De honderd beste misdaadboeken aller tijden

Deze pagina biedt een overzicht van de honderd beste misdaadboeken aller tijden volgens een lijst gepubliceerd door de Britse Crime Writers' Association in 1990.

De honderd misdaadboeken

Nr.	Originale titel	Nederlandse titel	Auteur	Jaar
1	The Daughter of Time		Josephine Tey	1951
2	The Big Sleep	The Big Sleep (film)	Raymond Chandler	1939
3	The Spy Who Came In From the Cold	Spion aan de muur	John le Carré	1963
4	Gaudy Night	Onrust in Oxford	Dorothy L. Sayers	1935
5	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	De moord op Roger Ackroyd	Agatha Christie	1926
6	Rebecca	Rebecca (film)	Daphne du Maurier	1938
7	Farewell My Lovely	Farewell, My Lovely (films één en twee)	Raymond Chandler	1940
8	The Moonstone	The Moonstone	Wilkie Collins	1868
9	The IPCRESS File	The IPCRESS File (film)	Len Deighton	1962
10	The Maltese Falcon	De Maltezer valk	Dashiell Hammett	1930
11	The Franchise Affair		Josephine Tey	1948
12	Last Seen Wearing ...		Hillary Waugh	1952
13	Il nome della rosa	De naam van de roos	Umberto Eco	1980
14	Rogue Male		Geoffrey Household	1939
15	The Long Goodbye	The Long Goodbye (film)	Raymond Chandler	1953
16	Malice Aforethought		Francis Iles	1931
17	The Day of the Jackal	De dag van de jakhals	Frederick Forsyth	1971
18	The Nine Tailors	De negen slagen	Dorothy L. Sayers	1934
19	Ten Little Niggers Ten Little Indians Bestand:English language.png And Then There Were None	Tien kleine negertjes En toen waren er nog maar...	Agatha Christie	1939
20	The Thirty-Nine Steps	The thirty-nine steps (film)	John Buchan	1915
21	The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	Sherlock Holmes (korte verhalen)	Arthur Conan Doyle	1892–1927
22	Murder Must Advertise	Een moordenaar adverteert Dood op de ijzeren trap	Dorothy L. Sayers	1933
23	Tales of Mystery & Imagination	(korte verhalen)	Edgar Allan Poe	1852
24	The Mask of Dimitrios A Coffin for Dimitrios		Eric Ambler	1939
25	The Moving Toyshop		Edmund Crispin	1946
26	The Tiger in the Smoke		Margery Allingham	1952
27	The False Inspector Dew		Peter Lovesey	1982
28	The Woman in White	The Woman in White	Wilkie Collins	1860
29	A Dark-Adapted Eye		Barbara Vine	1986
30	The Postman Always Rings Twice	The Postman Always Rings Twice (films één en twee)	James M. Cain	1934
31	The Glass Key	The Glass Key	Dashiell Hammett	1931
32	The Hound of the Baskervilles	De hond van de Baskervilles	Arthur Conan Doyle	1901–1902
33	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Edelman, bedelman, schutter, spion (film)	John le Carré	1974
34	Trent's Last Case	Trent's Last Case	Edmund Clerihew Bentley	1913
35	From Russia, with Love	Veel liefs uit Moskou	Ian Fleming	1957
36	Cop Hater		Ed McBain	1956
37	The Dead of Jericho	The Dead of Jericho (televisieserie)	Colin Dexter	1981
38	Strangers on a Train	Vreemden in de trein (film)	Patricia Highsmith	1950
39	A Judgement in Stone		Ruth Rendell	1977
40	The Hollow Man The Three Coffins		John Dickson Carr	1935
41	The Poisoned Chocolates Case		Anthony Berkeley	1929
42	A Morbid Taste for Bones	Het heilige vuur	Ellis Peters	1977
43	The Leper of Saint Giles	De eenzame bruid	Ellis Peters	1981
44	A Kiss Before Dying	Een kus voor je sterft	Ira Levin	1953
45	The Talented Mr. Ripley	The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)	Patricia Highsmith	1955
46	Brighton Rock	Brighton Rock	Graham Greene	1938
47	The Lady in the Lake	The Lady in the Lake	Raymond Chandler	1943
48	Presumed Innocent		Scott Turow	1987
49	A Demon in My View		Ruth Rendell	1976
50	The Devil in Velvet		John Dickson Carr	1951
51	A Fatal Inversion		Barbara Vine	1987
52	The Journeying Boy The Case of the Journeying Boy		Michael Innes	1949
53	A Taste for Death	A Taste for Death	P.D. James	1986
54	The Eagle Has Landed	De Adelaar is geland	Jack Higgins	1975
55	My Brother Michael	My Brother Michael	Mary Stewart	1960
56	Bertie and the Tin Man		Peter Lovesey	1987
57	Penny Black		Susan Moody	1984
58	Game, Set & Match (Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match)	Trilogie: Berlin Game Mexico Set London Match	Len Deighton	1984–1986
59	The Danger	Het gevaar	Dick Francis	1983
60	Devices and Desires	Devices and Desires	P.D. James	1989
61	Underworld	Under World (televisieserie)	Reginald Hill	1988
62	Nine Coaches Waiting	Nine Coaches Waiting	Mary Stewart	1958
63	A Running Duck Fair Game	(film)	Paula Gosling	1978
64	Smallbone Deceased		Michael Gilbert	1950
65	The Rose of Tibet		Lionel Davidson	1962
66	Innocent Blood		P.D. James	1980
67	Strong Poison	Zwaar vergif	Dorothy L. Sayers	1930
68	Hamlet, Revenge!		Michael Innes	1937
69	A Thief of Time		Tony Hillerman	1989
70	A Bullet in the Ballet		Caryl Brahms & S.J. Simon	1937
71	Dead Heads	Deadheads (televisieserie)	Reginald Hill	1983
72	The Third Man	De derde man [?] (film)	Graham Greene	1950
73	The Labyrinth Makers		Anthony Price	1974
74	The Berlin Memorandum The Quiller Memorandum	The Berlin Memorandum (film)	Adam Hall	1965
75	Beast in View		Margaret Millar	1955
76	The Shortest Way to Hades		Sarah Caudwell	1984
77	Running Blind	Running Blind	Desmond Bagley	1970
78	Twice Shy	Een gewaarschuwd man	Dick Francis	1981
79	The Manchurian Candidate	De geheimzinnige ruiten vrouw [?] (films één en twee)	Richard Condon	1959
80	Killings at Badger's Drift The Killings at Badger's Drift	The Killings at Badger's Drift (televisieserie)	Caroline Graham	1987
81	The Beast Must Die	The Beast Must Die (film)	Nicholas Blake	1963
82	Gorky Park	(film)	Martin Cruz Smith	1981
83	Death Comes as the End	En het einde is de dood	Agatha Christie	1945
84	Green for Danger		Christianna Brand	1945
85	Tragedy at Law		Cyril Hare	1942
86	The Collector	The Collector (film)	John Fowles	1963
87	Gideon's Day Gideon of Scotland Yard	(film)	John Creasey	1955
88	The Sun Chemist		Lionel Davidson	1976
89	The Guns of Navarone	Commando Navarone (film)	Alistair MacLean	1957
90	The Colour of Murder		Julian Symons	1957
91	Greenmantle		John Buchan	1916
92	The Riddle of the Sands	The Riddle of the Sands	Erskine Childers	1903
93	Wobble to Death		Peter Lovesey	1970
94	Red Harvest	Rode oogst	Dashiell Hammett	1929
95	The Key to Rebecca	Code Rebecca	Ken Follett	1980
96	Sadie When She Died		Ed McBain	1972
97	The Murder of the Maharajah		H.R.F. Keating	1980
98	What Bloody Man Is That?		Simon Brett	1987
99	Shooting Script	Het Jamaica-incident Draaiboek voor een dictator Incident op Jamaica	Gavin Lyall	1966
100	The Four Just Men	De vier rechtvaardige mannen	Edgar Wallace	1906

Zie ook

• Grand prix de littérature policière – Tey, Forsyth, Ambler, Lovesey, Highsmith, Carr, James, Gilbert, Hillerman, Trevor (Hall)
• Crime Writers' Association
  • Diamond Dagger – le Carré, Forsyth, Ambler, Lovesey, Rendell (Vine), McBain, Dexter, Peters, Francis, James, Hill, Gilbert, Davidson, Symons, Keating
  • Gold Dagger – le Carré, Ambler, Lovesey, Rendell (Vine), Dexter, Francis, Hill, Gosling, Davidson, Price, Smith, Symons, Keating
  • New Blood Dagger – Gosling
• Misdaadgenre

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