6 January 2009

Our best crime fiction authors in 2008

Yesterday I listed our top 21 books selected by 40 crime fiction readers.
38 authors figured on our Tops list 3 times or more.
When you look at the choices this way, a different view emerges, that of authors we liked best in 2008.
The list below shows how many times an author was chosen in individual people's top 10 books.
This is a list to take to the library or the bookshop.

12 - Stieg Larsson - THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
7 - Chris Grabenstein - HELL HOLE, MAD MOUSE, THE CROSSROADS, TILT A WHIRL, WHACK A MOLE
7 - Craig Johnson - DEATH WITHOUT COMPANY, KINDNESS GOES UNPUNISHED, THE COLD DISH
7 - Michael Robotham - SHATTER
6 - Adrian McKinty - DEAD I WELL MAY BE, HIDDEN RIVER, THE BLOOMSDAY DEAD, THE DEAD YARD
6 - Kate Atkinson - WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
6 - Tana French - IN THE WOODS, THE LIKENESS
5 - Agatha Christie - CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, NEMESIS, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY
5 - Arnaldur Indridason - ARCTIC CHILL, THE DRAINING LAKE
5 - Jo Nesbo - NEMESIS, THE DEVIL’S STAR, THE REDBREAST
5 - Leah Giarratano - VODKA DOESN'T FREEZE, VOODOO DOLL
5 - P D James - AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS, THE PRIVATE PATIENT
5 - P.D. Martin - BODY COUNT, FAN MAIL, THE MURDERERS' CLUB
4- Deanna Raybourn - SILENT IN THE GRAVE, SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY
4 - Denise Mina - A SLIP OF THE KNIFE, THE DEAD HOUR
4 - John McFetridge - DIRTY SWEET, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
4 - Ken Bruen - AMERICAN SKIN, CROSS, ONCE WERE COPS, PRIEST
4 - Laura Lippman Count - EVERY SECRET THING, WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
4 - Linwood Barclay - NO TIME FOR GOODBYE
4 - Michael Connelly - ECHO PARK,THE BRASS VERDICT
4 - Reginald Hill - A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES, DEADHEADS, THE DEATH OF DALZIEL
4 - Sean Chercover - BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD; TRIGGER CITY
3 - Adrian Hyland - DIAMOND DOVE
3 - Ann Cleeves - WHITE NIGHTS
3 - Christa Faust - HOODTOWN, MONEY SHOT
3 - Deborah Crombie Count - DREAMING OF THE BONES, WATER LIKE A STONE
3 - Declan Burke Count - EIGHTBALL BOOGIE,THE BIG O
3 - Donna Leon Count - THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS
3 - Fred Vargas Count - SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR, THIS NIGHT'S FOUL WORK, WASH THIS BLOOD CLEAN FROM MY HAND
3 - Georges Simenon - LOCK 14, MONSIEUR MONDE VANISHES, THE WIDOW
3 - Karin Fossum - BLACK SECONDS
3 - Katherine Howell - FRANTIC,THE DARKEST HOUR
3 - Megan Abbott Count - BURY ME DEEP, QUEENPIN
3 - Peter Lovesey - BERTIE AND THE SEVEN BODIES, THE HEADHUNTERS
3 - Peter Temple - BAD DEBTS, THE BROKEN SHORE
3 - Susan Hill - THE PURE IN HEART, THE RISK OF DARKNESS, VOWS OF SILENCE
3 - Tom Rob Smith - CHILD 44

3 comments:

Mack said...

Thanks for compiling this list Kerrie. I've been matching the titles against our public library's holdings and many are available. Of course, that just increases my anxiety level since I think I should also be reading the classics. I generally feel that I don't have enough of a historical context for the mystery/crime genre. Maybe I'll alternate, one old, one new.

Anonymous said...

Dear Kerrie
You sure made me whole year, thank you so very, very much
Terrific blog
Happy New year and long may your wondrous views reign
Ken Bruen

Kerrie said...

Sorry if I am creating anxiety in you Mack. I thought it only happened to me.

Glad you found the blog Ken.

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