Can you name the Mystery Writers of America's top 101 crime novels?

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  • Source: The Crown Crime Companion
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Classics
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Edgar Allan Poe 
Wilkie Collins 
Wilkie Collins 
Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
E. Clerihew Bentley 
Mary Roberts Rinehart 
Charles Dickens 
G.K. Chesterton 
Bram Stoker 
Cozy/Traditional
Agatha Christie 
Agatha Christie 
Dorothy L. Sayers 
Dorothy L. Sayers 
Dorothy L. Sayers 
Agatha Christie 
Dorothy L. Sayers 
Dorothy L. Sayers 
John Dickson Carr 
Agatha Christie 
Criminal
Mario Puzo 
James M. Cain 
James M. Cain 
W.R. Burnett 
Truman Capote 
George V. Higgins 
Jim Thompson 
Elmore Leonard 
Patricia Highsmith 
Richard Condon 
Espionage/Thriller
John le Carré 
Eric Ambler 
Ken Follett 
Frederick Forsyth 
John le Carré 
John Buchan 
Len Deighton 
John le Carré 
Geoffrey Household 
Graham Greene 
Hardboiled/Private Eye
Dashiell Hammett 
Raymond Chandler 
Raymond Chandler 
Raymond Chandler 
Dashiell Hammett 
Dashiell Hammett 
Mickey Spillane 
Sue Grafton 
Raymond Chandler 
Rex Stout 
Historical
Josephine Tey 
Umberto Eco 
Nicholas Meyer 
Peter Lovesey 
Ellis Peters 
Jack Finney 
Walter Mosley 
Elizabeth Peters 
John Dickson Carr 
Robert Van Gulik 
Humorous
Gregory McDonald 
Donald E. Westlake 
Donald E. Westlake 
Donald E. Westlake 
Carl Hiaasen 
Charlotte MacLeod 
Donald E. Westlake 
Sharyn McCrumb 
Craig Rice 
Edmund Crispin 
Legal/Courtroom
Scott Turow 
Robert Traver 
Agatha Christie 
John Clifford Mortimer 
John Grisham 
Harper Lee 
John Grisham 
Erle Stanley Gardner 
Scott Turow 
Herman Wouk 
Police Procedural
Tony Hillerman 
Maj Sjowall 
Martin Cruz Smith 
Tony Hillerman 
Lawrence Sanders 
Hillary Waugh 
James McClure 
Joseph Wambaugh 
P.D. James 
Ed McBain 
John Ball 
Suspense
Daphne du Maurier 
Thomas Harris 
Thomas Harris 
Mary Higgins Clark 
Vera Caspary 
Margaret Millar 
Ruth Rendell 
Ira Levin 
Kenneth Fearing 
Graham Greene 
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101 Best Crime Novels Quiz

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