Detective & Mystery Books

Detectives

Margery Allingham (1904–1966)
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) [external link]
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) [external link]
Sue Grafton (1940–2017) [external link]
Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)
Tony Hillerman (1925–2008) [external link]
P.D. James (1920–2014)
Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982)
Sara Paretsky (1947–) [external link]
Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) [external link]
Ellery Queen (series)
  • Ellery Queen
  • Author: Frederic Dannay (1905–1982)
  • Author: Manfred Lee (1905–1971)
Dorothy Sayers (1893–1957)
Rex Stout (1886–1975)

Mystery

Lawrence Block (1938–)
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970)
Jonathan Gash [John Grant] (1933–)
Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)
John Grisham (1955–)

Crime

Lee Child (1954–)
Dick Francis (1920–2010)
Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)
John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
Ross Macdonald (1915–1983)

Spies

Ian Fleming (1908–1964)
John Gardner (1926–2007)