Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels discussion

Our Group Reads from the Guardian 1000 Crime Reads

This is the complete list.
The books that we have read will be struck-through with the date read indicated next to the book. Hopefully this will limit confusion when picking books each month.

latest status up to/including "The Woman in White" in May/June 2025:

The Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren
Fantômas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre
The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler - April 2018
Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler - September 2015
Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster - July 2015
Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley - April 2014
The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary E Braddon - January 2016
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
The 39 Steps by John Buchan - November 2016
Greenmantle by John Buchan - May 2020
The Asphalt Jungle by WR Burnett
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
Double Indemnity by James M Cain - February 2018
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey - August 2020
The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr - January 2024
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - March 2021
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase - June 2023
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers - March 2023
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - December 2014
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - November 2022
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - May/June 2025
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Poetic Justice by Amanda Cross
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter
Ratking by Michael Dibdin
Dead Lagoon by Michael Dibdin
Dirty Tricks by Michael Dibdin
A Rich Full Death by Michael Dibdin
Vendetta by Michael Dibdin
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier - April 2015
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - September 2014
The Pledge by Friedrich Durrenmatt
The Crime of Father Amaro by José Maria de Eça de Queiros - Oct-Nov 2023
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - Nov-Dec 2021
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
A Quiet Belief in Angels by RJ Ellory - February 2017
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene - February 2025
A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene - January 2020
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
The Third Man by Graham Greene
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
The King of Torts by John Grisham
Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton - November 2021
The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett - November 2018
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett - August 2016
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Black Sunday by Thomas Harris
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V Higgins - December 2020
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - February 2019
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - May 2019
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
Silence of the Grave by Arnadur Indridason
Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes
Cover Her Face by PD James
A Taste for Death by PD James
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
Misery by Stephen King
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Kim by Rudyard Kipling - June 2017
The Constant Gardener by John le Carre
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre - March 2022
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carre
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
52 Pick-Up by Elmore Leonard
Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Cop Hater by Ed McBain
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy - April 2016
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley - July 2022
The Great Impersonation by E Phillips Oppenheim
The Strange Borders of Palace Crescent by E Phillips Oppenheim
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Toxic Shock by Sara Paretsky - October 2017
Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
Nineteen Seventy Four by David Peace
Nineteen Seventy Seven by David Peace
The Big Blowdown by George Pelecanos
Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos
Lush Life by Richard Price
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
V. by Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon - July 2024
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin
Exit Music by Ian Rankin
A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell
Dissolution by CJ Sansom
Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Le Sayers
The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon
The Blue Room by Georges Simenon - October 2024
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith - August 2018
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - February 2015
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Getaway by Jim Thompson - September 2019
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain - June 2021
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine
King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine
The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters - January 2014
Native Son by Richard Wright
Thérèse Raquin by Emile Zola