REX STOUT'S TEN FAVORITE DETECTIVE NOVELS

Rex Todhunter Stout (1886-1975) was an American detective story writer and creator Nero Wolfe. The selection of his ten favorite detective novels was published in Vincent Starrett's Books and Bipeds in 1947.

1	Wilkie Collins	The Moonstone 월장석
2	Dashiell Hammett	The Maltese Falcon 말타의 매
3	S. S. Van Dine	The Benson Murder Case 벤슨 살인 사건
4	Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace	The Documents in the Case
5	G. K. Chesterton	The Innocence of Father Brown 브라운 신부의 동심
6	H. C. Bailey	Call Mr. Fortune 포춘을 불러라
7	Frances Noyes Hart	The Bellamy Trial
8	Freeman Wills Crofts	The Cask 통
9	Agatha Christie	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 애크로이드 살인 사건
10	Michael Innes	Lament for a Maker

OLEKSIW'S 100 CLASSIC BRITISH MYSTERY NOVELS

In A Reader’s Guide to the Classic British Mystery (1988), Susan Oleksiw listed “one hundred novels that are outstanding for various reasons: some are historically important as well as being well written; some are fascinating stories; and others are ingenious tales that capture and hold the reader until the surprise ending.” In her book each title is discussed.

Catharine Aird	The Complete Steel. 1969
Margery Allingham	Black Plumes. 1940
Delano Ames	Corpse Diplomatique. 1950
James Anderson	The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy. 1975
James Anderson	Assault and Matrimony. 1980
J.R.L. Anderson	A Sprig of Sea Lavender. 1978
Marian Babson	So Soon Done For. 1979
H.C. Bailey	The Bishop's Crime. 1940
Robert Barnard	Death of an Old Goat. 1977
Francis Beeding	The Six Proud Walkers. 1928
Francis Beeding	Death Walks in Eastrepps. 1931
Josephine Bell	Death at the Medical Board. 1944
Josephine Bell	A Pigeon Among the Cats. 1974
E.C. Bentley	Trent's Last Case. 1913 트렌트 마지막 사건
Anthony Berkeley	The Poisoned Chocolates Case. 1929 독 초콜릿 사건
Nicholas Blake	The Beast Must Die. 1938 야수는 죽어야 한다
Nicholas Blake	The Case of the Abominable Snowman. 1941
Christianna Brand	Green for Danger. 1945
Edward Candy	Bones of Contention. 1954
G.K. Chesterton	The Man Who Was Thursday. 1908
Agatha Christie	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 1926 애크로이드 살인 사건
Agatha Christie	Murder on the Orient Express. 1934 오리엔트 특급 살인
Agatha Christie	Death on the Nile. 1937 나일강의 살인
Agatha Christie	The Murder at the Vickerage. 1930 목사관의 살인
Agatha Christie	A Caribbean Mystery. 1964 카리브해의 비밀
Douglas Clark	The Gimmel Flask. 1977
Douglas Clark	Dead Letter. 1984
Edmund Crispin	The Moving Toyshop. 1946
Edmund Crispin	Buried for Pleasure. 1948
Freeman Wills Crofts	Death of a Train. 1946
Freeman Wills Crofts	The Cask. 1920 통
Freeman Wills Crofts	The Pit-Prop Syndicate. 1922
Colin Dexter	The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. 1977
Ellis Dillon	Death in the Quadrangle. 1956
Margaret Erskine	Harriet Farewell. 1975
A. Fielding	The Mysterious Partner. 1929
Nigel Fitzgerald	Midsummer Malice. 1953
Nigel Fitzgerald	This Won't Hurt You. 1959
J.S. Fletcher	The Middle Temple Murder. 1918
Dick Francis	Dead Cert. 1962
R. Austin Freeman	The Red Thumb Mark. 1907
Michael Gilbert	Smallbone Deceased. 1950
Martha Grimes	The Man With a Load of Mischief. 1981
Cyril Hare	When the Wind Blows. 1949
Cyril Hare	An English Murder. 1951
Georgette Heyer	A Blunt Instrument. 1938
Reginald Hill	Deadheads. 1983
Fergus Hume	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. 1886
Francis Iles	Malice Aforethought. 1931 살의
Michael Innes	Death at the President's Lodging. 1936
Michael Innes	Lament for a Maker. 1938
Michael Innes	The New Sonia Wayward. 1960
P.D. James	The Black Tower. 1975 검은 탑
P.D. James	Death of an Expert Witness. 1977
H.R.F. Keating	The Murder of the Maharajah. 1980
H.R.F. Keating	Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg. 1970
C.H.B. Kitchin	Death of My Aunt. 1929
Ronald A. Knox	The Footsteps at the Lock. 1928
Ronald A. Knox	The Viaduct Murder. 1925
Elizabeth Lemarchand	Cyanide With Compliments. 1972
Elizabeth Lemarchand	Step in the Dark. 1976
E.C.R. Lorac	Fire in the Thatch. 1946
Peter Lovesey	Swing, Swing, Together. 1976
Philip MacDonald	The Rasp. 1924
Philip MacDonald	The Nursemaid Who Disappeared. 1938
Philip MacDonald	R.I.P. (or Vengeance). 1933
Ngaio Marsh	Surfeit of Lampreys. 1940
Ngaio Marsh	Died in the Wool. 1945
Ngaio Marsh	Opening Night. 1951
J.C. Masterman	An Oxford Tragedy. 1933
A.A. Milne	The Red House Mystery. 1922 빨강 집의 수수께끼
Gladys Mitchell	The Saltmarsh Murders. 1932
Gwen Moffat	Over the Sea to Death. 1976
Patricia Moyes	The Sunken Sailor (or Down Among the Dead Men). 1961
Patricia Moyes	Murder Fantastical. 1967
Ellis Peters	Death and the Joyful Woman. 1961 죽음과 즐거운 여자
Ellis Peters	Death to the Landlords. 1972
Ellis Peters	Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers. 1976
Stella Phillips	The Hidden Wrath. 1968
Ruth Rendell	A Judgment in Stone. 1977유니스의 비밀
Ruth Rendell	The Lake of Darkness. 1980
John Rhode	Death in Harley Street. 1946
Robert Robinson	Landscape With Dead Dons. 1956
Dorothy L. Sayers	The Inpleasantness at the Bellona Club. 1928
Dorothy L. Sayers	Murder Must Advertise. 1933
Dorothy L. Sayers	The Nine Tailors. 1934 나인테일러스
Julian Symons	The Blackheath Poisonings. 1978
Julian Symons	The End of Solomon Grundy. 1964
Julian Symons	The Man Who Lost His Wife. 1970
Josephine Tey	The Singing Sands. 1952
June Thomson	Death Cap. 1973
Gwen Trevor	Murder at School. 1931
Michael Underwood	A Pinch of Snuff
Roy Vickers	The Sole Survivor. 1951
Henry Wade	The Duke of York's Steps. 1929
Henry wade	Heir Presumptive. 1935
Colin Watson	Lonelyheart 4122. 1967
David Williams	Treasure Up in Smoke. 1978

LEHMAN'S RECOMMENDED DETECTIVE NOVELS AND STORIES

David Lehman, in his The Perfect Murder: A study in Detection (1989), provides a list of recommended titles. They "were chosen for their importance in the evolution of the mystery genre or simply for the pleasure they reliably give; in many cases, both reasons apply."

 

Allingham, Margery	The Fashion in Shrouds. 1938
Auster, Paul	The New York Trilogy. 1985-86
Bentley, E.C.	Trent's Last Case. 1912 트렌트 최후의 사건
Bergman, Andrew	The Big Kiss-Off of 1944. 1974
Berkeley, Anthony	The Poisoned Chocolates Case. 1929 독 초콜릿 사건
Blake, Nicholas	Thou Shell of Death. 1936
Blake, Nicholas	The Beast Must Die. 1938 야수는 죽어야 한다
Blake, Nicholas	The Corpse in the Snowman. 1941
Blake, Nicholas	Minute for Murder. 1947
Blake, Nicholas	The Widow's Cruise. 1959
Cain, James M.	Double Indemnity. 1936 이중보상
Candy, Edward	Words for Murder Perhaps. 1971
Carr, John Dickson	The Three Coffins. 1935 세개의 관
Carr, John Dickson	The Burning Court. 1937 화형법정
Carr, John Dickson	The Crooked Hinge. 1938
Chandler, Raymond	The Big Sleep. 1939 빅슬립
Chandler, Raymond	Farewell, My Lovely. 1940 굿바이 마이 러브
Chandler, Raymond	The High Window. 1942 하이 윈도
Chandler, Raymond	The Long Good-bye. 1954 기나긴 이별
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith	The Club of Queer Trades. 1935
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith	The Man Who Was Thursday. 1908
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith	The Innocence of Father Brown. 1911 브라운 신부의 결백
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith	The Wisdom of Father Brown. 1914 브라운 신부의 지혜
Christie, Agatha	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 1926 애크로이드 살인 사건
Christie, Agatha	Murder in the Orient Express. 1934 로리엔트 특급 살인
Christie, Agatha	The ABC Murders. 1936 ABC 살인 사건
Christie, Agatha	And Then There Were None. 1940 그리고 아무도 없었다
Christie, Agatha	Curtain. 1975 커튼
Collins, Wilkie	The Moonstone. 1868 달보석
Crispin, Edmund	The Moving Toyshop. 1946
Crumley, James	Dancing Bear. 1985
Dickson, Carter	The Judas Window. 1938
Dickson, Carter	The Reader Is Warned. 1939
Doyle, Arthur Conan	A Study in Scarlet. 1887 주홍색 연구
Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. 1892 셜록 홈즈의 모험
Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. 1894 셜록 홈즈의 회상
Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Hound of the Baskervilles. 1902 바스커빌가의 개
Eco, Umberto	The Name of the Rose. 1983 장미의 이름
Ellin, Stanley	Mystery Stories. 1956 특별 요리
Ellin, Stanley	The Eighth Circle. 1958 제 8 지옥
Fearing, Kenneth	The Big Clock. 1946
Freeman, R. Austin	The Red Thumb Mark. 1907
Grafton, Sue	"C" is for Corpse 말없는 목격자
Hammett, Dashiell	Red Harvest. 1929 붉은 수확
Hammett, Dashiell	The Maltese Falcon. 1930 말타의 매
Hammett, Dashiell	The Glass Key. 1931
Highsmith, Patricia	Strangers on a Train. 1949 낯선 승객
Highsmith, Patricia	The Talented Mr. Ripley. 1957 태양은 가득히
Hjortsberg, William	Falling Angel. 1977 엔젤 하트
Innes, Michael	Hamlet, Revenge!
James, P. D.	Death of an Expert Witness. 1977
James, P. D.	A Taste for Death. 1986 죽음의 맛
Kemelman, Harry	Friday the Rabbi Slept Late. 1964 금요일, 랍비는 늦잠을 잤다
Leonard, Elmore	Glitz. 1985 글리츠
Levin, Ira	A Kiss Before Dying. 1953 죽음의 키스
Lyons, Arthur	Hard Trade. 1981
McBain, Ed	Ten Plus One. 1963
McBain, Ed	Long Time No See. 1977 잃어버린 시간
McBain, Ed	Ice. 1983
MacDonald, Ross	The Chill. 1964 소름
MacDonald, Ross	The Good-bye Look. 1969
MacDonald, Ross	The Underground Man. 1971 지하인간
Marsh, Ngaio	Overture to Death. 1936
Maxwell, Thomas	Kiss Me Once. 1986
Nash, Simon	Death Over Deep Water. 1963
Paretsky, Sara	Bitter Medicine. 1987
Poe, Edgar Allan	Tales. 1845
Postgate, Raymond	Verdict of Twelve. 1940
Potter, Dennis	The Singing Detective. 1986
Queen, Ellery	The Chinese Orange Mystery. 1934 차이나 오렌지의 비밀
Rendell, Ruth	Means of Evil. 1977
Rendell, Ruth	The Killing Doll. 1985
Rosen, Richard	Strike Three, You're Dead. 1984
Sayers, Dorothy	Strong Poison. 1930
Sayers, Dorothy	Murder Must Advertise. 1933
Simon, Roger	The Big Fix. 1974
Smith, Mark	The Death of the Detective. 1974
Stout, Rex	Too Many Women. 1947
Stout, Rex	And Be a Villain. 1948
Stout, Rex	The Second Confession. 1949
Symons, Julian	The 31st of February. 1951
Tey, Josephine	The Daughter of Time. 1951 시간의 딸
Thompson, Jim	The Killer Inside Me. 1952
Thompson, Jim	The Getaway. 1959
Vine, Barbara	A Fatal Inversion. 1987
Wade, Henry	Heir Presumptive

ELLERY QUEEN'S TWELVE BEST DETECTIVE STORIES

In 1950, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine took a vote of 11 experts, among them Vincent Starrett, Charles Honce, and Lew D. Feldman asking for the experts' pick of the best detective stories ever written. There were 83 detective stories nominated. The final selection of the best was as shown below. The results were published in the July 1950 issue of the magazine.

1	Thomas Burke	The Hands of Mr. Ottermole 오토몰씨의 손
2	Edgar Allan Poe	The Purloined Letter 도난당한 편지
3	Arthur Conan Doyle	The Red-Headed League 붉은 머리 연맹
4	Anthony Berkeley	The Avenging Chance
5	Robert Barr	The Absent-Minded Coterie 건망증 있는 사람들
6	Jacques Futrelle	The Problem of Cell 13 13호 독방의 문제
7	G. K. Chesterton	The Invisible Man 보이지 않는 남자
8	Melville D. Post	Naboth's Nineyard 나보테 포도원
9	Aldous Huxley	The Gioconda Smile
10	H. C. Bailey	The Yellow Slugs
11	E. C. Bentley	The Genuine Tabard
12	Dorothy Sayers	Suspicion 의혹

MACAVITY AWARD (BEST MYSTERY NOVEL) 1987-2002

2002	Laurie R. King	Folly
2001	Val McDermid	A Place of Execution
2000	Sujata Massey	The Flower Master
1999	Michael Connelly	Blood Work
1998	Deborah Crombie	Dreaming of the Bones
1997	Peter Lovesey	Bloodhounds
1996	Mary Willis Walker	Under the Beatle's Cellar
1995	Sharyn McCrumb	She Walks These Hills
1994	Minette Walters	The Scultress 여류 조각가
1993	Margaret Maron	Bootlegger's Daughter
1992	Nancy Pickard	I.O.U.
1991	Sharyn McCrumb	If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O
1990	Carolyn Hart	A Little Class on Murder
1989	Tony Hillerman	A Thief of Time 시간의 도둑
1988	Nancy Pickard	Marriage Is Murder
1987	P.D. James	A Taste for Death 죽음의 맛