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Top authors writing 20th century crime
Barry Hughart
4.22 · 101 ratings
crime · fantasy · action-adventure · humor · fiction · alternate-history · mystery · comedy · 20th-century · retellings · ancient-china · epic · male-author · adult · historical · magic · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · book · ancient-civilization
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T.E. Kinsey
4.12 · 191 ratings
cozy · book · historical-fiction · adult · historical · law-enforcement · fiction · murder · mystery · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · investigator · female-mc · humor · crime · edwardian · 20th-century · industrial-era · thriller · action-adventure
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · magical-realism · book · historical · gothic · drama · horror · audiobook · crime · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · adult · urban-fantasy
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Dorothy L. Sayers
4.05 · 521 ratings- Lord Peter Wimsey Series Collection Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh 4 Books Set by Dorothy L. Sayers
- A New Omnibus of Crime by Dorothy L. Sayers
- A Presumption of Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist by Dorothy L. Sayers
adult · fiction · mystery · literary · classics · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · cozy · 20th-century · historical · crime · whodunit · golden-age-mystery · female-author · murder · audiobook · book · amateur-sleuth · thriller · suspense
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Jacqueline Winspear
4.05 · 488 ratings
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · book · 20th-century · cozy · war · female-mc · adult · crime · violent-conflict · suspense · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · ww2
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David Dukes
4.04 · 120 ratings
politics · book · adult · fiction · suspense · audiobook · thriller · crime · action-adventure · mystery · political-intrigue · 20th-century · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · espionage · murder · contemporary · violent-conflict · military · drama
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Rhys Bowen
4.00 · 1089 ratings
mystery · fiction · book · cozy · historical-fiction · audiobook · adult · historical · female-mc · crime · law-enforcement · murder · 20th-century · killer · suspense · womens-fiction · action-adventure · whodunit · romance · industrial-era
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Kate Morton
4.00 · 341 ratings
audiobook · suspense · gothic · book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · drama · female-author · adult · 20th-century · crime · 21st-century · romance · secrets · realistic
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David Downing
3.98 · 102 ratings
espionage · fiction · adult · political-intrigue · crime · historical · historical-fiction · book · war · ww2 · mystery · 20th-century · violent-conflict · thriller · male-author · audiobook · action-adventure · europe · germany · literary-fiction
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Alan Bradley
3.96 · 397 ratings
cozy · mystery · crime · historical · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · young-adult · audiobook · suspense · thriller · book · whodunit · action-adventure · children · middle-grade · killer · humor · amateur-sleuth
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Charles Todd
3.94 · 775 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · historical-fiction · historical · crime · law-enforcement · suspense · book · audiobook · cozy · murder · 20th-century · ww1 · violent-conflict · war · killer · police-procedural · action-adventure · female-mc
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Ashley Weaver
3.91 · 140 ratings
cozy · book · historical · adult · historical-fiction · amateur-sleuth · fiction · mystery · female-mc · 20th-century · audiobook · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · espionage · whodunit · murder · ww2 · womens-fiction
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Charles Willeford
3.91 · 136 ratings
noir · fiction · mystery · crime · adult · hard-boiled · book · 20th-century · pulp · historical · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · murder · suspense · anthologies · action-adventure · humor · audiobook · psychological · thriller
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Josephine Tey
3.91 · 183 ratings
mystery · fiction · historical · adult · female-author · historical-fiction · book · crime · murder · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · law-enforcement · classics · literary · audiobook · police-procedural · thriller · cozy · suspense · whodunit
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Susan Elia MacNeal
3.90 · 210 ratings
war · political-intrigue · book · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · adult · historical · 20th-century · female-mc · fiction · mystery · espionage · ww2 · cozy · law-enforcement · action-adventure · audiobook · suspense · thriller · female-author
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Philip Kerr
3.90 · 402 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · suspense · crime · adult · audiobook · thriller · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · espionage · 20th-century · law-enforcement · noir · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · action-adventure · murder
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John Dickson Carr
3.89 · 149 ratings- Murder on Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season by John Dickson Carr
- Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural by John Dickson Carr
- Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror by John Dickson Carr
- Korn åt små fåglar by John Dickson Carr
- The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by John Dickson Carr
adult · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · crime · literary · classics · historical · book · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · horror · murder · suspense · locked-room · historical-fiction · action-adventure · anthologies · pulp · amateur-sleuth
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Ngaio Marsh
3.87 · 480 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · adult · law-enforcement · classics · literary · cozy · audiobook · golden-age-mystery · book · police-procedural · murder · whodunit · historical · 20th-century · female-author · historical-fiction · humor · literary-fiction
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Patricia Wentworth
3.86 · 238 ratings
classics · literary · book · mystery · fiction · adult · historical · crime · cozy · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · audiobook · 20th-century · amateur-sleuth · female-mc · golden-age-mystery · suspense · murder · investigator · killer
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt
3.85 · 126 ratings
literary · classics · adult · fiction · literary-fiction · book · 20th-century · crime · drama · contemporary · philosophy · mystery · audiobook · suspense · male-author · law-enforcement · noir · thriller · police-procedural · male-mc
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Richard Bachman
3.85 · 479 ratings
horror · fiction · suspense · book · male-author · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · adult · terror · psychological · drama · 20th-century · supernatural · dark · ghosts · crime · thriller · classics · literary
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Margery Allingham
3.83 · 328 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · adult · classics · cozy · literary · book · audiobook · historical · golden-age-mystery · historical-fiction · female-author · 20th-century · killer · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · suspense
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P.D. James
3.80 · 612 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · female-author · law-enforcement · thriller · suspense · audiobook · murder · killer · whodunit · book · 20th-century · cozy · literary · classics · police-procedural · contemporary · literary-fiction
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Maurice Leblanc
3.79 · 140 ratings
crime · fiction · mystery · adult · historical · action-adventure · 20th-century · literary · classics · law-enforcement · book · suspense · audiobook · historical-fiction · cozy · outlaws · literary-fiction · anthologies · thriller · heist
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Patricia Highsmith
3.78 · 378 ratings- Selected Novels and Short Stories by Patricia Highsmith
- A New Omnibus of Crime by Patricia Highsmith
- The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night by Patricia Highsmith
- Mystery Cats: Felonious Felines from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine by Patricia Highsmith
- Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
fiction · adult · mystery · crime · 20th-century · suspense · noir · female-author · horror · literary · classics · audiobook · psychological · literary-fiction · book · anthologies · historical · thriller · killer · murder
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Ian Fleming
3.75 · 546 ratings
fiction · classics · literary · crime · action-adventure · adult · thriller · 20th-century · audiobook · political-intrigue · espionage · suspense · pulp · cold-war · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · book · mystery · male-author · historical
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Joseph Kanon
3.71 · 157 ratings
fiction · espionage · thriller · historical-fiction · adult · 20th-century · book · suspense · political-intrigue · mystery · crime · historical · audiobook · ww2 · war · violent-conflict · cold-war · politics · action-adventure · europe
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Ian McEwan
3.60 · 614 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · adult · book · contemporary · drama · classics · literary · male-author · crime · 20th-century · psychological · historical-fiction · mystery · family · 21st-century · realistic · humor · suspense
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