Tidenes 100 beste kriminalromaner
Tidenes 100 beste kriminalromaner er kåret ved to anledninger. I 1990 av den britiske forfatterorganisasjonen Crime Writers' Association (CWA),[1] og i 1995 av den amerikanske søsterorganisasjonen Mystery Writers of America (MWA).[2]
100 bøker ifølge Crime Writers' Association
nr. | Originaltittel | Norsk tittel | Forfatter | År |
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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 |
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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 |
Se også
- Rivertonbiblioteket, en norsk kåring fra 1993 av de 99 beste kriminalromaner
Referanser
- ^ The Hatchards Crime Companion. 100 Top Crime Novels Selected by the Crime Writers' Association. redigert av Susan Moody. London, 1990. ISBN 0-904030-02-4.
- ^ The Crown Crime Companion. The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Selected by the Mystery Writers of America. Annotated by Otto Penzler and compiled by Mickey Friedman. New York, 1995. ISBN 0-517-88115-2.
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