More lists of the best detective novels

In response to my own 10 Greatest Detective Novels list, Maxine Clark offers up a list of her 10 Favourite Detective Authors, James Reasoner shares 10 Detective Novels that stand out in his memory, and Sherry Early passes along her Best 10 Detective Novels.

I suppose I wouldn't enjoy this nearly so much if I weren't obsessed with lists, but I am. I find it fascinating to see which novels other people consider great, and how much we all disagree on them.

I'm especially pleased to see how often Rex Stout's name is mentioned. Stout was a wonderful writer who produced many fine books, but it seems that he is little read these days, which is a shame.

Comments

[Peter]

I wonder if, rather than Stout being little read, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are such outsize characters that they overwhelm readers' memories of any individual books.

[David Montgomery]

I would hope that people still read Stout, because he was one of the best there ever was. But from my anecdotal experience with fans and readers, he's all but forgotten these days. I think all of the books are out-of-print, too.

[Peter]

That's yet another argument for visiting used bookstores. My favorite one generally has a nice stock of Rex Stout.

[Peter]

That's yet another argument for visiting used bookstores. My favorite one generally has a nice stock of Rex Stout.

[Sharon]

How refreshing to see Sue Grafton, Ruth Rendell, PD James, and Patricia Highsmith on Maxine's list. A nice counterpoint to the all-male list of best detective fiction.

I'm looking forward to reading the selections on both lists.

[David Montgomery]

If Sue Grafton ever writes anything better than what's on my list, I'll eat my hat.

[Pearce Hansen]

please don't forget that timothy hutton (as archie G.) did a two season run adapting the very best Nero Wolfe stories -- one nioe touch was that they used the same cast for every story, but the actors played different characters in each (using costume & makeup to differentiate the roles, of course). the only constants were hutton as goodwin, maury chaykin as NERO WOLFE, and bill smitrovich as inspector cramer. great stuff, lasted two seasons, buy the dvds :)

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