Top 100 Crime Novels by British CWA

1.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,162 ratings
2.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 102,499 ratings
3.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,265 ratings
4.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,062 ratings
5.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,294 ratings
6.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,777 ratings
7.
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 69,059 ratings
8.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,515 ratings
9.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,252 ratings
10.
The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating — 89,277 ratings
11.
The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,643 ratings
12.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps 3.59 avg rating — 45,005 ratings
13.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,629 ratings
14.
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,053 ratings
15.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,198 ratings
16.
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone 4.13 avg rating — 19,378 ratings
17.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating — 142,718 ratings
18.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,232 ratings
19.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,191 ratings
19.
From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 37,932 ratings
21.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,713 ratings
22.
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 32,859 ratings
23.
The Key to Rebecca
The Key to Rebecca 3.96 avg rating — 42,048 ratings
24.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,535 ratings
25.
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10) 4.17 avg rating — 24,405 ratings
26.
Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1)
Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 5,357 ratings
27.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,114 ratings
28.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock 3.69 avg rating — 34,852 ratings
29.
The Mask of Dimitrios (Charles Latimer, #1)
The Mask of Dimitrios (Charles Latimer, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 11,522 ratings
30.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,514 ratings
31.
The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)
The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5) 3.99 avg rating — 5,610 ratings
32.
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 15,144 ratings
33.
The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)
The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 12,705 ratings
34.
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands 3.63 avg rating — 7,477 ratings
35.
The Third Man
The Third Man 3.79 avg rating — 16,175 ratings
36.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,500 ratings
37.
The Collected Sherlock Holmes Novels & Stories
The Collected Sherlock Holmes Novels & Stories 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
38.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,875 ratings
39.
The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14)
The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14) 3.90 avg rating — 5,859 ratings
40.
The Collected "Sherlock Holmes" Stories: 4 novels and 44 short stories + An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle himself
The Collected "Sherlock Holmes" Stories: 4 novels and 44 short stories + An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle himself 4.22 avg rating — 116 ratings
41.
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5)
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 13,292 ratings
42.
Nine Coaches Waiting
Nine Coaches Waiting 4.06 avg rating — 16,771 ratings
43.
A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7)
A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7) 4.02 avg rating — 16,391 ratings
44.
The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)
The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 58,192 ratings
45.
Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood 3.67 avg rating — 6,214 ratings
46.
Twice Shy
Twice Shy 3.92 avg rating — 4,697 ratings
47.
The Danger
The Danger 4.10 avg rating — 5,219 ratings
48.
My Brother Michael
My Brother Michael 4.03 avg rating — 6,504 ratings
49.
The Rose of Tibet
The Rose of Tibet 3.61 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
50.
Greenmantle
Greenmantle 3.73 avg rating — 5,119 ratings
51.
The Shortest Way to Hades (Hilary Tamar, #2)
The Shortest Way to Hades (Hilary Tamar, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 4,323 ratings
52.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,079 ratings
53.
The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3)
The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 10,243 ratings
54.
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 124,239 ratings
55.
Last Seen Wearing
Last Seen Wearing 3.84 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
56.
Game, Set, Match, (Bernard Samson, #1-3)
Game, Set, Match, (Bernard Samson, #1-3) 4.40 avg rating — 513 ratings
57.
Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought 3.93 avg rating — 1,992 ratings
58.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 4.09 avg rating — 10,388 ratings
59.
The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)
The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 7,615 ratings
60.
The False Inspector Dew
The False Inspector Dew 3.97 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
61.
The Labyrinth Makers (Dr David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler #1)
The Labyrinth Makers (Dr David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler #1) 3.68 avg rating — 503 ratings
62.
Running Blind (Slade #1)
Running Blind (Slade #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,834 ratings
63.
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train 3.72 avg rating — 36,831 ratings
63.
Death Comes as the End
Death Comes as the End 3.85 avg rating — 26,780 ratings
65.
The Poisoned Chocolates Case
The Poisoned Chocolates Case 3.78 avg rating — 3,579 ratings
66.
A Dark-Adapted Eye
A Dark-Adapted Eye 3.93 avg rating — 9,914 ratings
67.
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 27,284 ratings
68.
Demon in My View
Demon in My View 3.82 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
69.
Bertie and the Tin Man
Bertie and the Tin Man 3.49 avg rating — 465 ratings
70.
The Glass Key
The Glass Key 3.92 avg rating — 13,390 ratings
71.
Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1)
Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 4,070 ratings
72.
Cop Hater (87th Precinct, #1)
Cop Hater (87th Precinct, #1)
by: Ed McBain
3.83 avg rating — 8,498 ratings
73.
A Judgement in Stone
A Judgement in Stone 3.89 avg rating — 7,913 ratings
73.
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate 4.08 avg rating — 24,864 ratings
75.
The Hollow Man (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)
The Hollow Man (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6) 3.80 avg rating — 3,989 ratings
76.
A Kiss Before Dying
A Kiss Before Dying
by: Ira Levin
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,920 ratings
77.
The Devil in Velvet
The Devil in Velvet 3.78 avg rating — 360 ratings
78.
A Fatal Inversion
A Fatal Inversion 3.93 avg rating — 4,736 ratings
78.
Green for Danger (Inspector Cockrill #2)
Green for Danger (Inspector Cockrill #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
80.
The Case of the Journeying Boy
The Case of the Journeying Boy 3.77 avg rating — 133 ratings
81.
Penny Black (Penny Wanawake #1)
Penny Black (Penny Wanawake #1) 3.27 avg rating — 56 ratings
82.
The Murder of the Maharajah (Inspector Ghote, #12)
The Murder of the Maharajah (Inspector Ghote, #12) 3.44 avg rating — 118 ratings
83.
Underworld (Dalziel & Pascoe, #10)
Underworld (Dalziel & Pascoe, #10) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
84.
The Four Just Men
The Four Just Men 3.54 avg rating — 1,463 ratings
85.
A Running Duck
A Running Duck 3.55 avg rating — 177 ratings
86.
Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg, #4)
Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 2,650 ratings
87.
Hamlet, Revenge! (Sir John Appleby, #2)
Hamlet, Revenge! (Sir John Appleby, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
88.
A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8) 4.13 avg rating — 15,020 ratings
89.
A Bullet in the Ballet (Inspector Quill, #1)
A Bullet in the Ballet (Inspector Quill, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 144 ratings
90.
Dead-Heads
Dead-Heads 3.94 avg rating — 1,691 ratings
91.
The Quiller Memorandum
The Quiller Memorandum
by: Adam Hall
3.87 avg rating — 2,127 ratings
92.
Beast In View
Beast In View 3.72 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
93.
The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)
The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
94.
Tragedy at Law (Francis Pettigrew, #1)
Tragedy at Law (Francis Pettigrew, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 815 ratings
95.
Gideon's Day (Gideon, #1)
Gideon's Day (Gideon, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 265 ratings
96.
The Sun Chemist
The Sun Chemist 3.31 avg rating — 55 ratings
97.
The Colour of Murder
The Colour of Murder 3.66 avg rating — 678 ratings
98.
Wobble to Death (Sergeant Cribb #1)
Wobble to Death (Sergeant Cribb #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
99.
Sadie When She Died (87th Precinct, #26)
Sadie When She Died (87th Precinct, #26)
by: Ed McBain
3.93 avg rating — 2,384 ratings
100.
What Bloody Man Is That? (Charles Paris #12)
What Bloody Man Is That? (Charles Paris #12) 3.73 avg rating — 290 ratings
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