Survey of Mysteries and Crime Fiction

1
Gaudy Night
de Dorothy L. Sayers
5,529 membres
150 critiques
½ 4.3
9 Members
inge87, tricia013101, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
sturlington: Done for MysteryCAT.
2
Dix petits nègres
de Agatha Christie
21,673 membres
542 critiques
4.2
9 Members
smcwl, merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Le chien des Baskerville
de Arthur Conan Doyle
15,575 membres
303 critiques
3.9
8 Members
smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, MissJessie, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
4
La Fille du temps
de Josephine Tey
6,003 membres
226 critiques
3.9
8 Members
inge87, merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Le crime de l'Orient-Express
de Agatha Christie
17,473 membres
420 critiques
4.1
7 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB
6
Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes
de Arthur Conan Doyle
15,964 membres
249 critiques
4.1
7 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd
de Agatha Christie
10,209 membres
326 critiques
4.1
7 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
8
The Nine Tailors
de Dorothy L. Sayers
4,446 membres
116 critiques
4
7 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Pierre de lune
de Wilkie Collins
10,936 membres
251 critiques
4
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, NinieB, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Le mort de la falaise
de Dorothy L. Sayers
3,351 membres
72 critiques
4
6 Members
inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie, NinieB
11
Lord Peter et l'inconnu
de Dorothy L. Sayers
5,017 membres
197 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie, NinieB
12
Postmortem
de Patricia Cornwell
7,231 membres
110 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
smcwl, sturlington, ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB
13
Le Grand Sommeil
de Raymond Chandler
10,418 membres
285 critiques
4
5 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Trafic de reliques
de Ellis Peters
3,974 membres
104 critiques
3.8
6 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB
15
Le Bizarre Incident du chien pendant la nuit
de Mark Haddon
44,704 membres
1,329 critiques
3.9
5 Members
sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
16
Trop de témoins pour Lord Peter
de Dorothy L. Sayers
3,686 membres
103 critiques
3.8
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie, NinieB
17
Noces de crime
de Dorothy L. Sayers
3,996 membres
94 critiques
4.2
5 Members
inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie
18
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
de E. L. Konigsburg
16,639 membres
279 critiques
4.2
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, cej1027, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda,MissJessie
Explications
MissJessie : Just didn't like it.
19
Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes
de Stieg Larsson
43,610 membres
1,748 critiques
4
5 Members
KimarieBee, cej1027, NinieB, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
20
Monsieur Ripley
de Patricia Highsmith
6,282 membres
196 critiques
3.9
5 Members
sturlington, lewbs, elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB,aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Although there is a mystery this is more of a thriller, a genre I don't like
21
Le maître des illusions
de Donna Tartt
20,762 membres
553 critiques
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, lewbs, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Le treizième conte
de Diane Setterfield
17,261 membres
911 critiques
4
4 Members
sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, neicybee
23
Lord Peter, détective
de Dorothy L. Sayers
4,525 membres
121 critiques
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Westing Game
de Ellen Raskin
12,635 membres
339 critiques
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
25
L'Affaire Protheroe
de Agatha Christie
6,261 membres
190 critiques
3.8
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie, NinieB
26
Le Faucon de Malte
de Dashiell Hammett
9,256 membres
279 critiques
3.9
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Lord Peter et l'autre
de Dorothy L. Sayers
3,827 membres
106 critiques
4.2
4 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, MissJessie
28
Magpie Murders
de Anthony Horowitz
3,963 membres
236 critiques
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, NinieB
29
La Proie pour l'ombre
de P. D. James
2,629 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, MissJessie, NinieB
30
Le nom de la rose
de Umberto Eco
19,720 membres
308 critiques
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, MissJessie,aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: I had a tough time getting threw this and really disliked it when I was done.
31
The Long Goodbye
de Raymond Chandler
5,299 membres
115 critiques
4.2
4 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
32
Mort au Cachemir
de M. M. Kaye
410 membres
10 critiques
3.8
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, NinieB
33
La Souris Bleue
de Kate Atkinson
7,976 membres
352 critiques
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963
34
Le policier qui rit
de Maj Sjöwall
1,859 membres
67 critiques
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963
35
The Deep Blue Good-by
de John D. MacDonald
1,897 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, elkiedee
Explications
aulsmith: I got tired of MacDonald fairly quickly but this was one of the first ones I read, and I enjoyed it.
36
En plein cœur
de Louise Penny
6,829 membres
432 critiques
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, NinieB
37
L'Affaire Jane Eyre
de Jasper Fforde
15,719 membres
608 critiques
4
5 Members
elkiedee, cej1027, MissJessie, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: Didn't make it to chapter 2.
38
La Clairvoyance du Père Brown
de G.K. Chesterton
1,963 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, NinieB,sturlington
39
The Circular Staircase
de Mary Roberts Rinehart
967 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
smcwl, merrystar, NinieB,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : Too dated for me.
40
Le voleur de temps
de Tony Hillerman
2,500 membres
46 critiques
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, NinieB
41
Dragon rouge
de Thomas Harris
10,178 membres
103 critiques
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington
42
L'introuvable
de Dashiell Hammett
4,325 membres
143 critiques
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington
43
Mme Ramotswe détective
de Alexander McCall Smith
14,239 membres
402 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963,merrystar ,
44
Le club des policiers yiddish
de Michael Chabon
10,469 membres
425 critiques
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: The mystery is almost secondary to everything else, but I loved it anyway.
45
Surfeit of Lampreys
de Ngaio Marsh
972 membres
19 critiques
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, MissJessie,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : Not available at library
46
Les Demoiselles de la Plume blanche : Une enquête de Maisie Dobbs
de Jacqueline Winspear
2,739 membres
125 critiques
3.9
3 Members
inge87, elkiedee, MissJessie,sturlington
47
Le Facteur sonne toujours deux fois
de James M. Cain
3,512 membres
132 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: I didn't get through this one. Again it seemed more of a thriller.
sturlington: Not at library
48
Le cercle de Farthing
de Jo Walton
1,596 membres
114 critiques
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: Alternate history
49
L'arme à l'oeil
de Ken Follett
5,399 membres
92 critiques
4
3 Members
lewbs, MissJessie, NinieB,sturlington
50
Le Code Rebecca
de Ken Follett
2,983 membres
41 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
lewbs, MissJessie, NinieB,sturlington
51
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
de Sarah Caudwell
1,107 membres
38 critiques
4
2 Members
smcwl, sturlington
52
Le mauvais sujet
de Martha Grimes
1,599 membres
29 critiques
3.8
2 Members
merrystar, sturlington
53
Les compagnons de la peur.
de Rex Stout
1,040 membres
33 critiques
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, MissJessie, NinieB,sturlington
54
L'espion qui venait du froid
de John le Carré
8,710 membres
240 critiques
4
3 Members
ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB,sturlington
55
Un certain goût pour la mort
de P. D. James
3,140 membres
39 critiques
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, MissJessie, NinieB,sturlington
56
Les pieces du dossier - documents in the case
de Dorothy L. Sayers
1,584 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, MissJessie,sturlington
57
The Fourth Wall
de Barbara Paul
60 membres
1 critique
4.2
2 Members
elkiedee, NinieB,sturlington
58
Minute for Murder
de Nicholas Blake
160 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, NinieB,sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: Not only a good mystery, but a good novel about the end of World War II in England.
59
Buried in a Bog
de Sheila Connolly
381 membres
36 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
inge87, smcwl,sturlington
60
Poison!
de Georgette Heyer
917 membres
38 critiques
3.8
2 Members
merrystar, NinieB,sturlington
61
The False Inspector Dew
de Peter Lovesey
442 membres
18 critiques
4
2 Members
smcwl, NinieB,sturlington
62
Le rhume
de Stanisław Lem
648 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
bluepiano,sturlington
Explications
bluepiano: Wonderful mystery lacking the English village,the quirky detective, the police procedure, and the solution.
63
Picture Miss Seeton
de Heron Carvic
298 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
merrystar, NinieB,sturlington
64
Bats in the Belfry
de E.C.R. Lorac
213 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
merrystar
65
La dent du Bouddha
de Colin Cotterill
860 membres
59 critiques
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, NinieB,sturlington
66
Les 39 marches
de John Buchan
5,458 membres
189 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
ahef1963, NinieB,sturlington
67
Murder on Cue
de Jane Dentinger
101 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB,sturlington
68
Death of The Little Match Girl
de Zoran Ferić
17 membres
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano,sturlington
Explications
bluepiano: It has the unexplained murder, the medical examiner, and the investigator, but it's also refreshingly odd and has funniest opening pages I've read.
69
L'Analphabète
de Ruth Rendell
1,063 membres
31 critiques
4
2 Members
ahef1963, NinieB,sturlington
70
L'enveloppe mauve
de Ruth Rendell
475 membres
11 critiques
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, NinieB,sturlington
71
Le Noyé d'Arena Blanca
de Joseph Hansen
469 membres
21 critiques
4
Member
aulsmith,sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: The first of the Brandstetter mysteries
72
The Coming
de Andrej Nikolaidis
22 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
Member
bluepiano,sturlington
Explications
bluepiano: Unformulaic mystery. Very much not formulaic.
73
Hawthorn and Child
de Keith Ridgway
232 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano,sturlington
Explications
bluepiano: There are detectives and there is a mystery but the book's much more original than that.
74
Les enquêtes du Père Brown
de G.K. Chesterton
3,662 membres
33 critiques
3.9
2 Members
inge87, merrystar,sturlington ,MissJessie
75
L'enfance du crime
de Michael Nava
300 membres
5 critiques
3.8
Member
aulsmith,sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: Not Nava's best, but the beginning of an excellent series.
76
The Reluctant Widow
de Georgette Heyer
1,583 membres
64 critiques
3.8
Member
inge87,sturlington
77
The Quiet Gentleman
de Georgette Heyer
1,537 membres
52 critiques
3.9
Member
inge87,sturlington
78
Cousin Kate
de Georgette Heyer
1,404 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
inge87,sturlington
79
The Toll-Gate
de Georgette Heyer
1,367 membres
38 critiques
3.9
Member
inge87,sturlington
80
Le retour du capitaine Emmett
de Elizabeth Speller
483 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
inge87,sturlington
81
Miss Silver entre en scène
de Patricia Wentworth
452 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
merrystar,sturlington
82
La terre des rêves
de Vidar Sundstøl
256 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
inge87,sturlington
83
Scandal in Skibbereen
de Sheila Connolly
201 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
inge87,sturlington
84
A Not So Perfect Crime
de Teresa Solana
102 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
inge87,sturlington
85
Le Nommé Jeudi
de G.K. Chesterton
7,133 membres
169 critiques
3.8
Member
cej1027,sturlington
86
The Artful Egg
de James McClure
93 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
smcwl,sturlington
87
Cocaïne et tralala
de Kerry Greenwood
1,806 membres
130 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith,sturlington
88
Crimes à l'affiche
de Nicola Upson
808 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
merrystar,sturlington
89
Préméditation
de Francis Iles
269 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, NinieB,sturlington ,bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano : There are deaths and there is ambiguity, but that doesn't mean it's a mystery. It isn't.
90
The Remorseful Day
de Colin Dexter
1,493 membres
18 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963,sturlington
91
A la cravache !
de Dick Francis
1,344 membres
19 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963,sturlington
92
Stick
de Elmore Leonard
688 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963,sturlington
93
Fer-de-Lance
de Rex Stout
1,871 membres
69 critiques
3.8
2 Members
MissJessie, NinieB,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explications
aulsmith: This is the first Nero Wolfe. Stout wasn't quite up to speed yet.
94
The Hound of the Baskervilles [abridged - Puffin Classics]
de Arthur Conan Doyle
3 membres
Member
ahef1963,merrystar ,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : Someone added the original; please vote for that one instead.
95
La nuit du tigre
de Margery Allingham
1,438 membres
49 critiques
3.8
Explications
aulsmith: I thought this was more of a thriller than a mystery. Maybe if I had started earlier in the series I would have loved it as much as other people do.
96
Skinflick
de Joseph Hansen
247 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Explications
aulsmith: Hansen is great, but start at the beginning of the series.