Best Crime Fiction 2012 - Top Authors

I've been collecting suggestions for the best crime fiction fellow bloggers read in 2012 and have culled lists from 28 blogs, and put together a total list of 366 books.

Some bloggers have focussed on books published in 2012 while others have rated all that they read, regardless of the year of publication. Some have focussed on mysteries, while others, like me, have ranged wider.

Yesterday I gave a list of the books nominated more than once.

I had expected the list to contain at least one or two "stand-out" titles, but that didn't happen.

Today my list consists of 60 authors who were nominated more than once.
Some are on the list because one of their books was nominated more than once, some because multiple titles were nominated.



Author nominated 5 times
Meyer, Deon    BLOOD SAFARI, 7 DAYS, TRACKERS
Nesbo, Jo    THE BAT, PHANTOM

Author nominated 4 times
French, Tana    IN THE WOODS, BROKEN HARBOR
May, Peter    THE LEWIS MAN, THE CHESSMEN, THE BLACKHOUSE
McKinty, Adrian    THE COLD, COLD GROUND
Persson, Leif GW    ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER LIFE; BETWEEN SUMMER'S LONGING AND WINTER'S END
Wendig, Chuck    MOCKINGBIRD, BLACKBIRDS

Author nominated 3 times
Abbott, Megan    DARE ME
Brennan, Gerard    WEE ROCKETS, THE POINT
Christie, Agatha    ONE TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE, HICKORY DICKORY DOCK, AFTER THE FUNERAL
Dolittle, Sean    LAKE COUNTRY
Faye, Lindsay    THE GODS OF GOTHAM
Flynn, Gillian    GONE GIRL
Fossum, Karin    THE CALLER
Hallinan, Timothy    CRASHED, THE FEAR ARTIST
Hayder, Mo    HANGING HILL, GONE
Hinkson, Jake    HELL ON CHURCH STREET, THE POSTHUMOUS MAN
Holm, Chris F.    THE WRONG GOODBYE, DEAD HARVEST
Indridason, Arnaldur    BLACK SKIES, ARCTIC CHILL
Marklund, Lisa    LAST WILL
McGilloway, Brian    THE NAMELESS DEAD
Pelecanos, George    WHAT IT WAS
Penny, Louise    THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY, A TRICK OF THE LIGHT
Smith, Roger    MIXED BLOOD, WAKE UP THE DEAD
Tey, Josephine    TO LOVE AND BE WISE. MISS PYM DISPOSES, BRAT FARRAR
Welsh, Louise    THE CUTTING ROOM, THE GIRL ON THE STAIRS

Author nominated twice
Camilleri, Andrea    THE POTTER'S FIELD
Carofiglio, Gianrico de    TEMPORARY PERFECTIONS, A WALK IN THE DARK
Cleeves, Ann    THE GLASS ROOM, SILENT VOICES
Enger, Thomas    PIERCED, BURNED
Gentill, Sulari    A FEW RIGHT THINKING MEN, PAVING THE NEW ROAD
Gilbert, Anthony    THE CLOCK IN THE HATBOX, DEATH KNOCKS THREE TIMES
Harris, Robert    THE FATHERLAND, THE GHOST
Hill, Antonio    THE SUMMER OF DEAD TOYS
James, Peter    NOT DEAD YET
Jerkins, Grant    THE NINTH STEP
Jones, Stephen Graham    GROWING UP DEAD IN TEXAS
Keith, Eric    NINE MAN'S MURDER
Keller, Julia    A KILLING IN THE HILLS
Kerr, Philip    PRAGUE FATALE, THE ONE FROM THE OTHER
Koryta, Michael    THE PROPHET
Landsdale, Joe R.    EDGE OF DARK WATER
Lehane, Denis    MOONLIGHT MILE, GONE BABY GONE
Lipska, Anya    WHERE THE DEVIL CAN'T GO
Mina, Denise    GARNET HILL (trilogy), THE END OF THE WASP SEASON
Mosby, Steve    BLACK FLOWERS, DARK ROOM
Nesser, Hakan    THE HOUR OF THE WOLF
Pajer, Bernadette    A SPARK OF DEATH
Pollock, Donald Ray    KNOCK-EM-STIFF, THE DEVIL OF ALL TIME
Rankin, Ian    STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE
Robinson, Peter    BEFORE THE POISON
Shaw, Johnny    BIG MARIA
Staincliffe, Cath    DEAD TO ME, SPLIT SECOND
Stanley, Michael    THE DEATH OF THE MANTIS
Theorin, Johan    THE QUARRY
Varenne, Antonin    BEDS OF NAILS
Vargas, Fred    THE CHALK CIRCLE, THE THREE EVANGELISTS
Winslow, Don    THE KINGS OF COOL
Winters, Ben H.    THE LAST POLICEMAN
Wright, L.R.    THE SUSPECT

Tomorrow I'll publish the full list of nominations by title in alphabetic order.