- Poe, Edgar Allan: Murders in the Rue Morge (1841, US)
- Poe, Edgar Allan: The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842, US)
- Poe, Edgar Allan: The Purloined Letter (1844, US)
- Collins, Wilkie:
The Woman in White (1860, England)- Armadale (1866, England)
- The Moonstone (1868, England)*
- Felix, Charles: The Notting Hill Mystery (1862, England)
- Gaboriau, Émile: The Lerouge Case [L’Affaire Lerouge] (1866, France)
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan:A Study in Scarlet (1887, Scotland)The Sign of Four(1890, Scotland)The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892, Scotland)The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894, Scotland)The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902, Scotland)[post 2]
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905, Scotland)The Valley of Fear (1915, Scotland)His Last Bow (1917, Scotland)The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927, Scotland)
- Leroux, Gaston: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1908, France)
- Christie, Agatha: See Project Sub-list
- Crofts, Freeman Wills: Inspector French’s Greatest Case (1924, Ireland)
- Van Dine, S.S.: The Benson Murder (1926, US)
- Allingham, Margery: The Black Dudley Murder (1929, England)
- Queen, Ellery: The Roman Hat Mystery (1929, US)
- Hammett, Dashiell: The Maltese Falcon (1930, US)
- Hammett, Dashiell: The Thin Man (1932, US)
- Iles, Francis: Malice Aforethought (1931, England)
- Sayers, Dorothy L.: Murder Must Advertise (1933, England)
- Sayers, Dorothy L.: The Nine Tailors (1934, England)
- Stout, Rex: Fer-de-Lance (1934, US)
- Carr, John Dickson: The Hollow Man (1935, US)
- Greene, Graham: Brighton Rock (1938, England)
- Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep (1939, US)
- Chandler, Raymond: The Long Good-Bye (1953, US)
- Hughes, Dorothy: In a Lonely Place (1947, US)
- Macdonald, Ross: The Moving Target (1949, US)
- Himes, Chester: A Rage in Harlem (1957, US)
- James, P.D.:
- Cover Her Face (1962, England)
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972, England)
Death Comes to Pemberly (2011, England)- The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories (2016, England)
- Sjöwall, Maj & Per Wahlöö: RoseAnna (1965, Sweden)
- Robinson, Peter: Gallows View (1987, England)
- Rankin, Ian: Knots and Crosses (1987, Scotland)
- Dibdin, Michael: Ratking (1988, England)
- Roberts, John Maddox: SPQR 1: The King’s Gambit (1990, US)
- Mankell, Henning: Faceless Killers (1991, Sweden)
Leon, Donna: Death at La Fenice (1992, US)Leon, Donna: Death in a Strange Country (1993, US)- Camilleri, Andrea: The Shape of Water [La forma dell’acqua] (1994, Italy)
- Pears, Iain: Instance of the Fingerpost (1997, England)
- Atkinson, Kate: Case Histories (2004, England)
- Perissinotto, Alessandro: Blood Sisters [Una piccola storia ignobile] (2006, Italy)
- Cleeves, Ann:
Raven Black (2006, UK)White Nights (2008, UK)Red Bones (2009, UK)Blue Lightning (2010)- Dead Water (2013)
- Thin Air (2014)
Horowitz, Anthony: House of Silk (2011, England)- Altun, Selçuk: The Sultan of Byzantium [Bizans Sultani] (2011, Turkey; English translation 2012)
* Indicates a reread
Last updated 18.01.2020
Simpler Pastimes 
Some new to me authors here. I’ve been listening to the Sherlock Homes books on Librivox. David Clarke does a great job as narrator. I actually like him better than a professionally done audiobook I borrowed from the library. Lasy year I read ‘The Spy Who Came in From the Cold’ by John leCarre & although it was a bit on the depressing side, it was well written & I did enjoy it. I have a fascination with the Cold War era & leCarre was an eye witness to the building of the Berlin Wall.
I’ve gathered authors/titles from many different sources–always such great fun, compiling a list! I just recently finished up my read-through of all the Sherlock Holmes titles. I’m not a true aficionado, so it would have been a bit much for me if I hadn’t spread it out over several years, but they were fun. One of these days I’ll get to le Carre; I’ve heard such good things about his writing.