Tidenes 100 beste kriminalromaner er kåret ved to anledninger. I 1990 av den britiske forfatterorganisasjonen Crime Writers' Association (CWA),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. og i 1995 av den amerikanske søsterorganisasjonen Mystery Writers of America (MWA).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.
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 Indians23px 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 sjøDen 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 MoskvaFrå 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 DuckFair 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