Craig Russell is excellent. Try Blood Eagle. Not in Frankfurt though.Craig Russell

Why was 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' Removed from this list? It used to be on top. Also, it's gone from my list too & are also other few Mystery Crime books?

EDIT:
Ok I read the top part of adding only first book if it's part of the series. I just wanted to say that all the books in the series rarely have same 'fun' for e.g sometimes the second book is best & sometimes the third etc.

The Diary of a young girl by Anne Frank a crime & mystery book??? It makes me wonder if the voter(s) actually read the book...

Good list but missing many John Sandford and Ridley Pearson novels - - or I got tired of looking : )

Kim wrote: "I managed to get a quarter of the way through this list before deciding it was a) too long and b) incoherent. Why is Diary of Anne Frank on here? Or Lolita? For a list to be meaningful, its entries..."

I so agree!

you go

Mike wrote: "Anyone know of a mystery series set in Germany, preferably Frankfurt, that they can recommend?"

http://www.bookssetin.com/p1/624/Fran...

This list is a joke. Only retarded people would vote Stieg Larsson as number one.

Andrew wrote: "An interesting list, but really notable for it's absences. Henning Mankell doesn't make an appearance until #412 (as of Oct 17th, 2008), but his fellow Scandinavians, Indriadson, Nesser, Fossum, Er..."

I totally agree! It's actually quite amazing, their absence!

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There are many books on this list that have nothing to do with neither crime nor mystery...

The Treeman wrote: "This list is laughable. It is full of books that shouldn't be there and books that are basically horrible written."

I totally agree. Anna Frank's diary or To kill a mockingbird had nothing to do with neither crime nor mystery...

@Mickey
Anne Frank's Diary and To Kill a Mockingbird have been deleted, as I fully agree with you (and others) on this subject. I have also deleted The Help, as it really shouldn't have been on this list.

There are lots of other titles in this list which, in my opinion, do not qualify as 'Crime & Mystery Books' either. This list has become a mess unfortunately, to put in plainly.

Susanna wrote: "Isaac Asimov wrote several novel-length mysteries (albeit often ones with a science fiction setting): The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and Murder at the ABA, are the ones I can think of. From wh..."

Susanna wrote: "Isaac Asimov wrote several novel-length mysteries (albeit often ones with a science fiction setting): The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and Murder at the ABA, are the ones I can think of. From wh..."

The Black Widowers stories are great !!!

John LeCarre A Small Town in Germany. Also there is that series of short story collections _____Noir.

Mike wrote: "Anyone know of a mystery series set in Germany, preferably Frankfurt, that they can recommend?"

I have seen a few books that I don't think are mysteries, but the list-maker has disembarked. I can remove them, but would feel much better about it if someone will either second the motion for those here, or tell me why they qualify as mysteries (some I've read awhile back, and maybe not from your perspective):

* Catcher in the Rye
* Jane Eyre
* Things Fall Apart (p.11)
* The Hunger Games

Every single person on this thread is able to add books. As Susannah pointed out, at the very top of the list are 2 tabs. One says "all votes". When you click on the "Add" tab, a little window comes up and you can type in a title & vote for it. It is (of course) assumed that you have read it.

If there are other titles that you have seen that I don't know about that are absolutely, positively not mysteries, say so and I will be happy to take care of them. Again, if you think titles should be added, that is your job. There are 34 pp. of titles, so do check first to avoid duplication.

One concern here is the subtext. It assumes that the reader has read all of a series if s/he wants to vote for a writer. That isn't always the case, and so the rule fell apart. I'm not inclined to do anything about that. I think the rule was flawed.

Removed from page 5 for not being a mystery no matter how you look at it: Lolita. Also, Gone With the Wind blew off of page 6. Huck Finn has also been removed from p.7.

If there are others that need to go, please let me know what page. I have perused the first 10 pp. but don't plan to go through all 34 pages. If you let me know where you saw it, I can also check the page before and after if nec. in case its position has changed; if I don't find it then, I'll assume someone else has removed it. If there's no page # given, I probably won't get to it unless it's on the first page or two.

Kim wrote: "I managed to get a quarter of the way through this list before deciding it was a) too long and b) incoherent. Why is Diary of Anne Frank on here? Or Lolita? For a list to be meaningful, its entries..."

Anyone who has librarian status can remove titles that obviously are misplaced. Both titles have been removed. Thanks.

Gosh. These lists are mostly based on films and TV serials. Don't people find more interesting books to read through literature tradition and literary recommendations without the filter of mass media....

Juan wrote: "Gosh. These lists are mostly based on films and TV serials. ..."

Are they? Or were the films and television series made after a book, because the book made such an interesting read? :-)

Good point. For most folks, I think when we look for a movie to watch and see a great book, we want to see the movie, too, unless we've been warned not to. Then there's what I think of as Twilight Syndrome: sometimes people who don't read often will read a book that I don't think much of, and then (as a retired teacher) I am pleased to see a book get into the hands of someone who used to just watch TV, but is now reading.