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John Dickson Carr Book Rankings Poll

You can view this list broken down into the following categories: Dr Fell / Henry Merrivale / Historical Novels / 'Other'.


He Who Whispers ( 1946) [ Fell] : 105
The Three Coffins (The Hollow Man) ( 1935) [ Fell] : 95
The Judas Window ( 1938) [ Merrivale] : 93
The Case of the Constant Suicides ( 1941) [ Fell] : 91
The Crooked Hinge ( 1938) [ Fell] : 84
The Nine Wrong Answers ( 1952) [ (none)] : 66
The Burning Court ( 1937) [ Cross] : 66
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp ( 1945) [ Merrivale] : 64
Patrick Butler for the Defense ( 1956) [ Butler] : 54
The Sleeping Sphinx ( 1947) [ Fell] : 53
The Arabian Nights Murder ( 1936) [ Fell] : 47
The Problem of the Green Capsule (The Black Spectacles) ( 1939) [ Fell] : 47
The Skeleton in the Clock ( 1948) [ Merrivale] : 44
The Devil in Velvet ( 1951) [Historical (1675)] : 42
Fire, Burn! ( 1957) [ Historical (1829)] : 41
The Bride of Newgate ( 1950) [Historical (1815)] : 40
Fear Is the Same ( 1956) [ Historical (1795)] : 40
Till Death Do Us Part ( 1944) [ Fell] : 39
Captain Cut-Throat ( 1955) [ Historical (1805)] : 39
Death in Five Boxes ( 1938) [ Merrivale] : 39
Night at the Mocking Widow ( 1950) [ Merrivale] : 39
The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey ( 1936) [ (none)] : 38
The Corpse in the Waxworks ( 1932) [ Bencolin] : 37
The Plague Court Murders ( 1934) [ Merrivale] : 37
And So to Murder ( 1940) [ Merrivale] : 37
The Red Widow Murders ( 1935) [ Merrivale] : 36
The Problem of the Wire Cage ( 1939) [ Fell] : 35
The White Priory Murders ( 1934) [ Merrivale] : 35
She Died a Lady ( 1943) [ Merrivale] : 35
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes ( 1952) [ Holmes] : 33
Hag's Nook ( 1933) [ Fell] : 32
The Emperor's Snuff Box ( 1942) [ Kinross] : 28
He Wouldn't Kill Patience ( 1944) [ Merrivale] : 28
The Punch and Judy Murders (The Magic Lantern Murders) ( 1936) [ Merrivale] : 26
The Gilded Man ( 1942) [ Merrivale] : 26
It Walks by Night ( 1930) [Bencolin] : 25
In Spite of Thunder ( 1960) [ Fell] : 25
The Lost Gallows ( 1931) [ Bencolin] : 24
Death-Watch ( 1935) [ Fell] : 24
Nine -- and Death Makes Ten (Murder in the Submarine Zone) ( 1940) [ Merrivale] : 24
The Reader Is Warned ( 1939) [ Merrivale] : 22
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( 1949) [ (none)] : 21
The Four False Weapons ( 1937) [ Bencolin] : 19
The Mad Hatter Mystery ( 1933) [ Fell] : 19
The Blind Barber ( 1934) [ Fell] : 19
The Unicorn Murders ( 1935) [ Merrivale] : 19
The Peacock Feather Murders (The Ten Teacups) ( 1937) [ Merrivale] : 19
My Late Wives ( 1946) [ Merrivale] : 18
Poison in Jest ( 1932) [ Rossiter] : 16
The Man Who Could Not Shudder ( 1940) [ Fell] : 16
To Wake the Dead ( 1938) [ Fell] : 14
Death Turns the Tables (The Seat of the Scornful) ( 1942) [ Fell] : 14
The Witch of the Low Tide ( 1961) [ Historical (1907)] : 13
Castle Skull ( 1931) [ Bencolin] : 12
The Department of Queer Complaints ( 1981) [March] : 12
Fatal Descent (Fall to His Death) ( 1939) [ Glass] : 11
The House at Satan's Elbow ( 1965) [ Fell] : 10
Seeing Is Believing (Cross of Murder) ( 1941) [ Merrivale] : 10
Below Suspicion ( 1949) [ Fell] : 9
Scandal at High Chimneys ( 1959) [ Historical (1865)] : 7
The Demoniacs ( 1962) [ Historical (1757)] : 7
A Graveyard to Let ( 1949) [ Merrivale] : 6
The Eight of Swords ( 1934) [ Fell] : 5
The Dead Man's Knock ( 1958) [ Fell] : 5
Fell and Foul Play ( 1991) [Fell, et al.] : 5
Papa La-Bas ( 1968) [ Historical (1858)] : 5
Merrivale, March, and Murder ( 1991) [ Merrivale et al.] : 5
The Door to Doom ( 1980) [ Bencolin et al.] : 4
Panic in Box C ( 1966) [ Fell] : 4
Dark of the Moon ( 1967) [ Fell] : 4
Devil Kinsmere ( 1934) [ Historical (1670)] : 4
The Ghost's High Noon ( 1969) [ Historical (1912)] : 4
Deadly Hall ( 1971) [ Historical (1927)] : 4
Behind the Crimson Blind ( 1952) [ Merrivale] : 4
The Third Bullet ( 1937) [ Marquis] : 3
Most Secret ( 1964) [ Historical (1670)] : 3
The Cavalier's Cup ( 1953) [ Merrivale] : 3
The Hungry Goblin ( 1972) [ Historical (1869)] : 2
The Bowstring Murders ( 1933) [ Gaunt] : 1
The Men Who Explained Miracles ( 1964) [(various)] : 0
The Third Bullet and Other Stories ( 1954) [(various)] : 0
The Dead Sleep Lightly ( 1983) [(various)] : 0
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