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American Detective and mystery stories 1,429 works / 456 ebooks

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  • Poems
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    Tales of mystery and imagination
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    The  lady in the lake
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    The Long Goodbye
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    The Man in Lower Ten
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    A murder of quality
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    Presumed innocent
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    Short stories
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    The League of Frightened Men
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    The postman always rings twice
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    The Talented Mr. Ripley
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    The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The gold bug
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Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
Chase, James Hadley, 75 books
Erle Stanley Gardner, 68 books
Rex Stout, 46 books
Edgar Allan Poe, 36 books
Dashiell Hammett, 21 books
Ellery Queen, 19 books
Bill Pronzini, 18 books
Leslie Charteris, 16 books
Raymond Chandler, 15 books
Martin Harry Greenberg, 14 books
Ed McBain, 13 books
Nora Roberts, 11 books
Louisa May Alcott, 11 books
Francis, Dick., 11 books
John Dickson Carr, 11 books
Otto Penzler, 10 books
Mary Roberts Rinehart, 10 books
Cornell Woolrich, 10 books
Isaac Asimov, 10 books
Sue Grafton, 9 books
Lawrence Block, 9 books
Sara Paretsky, 9 books
Carolyn Keene, 9 books
Macdonald, Ross, 9 books
John D. Macdonald, 9 books

Prominent Publishers

who have published the most books on this subject
T︠S︡entrpoligraf, 51 editions
Five Star, 48 editions
G.K. Hall, 35 editions
Bantam Books, 32 editions
Mysterious Press, 31 editions
Ballantine Books, 27 editions
Viking Press, 25 editions
Berkley Prime Crime, 24 editions
Pocket Books, 22 editions
Crippen & Landru Publishers, 21 editions
Morrow, 21 editions
Random House, 21 editions
Thorndike Press, 21 editions
Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 20 editions
Putnam, 20 editions
Wings Books, 20 editions
Vintage Books, 19 editions
Avenel Books, 17 editions
Carroll & Graf Publishers, 17 editions
Doubleday, 17 editions

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