Tidenes 100 beste kriminalromaner

Tidenes 100 beste kriminalromaner er kåret ved to anledninger. I 1990 av den britiske forfatterorganisasjonen Crime Writers' Association (CWA), og i 1995 av den amerikanske søsterorganisasjonen Mystery Writers of America (MWA).

100 bøker ifølge Crime Writers' Association

nr.	Originaltittel	Norsk tittel	Forfatter	År
1	The Daughter of Time	Tidens datter	Josephine Tey	1951
2	The Big Sleep	Den lange søvnen	Raymond Chandler	1939
3	The Spy Who Came In From the Cold	Spionen som kom inn fra kulden (film)	John le Carré	1963
4	Gaudy Night	Lord Peter og «Giftpennen»	Dorothy L. Sayers	1935
5	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Doktoren mister en pasient	Agatha Christie	1926
6	Rebecca	Rebecca (film)	Daphne du Maurier	1938
7	Farewell My Lovely	Farvel, min elskede	Raymond Chandler	1940
8	The Moonstone	The Moonstone (ikke oversatt til norsk) (nynorsk)	Wilkie Collins	1868
9	The IPCRESS File	Aksjon hjernevask	Len Deighton	1962
10	The Maltese Falcon	Malteserfalken (film)	Dashiell Hammett	1930
11	The Franchise Affair		Josephine Tey	1948
12	Last Seen Wearing ...	Uskyld står for fall	Hillary Waugh	1952
13	Il nome della rosa	Rosens navn	Umberto Eco	1980
14	Rogue Male	Ensom ulv	Geoffrey Household	1939
15	The Long Goodbye	Det lange farvel	Raymond Chandler	1953
16	Malice Aforethought	Med overlegg	Francis Iles	1931
17	The Day of the Jackal	Sjakalen (filmer en og to)	Frederick Forsyth	1971
18	The Nine Tailors	Dødsklokkene	Dorothy L. Sayers	1934
19	Ten Little Niggers Ten Little Indians And Then There Were None	Ti små negerunger	Agatha Christie	1939
20	The Thirty-Nine Steps	De 39 trinn	John Buchan	1915
21	The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	Sherlock Holmes (noveller)	Arthur Conan Doyle	1892–1927
22	Murder Must Advertise	Lord Peter på Pym	Dorothy L. Sayers	1933
23	Tales of Mystery & Imagination	(noveller)	Edgar Allan Poe	1852
24	The Mask of Dimitrios A Coffin for Dimitrios	Dimitrios maske	Eric Ambler	1939
25	The Moving Toyshop		Edmund Crispin	1946
26	The Tiger in the Smoke		Margery Allingham	1952
27	The False Inspector Dew	Mord i rom sjø Den falske inspektør Dew	Peter Lovesey	1982
28	The Woman in White	Den hvide dame	Wilkie Collins	1860
29	A Dark-Adapted Eye	A Dark-adapted Eye	Barbara Vine	1986
30	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Postmannen ringer alltid to ganger	James M. Cain	1934
31	The Glass Key	Glassnøkkelen	Dashiell Hammett	1931
32	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Hunden fra Baskerville	Arthur Conan Doyle	1901–1902
33	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Muldvarpen [?] (film)	John le Carré	1974
34	Trent's Last Case		E. C. Bentley	1913
35	From Russia, with Love	Med hilsen fra Moskva Frå Moskva med kjærleg helsing	Ian Fleming	1957
36	Cop Hater		Ed McBain	1956
37	The Dead of Jericho	Den hengte i Jericho (TV-serie)	Colin Dexter	1981
38	Strangers on a Train		Patricia Highsmith	1950
39	A Judgement in Stone	Dømt til å drepe	Ruth Rendell	1977
40	The Hollow Man The Three Coffins	Den hule mannen	John Dickson Carr	1935
41	The Poisoned Chocolates Case	Konfektmordet	Anthony Berkeley	1929
42	A Morbid Taste for Bones	En helgen tar hevn	Ellis Peters	1977
43	The Leper of Saint Giles	En utstøtt vender tilbake	Ellis Peters	1981
44	A Kiss Before Dying	Et kyss før døden	Ira Levin	1953
45	The Talented Mr. Ripley		Patricia Highsmith	1955
46	Brighton Rock	Brighton Rock	Graham Greene	1938
47	The Lady in the Lake	Kvinnen i sjøen	Raymond Chandler	1943
48	Presumed Innocent	Mistenkt	Scott Turow	1987
49	A Demon in My View	Djevel i sikte	Ruth Rendell	1976
50	The Devil in Velvet		John Dickson Carr	1951
51	A Fatal Inversion	A Fatal Inversion	Barbara Vine	1987
52	The Journeying Boy The Case of the Journeying Boy	The Journeying Boy	Michael Innes	1949
53	A Taste for Death	Dragning mot død	P.D. James	1986
54	The Eagle Has Landed	Ørnen har landet	Jack Higgins	1975
55	My Brother Michael		Mary Stewart	1960
56	Bertie and the Tin Man	Bertie and the Tinman	Peter Lovesey	1987
57	Penny Black		Susan Moody	1984
58	Game, Set & Match (Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match)		Len Deighton	1984–1986
59	The Danger	Farlig utfordring	Dick Francis	1983
60	Devices and Desires	Intriger og begjær	P.D. James	1989
61	Under World	Under World (TV-serie)	Reginald Hill	1988
62	Nine Coaches Waiting		Mary Stewart	1958
63	A Running Duck Fair Game	Lokkeduen (film)	Paula Gosling	1978
64	Smallbone Deceased	Smallbone Deceased	Michael Gilbert	1950
65	The Rose of Tibet	Klosteret i Tibet	Lionel Davidson	1962
66	Innocent Blood	Av samme blod	P.D. James	1980
67	Strong Poison	Giftmordet	Dorothy L. Sayers	1930
68	Hamlet, Revenge!	Hamlet, Revenge!	Michael Innes	1937
69	A Thief of Time	Tidstyven	Tony Hillerman	1989
70	A Bullet in the Ballet		Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon	1937
71	Deadheads	En rose før døden (TV-serie)	Reginald Hill	1983
72	The Third Man	Den tredje mann (film)	Graham Greene	1950
73	The Labyrinth Makers	The Labyrinth Makers	Anthony Price	1974
74	The Berlin Memorandum The Quiller Memorandum		Adam Hall	1965
75	Beast in View	En hevner i telefonen	Margaret Millar	1955
76	The Shortest Way to Hades		Sarah Caudwell	1984
77	Running Blind	Running Blind	Desmond Bagley	1970
78	Twice Shy	Systemet	Dick Francis	1981
79	The Manchurian Candidate	The Manchurian Candidate (film)	Richard Condon	1959
80	Killings at Badger's Drift The Killings at Badger's Drift	(TV-serie)	Caroline Graham	1987
81	The Beast Must Die	The Beast Must Die (film)	Nicholas Blake	1963
82	Gorky Park	Mordene i Gorkij Park	Martin Cruz Smith	1981
83	Death Comes as the End	Det ender med døden	Agatha Christie	1945
84	Green for Danger	Grønt betyr fare	Christianna Brand	1945
85	Tragedy at Law		Cyril Hare	1942
86	The Collector	Samleren	John Fowles	1963
87	Gideon's Day Gideon of Scotland Yard		J. J. Marric	1955
88	The Sun Chemist	The Sun Chemist	Lionel Davidson	1976
89	The Guns of Navarone	Kanonene på Navarone	Alistair MacLean	1957
90	The Colour of Murder	Ond aften i Brighton	Julian Symons	1957
91	Greenmantle	Greenmantle	John Buchan	1916
92	The Riddle of the Sands		Erskine Childers	1903
93	Wobble to Death	Wobble to Death	Peter Lovesey	1970
94	Red Harvest	Blodig høst	Dashiell Hammett	1929
95	The Key to Rebecca	Rebecca-koden	Ken Follett	1980
96	Sadie When She Died		Ed McBain	1972
97	The Murder of the Maharajah	The Murder of the Maharajah	H.R.F. Keating	1980
98	What Bloody Man Is That?		Simon Brett	1987
99	Shooting Script		Gavin Lyall	1966
100	The Four Just Men	De fire rettferdige menn	Edgar Wallace	1906

100 bøker ifølge Mystery Writers of America

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

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