tey]] *The Franchise Affair* (1948)
# [[Elizabeth Peters]] *Crocodile on the Sandbank* (1975)
# [[P. D. James]] *Shroud for a Nightingale* (1971)
# [[Tom Clancy]] "[["Punase Oktoobri" jälitamine]]" *The Hunt for Red October* ([[1984]])
# [[Ross Thomas]] *Chinaman's Chance* (1978)
# [[Joseph Conrad]] "[[Salakuulaja]]" *The Secret Agent* ([[1907]])
# [[John D. MacDonald]] *The Dreadful Lemon Sky* (1975)
# [[Dashiell Hammett]] "[[Klaasist võti]]" *The Glass Key* ([[1931]])
# [[Ruth Rendell]] *A Judgement in Stone* (1977)
# [[Josephine Tey]] *Brat Farrar* (1950)
# [[Ross Macdonald]] *The Chill* (1963)
# [[Walter Mosley]] "[[Saatan sinises seelikus]]" *Devil in a Blue Dress* ([[1990]])
# [[Joseph Wambaugh]] *The Choirboys* (1975)
# [[Donald E. Westlake]] *God Save the Mark* (1967)
# [[Craig Rice]] *Home Sweet Homicide* (1944)
# [[John Dickson Carr]] "[[Kolm kirstu]]" *The Three Coffins* ([[1935]])
# [[Richard Condon]] "[[Prizzi perekonna au]]" *Prizzi's Honor* ([[1982]])
# [[James McClure]] *The Steam Pig* (1974)
# [[Jack Finney]] *Time and Again* (1970)
# [[Ellis Peters]] "[[Kole kihk luude järele]]" *A Morbid Taste for Bones* ([[1977]]) ja [[Ira Levin]] "[[Rosemary laps]]" *Rosemary's Baby'' (1967)

## Vaata ka
* Eesti kriminaalkirjandusteoste loend‎
* Edgar Allan Poe auhind
* Daggeri auhind
** Gold Dagger – le Carré, Ambler, Lovesey, Rendell (Vine), Dexter, Francis, Hill, Gosling, Davidson, Price, Smith, Symons, Keating
* Palle Rosenkrantzi auhind – le Carré, Rendell (Vine), Dexter, James, Hill
* Rivertoni auhind – McBain, Rendell, James

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