Last week I began listing
the outstanding titles and authors suggested by commenters on this blog from their crime fiction reading in 2010.
Between them the 23 commenters suggested 173 separate titles. Here is the full list.
Tomorrow I'll post the list sorted by author.
Australian authors are marked in bold.
9 DRAGONS Michael Connelly
A BAD DAY FOR PRETTY Sophie Littlefield
A BAD DAY FOR SORRY Sophie Littlefield
A BEAUTIFUL BLUE DEATH Charles Finch
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE Malla Nunn
A CARRION DEATH Michael Stanley
A FEW RIGHT THINKING MEN Sulari Gentill
A FLORENTINE DEATH Michele Guittori
A FOREIGN AFFAIR Caro Peacock
A NOT SO PERFECT CRIME Teresa Solana
A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS R J Ellory
A SWEET SCENT OF DEATH Guillermo Arriaga
A THOUSAND CUTS (A.K.A. RUPTURE) Simon Lelic
A TRACE OF SMOKE Rebecca Cantrell
AFFAIRS OF STATE Dominique Manotti
ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL James Patterson
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE Martin Edwards
ALONE IN THE CROWD Luiz Alfredo Garcia Roza
ASHES TO WATER Irene Ziegler
AUGUST HEAT Andrea Camilleri
AWAIT YOUR REPLY Don Chaon
AWAKENING S J Bolton
BAKED Mark Haskell Smith
BED PENNY BLUES Cathi Unsworth
BLACK WATER T Jefferson Parker
BLACK WATER RISING Attica Locke
BLACKLANDS Belinda Bauer
BLEED FOR ME Michael Robotham
BLOOD BORN Kathryn Fox
BLOOD MEMORY Greg Iles
BLOOD RED Quintin Jardine
BREAKING DAWN Stephenie Meyer
BRODECK'S REPORT Phillipe Claudel
BROKEN DREAMS Nick Quantrill
BURY YOUR DEAD Louise Penny
BYE BYE BABY Allan Guthrie
CARELESS IN RED Elizabeth George
CASE HISTORIES Kate Atkinson
CAUGHT Harlan Coben
CHILD 44 Tom Rob Smith
COLD JUSTICE Katharine Howell
CROSSFIRE Miyuki Miyabe
CROSSING PLACES Elly Griffiths
DARK ROAD TO DARJEELING Deanna Raybourn
DEAD I MAY WELL BE Adrian McKinty
DEAD LIKE YOU Peter James
DEAL BREAKER Harlan Coben
DEATH AT THE ALMA MATER G.M. Malliet
DEATH BY WATER Kerry Greenwood
DEATH ON A GALICIAN SHORE Domingo Villar
DEATH WORE WHITE Jim Kelly
DELIVER US FROM EVIL Peter Turnbull
DEVIL'S PEAK Deon Meyer
DIE TRYING Lee Child
DREAMING OF THE BONES Deborah Crombie
EXPIRATION DATE Duane Swierczynski
FAITHFUL PLACE Tana French
FINAL WITNESS Simon Tolkien
FOUL MATTER Martha Grimes
GENERATION LOSS Elizabeth Hand
GONE FOR GOOD Harlan Coben
GUNSHOT ROAD Adrian Hyland
GUTTED Tony Black
HAUNT ME STILL Jennifer Lee Carrell
HEART OF THE HUNTER Deon Meyer
HYPOTHERMIA Arnaldur Indridason
ICE COLD Tess Gerritsen
IF THE DEAD RISE NOT Philip Kerr
IN A LONELY PLACE Dorothy B. Hughes
IN THE SHADOW OF GOTHAM Stefanie Pintoff
INDIA BLACK: A MADAM OF ESPIONAGE MYSTERY Carol K Carr
INVOLUNTARY WITNESS Gianrico Carofiglio
JUST ONE LOOK Harlan Coben
LA ESTRATEGIA DEL AGUA Lorenzo Silva
LA HORA DE LAS SOMBRAS Johan Theorin
LAST KNOWN VICTIM Erica Spindler
LAST RITUALS Yrsa Sigurdardottir
LET THE DEAD LIE Malla Nunn
LITERARY MURDER Batya Gur
MAISIE DOBBS Jacqueline Winspear
MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH Ariana Franklin
MURDER AT THE SAVOY Maj Sojwall and Per Wahloo
MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT Kerry Greenwood
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Agatha Christie
MY SOUL TO TAKE Yrsa Sigurdardottir
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK Ernesto Mallo
NEMESIS Jo Nesbo
OLD CITY HALL Robert Rotenberg
OLD DOGS Donnna Moore
ONE STEP BEHIND Henning Mankell
ONE TOO MANY BLOWS TO THE HEAD JB Kohl & Eric Beetner
RANDOM VIOLENCE Jassy Mackenzie
RAVEN BLACK Ann Cleeves
RED DOOR Charles Todd
ROLLING THUNDER Chris Grabenstein
RUPTURE (AKA A THOUSAND CUTS) Simon Lelic
SAINTS OF NEW YORK RJ Ellory
SAVING MAX Antoinette van Heugten
SHADOWS IN THE STREET Susan Hill
SINGULARITY Kathryn Casey
SKELETON HILL Peter Lovesey
SMALL CRIMES Dave Zeltserman
SMOKE AND MIRRORS Kel Robertson
SO COLD THE RIVER Michael Koryta
SPRINKLE WITH MURDER Jenn McKinlay
STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG Kate Atkinson
STARVATION LAKE Bryan Gruley
SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE Alan Bradley
THE ANNIVERARY MAN R J Ellory
THE BIG BOOM Dominic Stansberry
THE BLACK ECHO Michael Connelly
THE BRASS VERDICT Michael Connelly
THE BRIDESMAID Ruth Rendell
THE BROKEN SHORE Peter Temple
THE BRUTAL TELLING Louise Penny
THE CASE OF THE MISSING SERVANT Tarquin Hall
THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN Fred Vargas
THE CROSSING PLACES Elly Griffiths
THE DARKEST ROOM Johan Theorin
THE DEMON OF DAKAR Kjell Eriksson
THE DEVIL'S STAR Jo Nesbo
THE DRAMATIST Ken Bruen
THE FIFTH WOMAN Henning Mankell
THE FIRST SAINT OMNIBUS Leslie Charteris
THE GENTLEMEN'S HOUR Don Winslow
THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST Stuart Neville
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS' NEST Stieg Larsson
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE Stieg Larsson
THE GIRL WITH A DRAGON TATTOO Steig Larsson
THE GLASS RAINBOW James Lee Burke
THE ICE HARVEST Scott Phillips
THE ICE PRINCESS Camilla Lackberg
THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN G.K. Chesterton
THE JANUS STONE Elly Griffiths
THE LAST CHILD John Hart
THE LIKENESS Tana French
THE MAGICIAN'S ACCOMPLICE Michael Genelin
THE MEMORIST M J Rose
THE MURDER STONE Louise Penny
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES Agatha Christie
THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH Charlie Huston
THE ONES YOU DO Daniel Woodrell
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
THE POWER OF THE DOG Don Winslow
THE REDBREAST Jo Nesbo
THE RULE BOOK Rob Kitchin
THE SCARECROW Michael Connelly
THE SECRET KEEPER Paul Harris
THE SHAPE OF WATER Andrea Camilleri
THE SNOWMAN Jo Nesbo
THE SPELLMANS STRIKE AGAIN Lisa Lutz
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD John Le Carre
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE Alan Bradley
THE TWELVE (THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST) Stuart Neville
THE VOWS OF SILENCE Susan Hill
THE WATER'S EDGE Karin Fossum
THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG Alan Bradley
THE WINDOWLICKER MAKER Danny Hogan
THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE Don Winslow
THINK OF A NUMBER John Verdon
THIRTEEN HOURS Deon Meyer
TRUTH Peter Temple
VANILLA RIDE Joe Lansdale
VENOM Joan Brady
VOODOO DOLL Leah Giarratano
WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED Judy Blundell
WHAT WAS LOST Catherine O'Flynn
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? Kate Atkinson
WIFE OF THE GODS Kwei Quartey
WINTERKILL C J Box
WITH COLD HEARTS David Hurst
WOMAN WITH BIRTHMARK Hakan Nesser
