The Bible in mystery novels is also a necessary desk book for every mystery fan. From the birth of the study of blood characters to the present 100 years, Sherlock Holmes has been invincible all over the world, and his influence has already crossed the corner of reasoning and become synonymous with detectives in people's minds. A wonderful book by Xian Yi, suitable for all ages, has been used by countless people in reasoning.
2 maltese falcon, dashiell hammett. Maltese falcon, Medhill hammett Shanghai Translation Publishing House.
There are many schools of mystery novels, but the prototype of mystery solving is always orthodox, and its mainstream position cannot be easily shaken. The only thing that can compete with it is probably the tough guy supported by hammett and Chandler. Hammett is not the first writer to write tough guy novels, but he is the first writer to inject literary quality and psychological depth into tough guy novels. He opened up another battlefield of mystery novels with his own creation. Known as "better than any novel by Hemingway", maltese falcon is the first masterpiece of Cold War doctrine, which belongs to the kind of mystery novel that you can't like but can't help reading.
The Story of Mystery and Imagination, edgar allan poe. Selected Short Stories of edgar allan poe, Allan Poe People's Literature Publishing House, USA.
Although it is the pioneering work of mystery novels, Poe's short stories are quite distinctive even today. Up to now, few short writers have been able to create endless suspense by using short space, integrate fantasy plots into rigorous logical reasoning, and add icing on the cake with sly writing. In this sense, Poe is never out of date.
4 The Greatness of Time, josephine tey. Daughter of time.
Tieyi is one of the three heroines in the second golden age of reasoning history after 1930 (the other two are agatha christie and Dorothy sayers). This book is Tieyi's most famous work, which belongs to the category of historical detective novels and won the first place in history in the voting of the British Detective Writers Association. Grant, a famous detective, was hospitalized with a foot injury. He happened to see a portrait of King Richard of England, which aroused his interest. He wants to explore the case four hundred years ago and seek the truth about the murder of the prince in the tower. ......
5 "Presumption of innocence", Scott Turow. Presumption of innocence.
Court reasoning, a classic of lawyer mystery novel. The protagonist Rasty is a senior and excellent chief prosecutor. Because of his work, he often comes into contact with some heartbreaking social evils and various crimes. In order to expose the dark side of the judicial system, he secretly manipulated and tried his best ... The result was unexpected and absolutely shocking! Scott Duroy was originally a master of English and American literature at Stanford University. After graduation, he stayed in school to teach literary creation. He likes doodling after school. Because he encountered many legal problems in the process of writing, he chose to go to Harvard Law School for further study, and then published several sensational legal thrillers. As a great writer with a lawyer background, Scott Duroy, john grisham and Richard Patterson are also called "Three Masters". The film version of this book stars Harrison Ford.
6 "The Spy Coming from the Cold", John Le Carr. The Cold Man, Johns Lecard Xinhua Publishing House.
In Bloody Murder, Simmons pointed out two creative directions of spy novels: one is represented by graham greene and John le carre, the authors of this book, who popularized mysterious spies based on their own experiences and described their pain and helplessness in colorful ways, with high literary literacy; The other is ian fleming, who wrote the 007 series, focusing on the legend of spy life, and created the image of "Superman" through the struggle between spies and a huge state machine. This book is le carre's famous work, not as original as his later novels. The plot of the book is ups and downs, often beating around the bush in unexpected places. In the writer's realistic, calm and temperate pen, he exudes a touch of sadness and deserves to be the pioneer of spy novels.
7 The Moon Stone, Wilkie Collins. The Moon Stone is published by Wilkie Collins Chinese Literature and Art Federation.
Wilkie Collins's novels seem a little out of date now. After all, not everyone will appreciate the slow-paced detective novel that lacks bloody murder and subtle tricks. However, considering that The Moon Stone is a mystery novel in the primary stage, we still have to admire Collins' storytelling skills and his ability to catch the reader's attention in such a long space. Eliot, the Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, once rated this book as "the best English detective novel", which is not without reason.
8 Sleeping, Raymond Chandler. Never Wake Up Raymond Chandler Public Publishing House.
Philip Marlowe's novel made its debut, and since then, the tough guys have found their best spokesmen. It can be said that Marlowe, an urban lone ranger with a cold appearance and a gentle heart, influenced every tough detective later. Both of them are hard-working people, but Chandler's style is completely different from hammett's: the latter is completely sophisticated and cold, and the detective works hard from the inside out, while the former always refuses to give up hope for a better humanity. The detective in his works is just a thermos-cold outside and hot inside. Therefore, hammett is known as the "Black Lord of Cold Street", while Chandler is the "Poet Laureate of Crime Novels".
9 "The Spy Coming from the Cold", John Le Carr.
Ghost of the Cold War by John le carre, Xinhua Publishing House.
/kloc-at the age of 0/8, John le carre was recruited by British military intelligence as an East Berlin spy. After retirement, he joined the British Foreign Office. 1963, he became famous with his third work, Ghost of the Cold War, and was praised by the famous novelist graham greene: "This is the best spy novel I have ever read!" Since then, he has established his position as a literary giant. Le carre won numerous awards in his life, including 1965 Allen Poe Award of American Inferior Writers Association, 1964 Maugham Award, Somerset Maugham Award of Britain, James Tate Blake Memorial Award, etc. 1988 won the CWA lifetime achievement award, 1963 and 65438+.
10 "and then it's gone", agatha christie. Unmanned, agatha christie Guizhou Publishing House.
In Christie's works, this book is really an anomaly. It is wonderful from beginning to end, which makes readers want to stop. The unprecedented plot arrangement can really be said to be "whimsical", from which we can see the real charm of this case reasoning. There are nearly 500 comments about this book on Amazon, and almost everyone gave it a five-star high score, which shows that this book has great charm, regardless of national boundaries.