nr.
Originaltittel
Norsk tittel
Forfatter
År
CWA
Rangering
1
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (noveller og 4 romaner)
Arthur Conan Doyle
1887 –1927
Y
21, 32
2
The Maltese Falcon
Malteserfalken (film )
Dashiell Hammett
1930
Y
10
3
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
(noveller)
Edgar Allan Poe
1852
Y
23
4
The Daughter of Time
Tidens datter
Josephine Tey
1951
Y
1
5
Presumed Innocent
Mistenkt
Scott Turow
1987
Y
48
6
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Spionen som kom inn fra kulden
John le Carré
1963
Y
3
7
The Moonstone
The Moonstone (ikke oversatt til norsk) (nynorsk )
Wilkie Collins
1868
Y
8
8
The Big Sleep
Den lange søvnen
Raymond Chandler
1939
Y
2
9
Rebecca
Rebecca (film )
Daphne du Maurier
1938
Y
6
10
Ten Little Niggers Ten Little Indians And Then There Were None
Ti små negerunger
Agatha Christie
1939
Y
19
11
Anatomy of a Murder
Robert Traver
1958
N
12
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Doktoren mister en pasient
Agatha Christie
1926
Y
5
13
The Long Goodbye
Det lange farvel
Raymond Chandler
1953
Y
15
14
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Postmannen ringer alltid to ganger
James M. Cain
1934
Y
30
15
The Godfather
Gudfaren (film )
Mario Puzo
1969
N
16
The Silence of the Lambs
Nattsvermeren
Thomas Harris
1988
N
17
The Mask of Dimitrios A Coffin for Dimitrios
Dimitrios maske
Eric Ambler
1939
Y
24
18
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter og «Giftpennen»
Dorothy L. Sayers
1935
Y
4
19
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution (skuespill)
Agatha Christie
1948
N
20
The Day of the Jackal
Sjakalen (filmer en og to )
Frederick Forsyth
1971
Y
17
21
Farewell My Lovely
Farvel, min elskede
Raymond Chandler
1940
Y
7
22
The Thirty-Nine Steps
De 39 trinn
John Buchan
1915
Y
20
23
Il nome della rosa
Rosens navn
Umberto Eco
1980
Y
13
24
«Преступление и наказание»
Forbrytelse og straff Raskolnikov
Fjodor Dostojevskij
1866
N
25
Storm Island Eye of the Needle
Nålen (film )
Ken Follett
1978
N
26
Rumpole of the Bailey
John Mortimer
1978
N
27
Red Dragon
Den røde drage
Thomas Harris
1981
N
28
The Nine Tailors
Dødsklokkene
Dorothy L. Sayers
1934
Y
18
29
Fletch
(film )
Gregory Mcdonald
1974
N
30
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Muldvarpen [?] (film )
John le Carré
1974
Y
33
31
The Thin Man
Den tynne mann (film )
Dashiell Hammett
1934
N
32
The Woman in White
Den hvide dame
Wilkie Collins
1860
Y
28
33
Trent's Last Case
E. C. Bentley
1913
Y
34
34
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain
1943
N
35
Gorky Park
Mordene i Gorkij Park
Martin Cruz Smith
1981
Y
82
36
Strong Poison
Giftmordet
Dorothy L. Sayers
1930
Y
67
37
Dance Hall of the Dead
Døden bærer maske
Tony Hillerman
1973
N
38
The Hot Rock
Donald E. Westlake
1970
N
39
Red Harvest
Blodig høst
Dashiell Hammett
1929
Y
94
40
The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart
1908
N
41
Murder on the Orient Express
Mord på Orientekspressen (film )
Agatha Christie
1934
N
42
The Firm
Firmaets Mann (film )
John Grisham
1991
N
43
The IPCRESS File
Len Deighton
1962
Y
9
44
Laura
Vera Caspary
1942
N
45
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
Mickey Spillane
1947
N
46
Den skrattande polisen
Døden tar buss
Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö
1968
N
47
Bank Shot
Donald E. Westlake
1972
N
48
The Third Man
Den tredje mann (film )
Graham Greene
1950
Y
72
49
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
1952
N
50
Where Are the Children?
Mary Higgins Clark
1975
N
51
"A" is for Alibi
"A" Is for Alibi
Sue Grafton
1982
N
52
The First Deadly Sin
Lawrence Sanders
1973
N
53
A Thief of Time
Tidstyven
Tony Hillerman
1989
Y
69
54
In Cold Blood
Med kaldt blod
Truman Capote
1966
N
55
Rogue Male
Ensom ulv
Geoffrey Household
1939
Y
14
56
Murder Must Advertise
Lord Peter på Pym
Dorothy L. Sayers
1933
Y
22
57
The Innocence of Father Brown
Fader Brown (noveller)
G.K. Chesterton
1911
N
58
Smiley's People
John le Carré
1979
N
59
The Lady in the Lake
Kvinnen i sjøen
Raymond Chandler
1943
Y
47
60
To Kill a Mockingbird
Drep ikke en sangfugl
Harper Lee
1960
N
61
Our Man in Havana
Vår mann i Havana
Graham Greene
1958
N
62
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Mysteriet Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens
1870
N
63
Wobble to Death
Wobble to Death
Peter Lovesey
1970
Y
93
64
Ashenden
Ashenden or The British Agent (noveller)
William Somerset Maugham
1928
N
65
The Seven Per-Cent Solution
Den snikende gift (film )
Nicholas Meyer
1974
N
66
The Doorbell Rang
The Doorbell Rang
Rex Stout
1965
N
67
Stick
Stick
Elmore Leonard
1983
N
68
The Little Drummer Girl
Piken med trommestikkene
John le Carré
1983
N
69
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
Graham Greene
1938
Y
46
70
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker
1897
N
71
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
1955
Y
45
72
The Moving Toyshop
Edmund Crispin
1946
Y
25
73
A Time to Kill
Tid For Hevn
John Grisham
1989
N
74
Last Seen Wearing ...
Uskyld står for fall
Hillary Waugh
1952
Y
12
75
Little Caesar
Lille Cæsar Chicago-Cæsar
William Riley Burnett
1929
N
76
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
George V. Higgins
1972
N
77
Clouds of Witness
En sky av vitner
Dorothy L. Sayers
1927
N
78
From Russia, with Love
Med hilsen fra Moskva Frå Moskva med kjærleg helsing
Ian Fleming
1957
Y
35
79
Beast in View
En hevner i telefonen
Margaret Millar
1955
Y
75
80
Smallbone Deceased
Smallbone Deceased
Michael Gilbert
1950
Y
64
81
The Franchise Affair
Josephine Tey
1948
Y
11
82
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Elizabeth Peters
1975
N
83
Shroud for a Nightingale
Mens englene sover
P. D. James
1971
N
84
The Hunt for Red October
Jakten på Rød Oktober (film )
Tom Clancy
1984
N
85
Chinaman's Chance
Chinaman's Chance
Ross Thomas
1978
N
86
The Secret Agent
Den hemmelige agenten
Joseph Conrad
1907
N
87
The Dreadful Lemon Sky
The Dreadful Lemon Sky
John D. MacDonald
1975
N
88
The Glass Key
Glassnøkkelen
Dashiell Hammett
1931
Y
31
89
A Judgement in Stone
Dømt til å drepe
Ruth Rendell
1977
Y
39
90
Brat Farrar Come and Kill Me
Josephine Tey
1950
N
91
The Chill
Lew Archer og den forlorne sønn
Ross Macdonald
1963
N
92
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
1990
N
93
The Choirboys
Joseph Wambaugh
1975
N
94
God Save the Mark
Donald E. Westlake
1967
N
95
Home Sweet Homicide
Craig Rice
1944
N
96
The Hollow Man The Three Coffins
Den hule mannen
John Dickson Carr
1935
Y
40
97
Prizzi's Honour Prizzi's Honor
(film )
Richard Condon
1982
N
98
The Steam Pig
The Steam Pig
James McClure
1974
N
99
Time and Again
Jack Finney
1970
N
100
A Morbid Taste for Bones
En helgen tar hevn
Ellis Peters
1977
Y
42
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemarys baby
Ira Levin
1967
N