12 January 2012

Best crime fiction reads 2011 - authors with multiple mentions

I have been collecting lists of best crime fiction reads for 2011 for a couple of weeks now. You will see the majority of the links in my post here but they also came in as comments on posts and by emails. In the long run there were 35 contributors and 364 titles.

Note that they are a mixture of mysteries and thrillers, and also include titles that have been published pre-2011: some in fact would qualify as vintage publications.

Two days ago I listed the titles that were mentioned more than once, and yesterday the remainder of the titles.

One of the interesting features of creating these lists is always to see which authors get more than one mention, that is, more than one title.
There were 27 altogether and I have listed them in alphabetical order, together with the titles that were listed.
Tomorrow I will list all the authors.

Agatha Christie   
    DUMB WITNESS
    HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS
    MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Ann Cleeves   
    BLUE LIGHTNING
    HIDDEN DEPTHS
    RAVEN BLACK

Arnaldur Indridason   
    HYPOTHERMIA
    OUTRAGE
    VOICES

Camilla Lackberg   
    THE ICE PRINCESS
    THE STONE CUTTER

Domingo Vilar   
    DEATH ON A GALICIAN SHORE
    WATER-BLUE EYES

Duane Swierczynski   
    FUN & GAMES
    HELL & GONE
    SECRET DEAD MEN

Elly Griffiths   
    THE CROSSING PLACES
    THE JANUS STONE

Fred Vargas   
    AN UNCERTAIN PLACE
    THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN

Hakan Nesser   
    THE RETURN
    THE UNLUCKY LOTTERY

Jo Nesbo   
    NEMESIS
    THE LEOPARD
    THE SNOWMAN

Johan Theorin   
    ECHOES FROM THE DEAD
    THE DARKEST ROOM
    THE QUARRY

John Sandford   
    BURIED PREY
    SHOCKWAVE

John Verdon   
    SHUT YOUR EYES TIGHT
    THINK OF A NUMBER

Laura Lippman   
    THE GIRL IN THE GREEN RAINCOAT
    THE MOST DANGEROUS THING

Lee Child   
    61 HOURS
    THE AFFAIR

Linda Castillo   
    BREAKING SILENCE
    PRAY FOR SILENCE
    SWORN TO SILENCE

Louise Penny   
    A TRICK OF THE LIGHT
    BURY YOUR DEAD
    THE BRUTAL TELLING

Maj Sjowal & Per Wahloo
     ROSEANNA
    THE LOCKED ROOM
    THE MAN ON THE BALCONY
    THE MAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE

Michael Connelly   
    THE FIFTH WITNESS
    THE DROP

Michael Koryta   
    THE CYPRESS HOUSE
    THE RIDGE

Peter Robinson   
    BEFORE THE POISON
    IN A DRY SEASON

Philip Kerr   
    FIELD GRAY
   THE ONE FROM THE OTHER

Reginald Hill   
    EXIT LINES
    THE WOODCUTTER

Rex Stout   
    CORDIALLY INVITED TO MEET DEATH
    THE DOORBELL RANG
    THE SECOND CONFESSION

Roslund & Hellstrom   
    BOX 21
    THE VAULT
    THREE SECONDS

S.J. Bolton   
    AWAKENING
    BLOOD HARVEST
    NOW YOU SEE ME

Sally Spencer   
    BACKLASH
    ECHOES OF THE DEAD

2 comments:

Maxine Clarke said...

Nice to see so many translated authors in this list. Thanks for putting it together, Kerrie.

Dorte H said...

A splendid list, and you have reminded me I that I must have the next Elly Griffiths. But my (latest) TBR resolution is to read at least three 2011-books before I buy a new one.

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