Who We Like To Read

After a week of totally unscientific polling, in which visitors to my Facebook page listed their favorite crime/thriller/mystery writers, we came up with a list of 276 beloved writers. They’re listed here in a ranked order–and I’m vain enough to be relieved that visitors to my page like my books! With 276 writers, there are bound to be ones you never encountered, so here’s to some happy reading days ahead–a way to avoid thinking about the endless cold or endless drought–whichever your particular affliction may be.

Happy Readers

Paretsky
Sara



Grafton
Sue



Crombie
Deborah



Penny
Louise



Sayers.
Dorothy
L.


Bland
Eleanor
Taylor


James
P.D.



Allingham
Margery



Christie
Agatha



Kellerman
Faye



Barnes
Linda



Muller
Marcia



Peters
Elizabeth



Stabenow
Dana



Lehane
Dennis



Burke
Alafair



George
Elizabeth



King
Laurie
R.


Rendell
Ruth



Rozan
S.J.



Spencer-Fleming
Julia



Winspear
Jacqueline



Hammett
Dashiell



Stout
Rex



Cody
Liza



Evanovich
Janet



Hess
Joan



Maron
Margaret



McDermid
Val



Millar
Margaret



O’Connell
Carol



Reichs
Kathy



Burke
James
Lee


MacDonald
John
D.


Barr
Nevada



Burke
Jan



Fairstein
Linda



Greenwood
Kerry



Grimes
Martha



Larsson
Åsa



Leon
Donna



Lippman
Laura



Marsh
Ngaio



Rice
Craig



Sjöwall
Maj



Conan
Doyle
Arthur


Kellerman
Jonathan



Krueger
William
Kent


Leonard
Elmore



Vargas
Fred



Atkinson
Kate



Beaton
M.C.



Black
Cara



Davis
Dorothy
Salisbury


Davis
Lindsey



Flynn
Gillian



French
Tana



George
Anne



Gordon
Alison



Gran
Sara



Griffiths
Elly



Gur
Batya



Highsmith
Patricia



Hill
Susan



Hughes
Dorothy



Läckberg
Camilla



MacInnes
Helen



Marklund
Liza



Matera
Lia



McIntosh
D.J.



McPherson
Catriona



Mina
Denise



Moyes
Patricia



Orczy
Emma



Ryan
Hank
Phillipi


Sigurðardóttir
Yrsa



Stewart
Mary



Storey
Alice



Tey
Josephine



Walters
Minette



Waters
Sarah



Chandler
Raymond



Connelly
Michael



Crais
Robert



Creasey
John



Fforde
Jasper



Francis
Dick



Gardner
Earl
Stanley


Grisham
John



Higgins
George
V.


King
Stephen



Larsson
Stieg



MacDonald
Ross



Mankell
Henning



Parker
Robert



Thomas
Ross



Thompson
Jim



Wahlöö
Per



Westlake
Donald



Abbott
Megan



Abbott
Patty
Nase


Adams
Ellery



Aird
Catherine



Albert
Susan



Allen
Stacy



Andrews
Donna



Anthony
Evelyn



Armstrong
Charlotte



Atwood
Taylor
Phoebe


Aubert
Rosemary



Bartlett
Lorraine



Blackwell
Juliet



Blómkvist
Stella



Bowen
Gail



Bowen
Rhys



Brackett
Leigh



Braddon
Mary
Elizabeth


Brand
Christianna



Braun
Lilian
Jackson


Brown
Rita
Mae


Byerrum
Ellen



Campbell
Bonny
Jo


Capponi
Pat



Carlton
Marjorie



Clark
Marcia



Cleeves
Anne



Conley
Jen



Cooper
Susan
Rogers


Cornue
Virginia



Cornwell
Patricia



Coup
Terri
Lynn


Cross
Amanda



Delany
Vicki



Dereske
Jo



DiSilverio
Laura



Donaghue
Emma



DuMaurier
Daphne



Duncan
Elizabeth
J.


Dunn
Carola



Ellison
J.T.



Fossum
Karen



Fradkin
Barbara



Fraser
Antonia



Frazer
Margaret



Freveletti
Jamie



Gagnon
Michelle



Gardner
Lisa



George
Kaye



Gilbert
Michael



Goldstein
Debra



Graham
Caroline



Graves
Sarah



Gray
Alex



Hamilton
Denise



Harlick
Robin



Harris
Charlaine



Harris
C.S.



Hendricks
Vicki



Hillerman
Anne



Jaffarian
Sue
Ann


Jance
J.A.



Jennings
Maureen



Jones
Darynda



Jones
Elizabeth



Keene
Carolyn



Keller
Julia



Kendall
Kay



Kijewski
Karen



La
Plante
Lynda


Linds
Gayle



Locke
Attica



Lockridge
Frances



Lombri
Linda



Lutz
Lisa



MacInerney
Karen



Maffini
Mary
Jane


Maffini
Victoria



Massey
Sujata



Matthews
Francine



McClendon
Lisa



McCullough
Karen



McLeod
Charlotte



Milchman
Jenny



Moss
Jennifer



Munger
Kate



Nabb
Magdalen



Neuhaus
Nele



O’Connor
Gemma



O’Shaughnessy
Perri



Paton
Walsh
Jill


Pawel
Rebecca



Perry
Anne



Pauwels
C.L.



Pickens
Cathy



Robb
J.D.



Roos
Kelly



Rule
Ann



Sanxay
Holding
Elizabeth


Sartor
Nancy



Sellers
L.J.



Shames
Terry



Slaughter
Karin



Sokoloff
Alexandra



Spindler
Erica



Staincliffe
Cath



Stevens
Chevy



Terrell
Beth



Terrell
Jaden



Thompson
Lesley



Tursten
Helene



Unger
Lisa



Welsh
Louise



White
Ethel
Lina


Wilson
Laura



Wilson
Wesley
Valerie


Zeh
Juli



Abbott
Jeff



Atkins
Ace



Baldacci
David



Bronzini
Bill



Bruen
Ken



Buchan
John



Cain
James
M.


Campbell
Robert



Carr
Caleb



Charteris
Leslie



Clifford
Joe



Cohen
Gabriel



Cohen
Jeff



Costain
Thomas
B.


Crispin
Edmund



Dexter
Colin



Dickson
Carr
John


Freeling
Nicholas



Gil
Bartholomew



Goldsborough
Robert



Grabenstein
Chris



Greeley
Andrew



Greene
Graham



Hallinan
Tim



Handler
David



Harris
Thomas



Hewson
David



Hiaasen
Carl



Hillerman
Tony



Hopkins
Bill



Hughes
Declan



Innes
Michael



Isles
Greg



James
Dean



James
Seeley



Kerr
Phillip



Koryta
Michael



Lockridge
Richard



McGarrity
Michael



McGinty
Adrian



Monson
Mike



Nesbø
Jo



Neville
Stuart



Patterson
James



Pears
Iain



Peters
Ellis



Pierce
Rob



Pitts
Tom



Poe
Edgar
Allen


Preston
Douglas



Queen
Ellery



Rankin
Ian



Rhatigan
Chris



Rosenfelt
David



Sansom
C.J.



Simenon
Georges



Twain
Mark



White
Dave



Willieford
Charles