This is just a quick post, which I promised some readers to put up that lists all of the mystery novels contained in my 36 Most Read Mysteries of 1936 poll. (If you haven’t voted already then click here.) I have made the odd correction to the list and added a few more titles which have been mentioned to me since the poll has started. Naturally this list is not exhaustive, but I think 351 titles is more than enough to be going on with! I’ve not included short story collections, nor true crime books, so titles such as Six Against the Yard by the Detection Club have not been added.
- Dark Masquerade by Anthony Abbot
- A Word of Six Letters by Hebert Adams
- Death off the Fairway by Herbert Adams
- The Old Jew Mystery by Herbert Adams
- Blood on His Hands by Max Afford
- The Uncounted Hour by Warner Allen
- Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
- The Dark Frontier by Eric Ambler
- Death in a Bookstore by Augusto De Angelis
- The Hotel of the Three Roses by Augusto De Angelis
- The Vanishing Yacht by Edgar Anstey
- Three Men Murdered by A. A. Archer
- Prelude to a Killing by Nicholas Ashe
- Calamity Comes to Flenton by Charles Ashton
- Death Greets a Guest by Charles Ashton
- Murder of a Matriarch by Hugh Austin
- Ring Around a Murder by George Bagby
- Round Robin by Graham Ward Bain
- Death Calls Three Times by Glyn Barnett
- Murder on Monday by Glyn Barnett
- Poison in Public by Charles Barry
- The Test Match Murder by Denzil Batchelor
- The Eight Crooked Tranches by Francis Beeding
- The Nine Waxed Faces by Francis Beeding
- Trent’s Own Case by E. C. Bentley & H. Warner Allen
- The Secret Dancer by Norman Berrow
- Oil Under the Window by Norman Berrow
- Prelude to a Murder by George Clinton Bestor
- Thou Shell of Death by Nicholas Blake
- Murder Goes Fishing by Timothy Brace
- Death Tolls the Gong by John G. Brandon
- The Case of the Withered Hand by John G. Brandon
- The Dragnet by John G. Brandon
- Murder at the ‘Yard’ by John G. Brandon
- The Pawnshop Murder by John G. Brandon
- The Snatch Game by John G. Brandon
- Suspicion was Aroused by Alan Brock
- The Grouser Investigates by Edwy Searles Brooks
- The Cambridge Murders by Adam Broome
- Case for Three Detectives by Leo Bruce
- The Island of Sheep by John Buchan
- The Sussex Down Murder by John Bude
- Murder at Elstree by Thomas Burke
- Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton
- Murder of Chemist by Miles Burton
- Where is Barbara Prentice? By Miles Burton
- The Case of the Monday Murders by Christopher Bush
- The Case of the Bonfire Body by Christopher Bush
- Turquoise Hazard by Albert Betts Caldwell
- Death Goes by Bus by Leslie Cargill
- Triple Death by Carol Carnac
- The Magic-Lantern Murders a.k.a. The Punch and Judy Murders by Carter Dickson
- The Arabian Nights Murder by John Dickson Carr
- The Devil Drives by John Newton Chance
- Saint Overboard by Leslie Charteris
- The A. B. C. Murders by Agatha Christie
- Cards on the Tables by Agatha Christie
- Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
- Good by Stealth by Henrietta Clandon
- This Delicate Murder by Henrietta Clandon
- The Fifth Tumbler by Clyde B. Clason
- The Death Angel by Clyde Clason
- No End of a Rogue by Frank A. Clement
- Amateur Crook by Hugh Clevely
- No Alibi by Belton Cobb
- The Poisoner’s Mistake by Belton Cobb
- Last Will and Testament by G. D. H. and Margaret Cole
- The Brothers Sackville by G. D. H. and Margaret Cole
- The Death Pool by James Corbett
- No Other Killer by James Corbett
- Four Doors to Death by John Courage
- Framed Evidence by Joan A. Cowdroy
- Murder Unsuspected by Joan A. Cowdroy
- The Terror Trap by John Creasey
- Thunder in Europe by John Creasey
- Murder in a Road Gang by Maurice Cresswell
- The Loss of the Jane Vosper by Freeman Wills Crofts
- Man Overboard by Freeman Wills Crofts
- The Way of the Four by Mark Cross
- The Mark of the Four by Mark Cross
- Corpses Can’t Walk by Robert Curtis
- Invitation to Murder by Robert Curtis
- The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Moray Dalton
- The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman by Moray Dalton
- The Mystery of the Smoking Gun by Carroll John Daly
- Red Murchison by Roland Daniel
- The Secret Hand by Roland Daniel
- The Slayer by Roland Daniel
- Slick-Fingered Kate by Roland Daniel
- Snake Face by Roland Daniel
- The Stedman Gang by Roland Daniel
- The Stool Pigeon by Roland Daniel
- The Ming Vase Mystery by Rex Dark
- The Wardour Street Mystery by Rex Dark
- The Crowing Hen by Reginald Davis
- The Sutton Place Murders by Robert George Dean
- What Gentleman Strangles a Lady? by Robert George Dean
- Death in the Backseat by Dorothy Cameron Disney
- Emily Coulton Dies by Maurice B. Dix
- The Fixer by Maurice B. Dix
- The Treasure of Scarland by Maurice B. Dix
- Murder by Chance by Peter Drax
- He Shot to Kill by Peter Drax
- The Case of the Unconquered Sisters by Todd Downing
- The Hand of Justice by Francis Duncan
- Detectives in Gum Boots by Roger East
- Fair Warning by Mignon G. Eberhart
- F Corridor by James Edwards
- A. B. C.’s Test Case by Ephesian
- Castle Sinister by Gwyn Evans
- The Hanging Judge by Gwyn Evans
- Rogue Royal by Gwyn Evans
- The Sign of the Saracen by Gwyn Evans
- Dangerous Beauty by J. Jefferson Farjeon
- Detective Ben by J. Jefferson Farjeon
- Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon
- Mystery at the Rectory by A. Fielding
- The Case of The Two Pearl Necklaces by A. Fielding
- Murder Mars the Tour by Mary Fitt
- Three Sisters Flew Home by Mary Fitt
- The Fortescue Candle by Brian Flynn
- Fear and Trembling by Brian Flynn
- The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe
- Death Took a Publisher by Norman Forrest
- The Attic Murder by Sydney Fowler
- Was Murder Done? by Sydney Fowler
- Post Mortem Evidence by Sydney Fowler
- Director’s Corridor by Caroline Francis
- It Couldn’t Be Suicide by Caroline Francis
- The Penrose Mystery by R. Austin Freeman
- Mr Pinkerton Has a Clue by David Frome
- Harvard Has a Homicide by Timothy Fuller
- The Case of the Stuttering Bishop by Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece by Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Hangman’s Knot by Arthur Gask
- Murder at 28.10 by Newton Gayle
- Number 1-2-3 by Francis Gerard
- Concrete Castle by Francis Gerard
- The Black Emperor by Francis Gerard
- The Dictatorship of the Dove by Francis Gerard
- Courtier to Death by Anthony Gilbert
- Murder by Experts by Anthony Gilbert
- Death Goes Ashore by Alec Glanville
- Tidings of Joy by George Goodchild and C. F. Bechhofer Roberts
- Death by Desire by Richard Goyne
- Hanged I’ll Be! by Richard Goyne
- Cardyce for the Defence by Bruce Graeme
- Blackshirt the Adventurer by Bruce Graeme
- It Walks the Wood by Alan Grant
- French Farce by Edwin Greenwood
- Henry Prince in Action by Cecil Freeman Gregg
- Stolen Death by Leo Grex
- The Case of the Malverne Diamonds by Leonard Gribble
- Riley of the Special Branch by Leonard Gribble
- The Heart in the Box by Francis Grierson
- Commandments Six and Eight by Aceituna Griffin
- The Punt Murder by Aceituna Griffin
- Death and the Golden Image by Whyte Hall
- Crime and a Clock by Whyte Hall
- Documentary Evidence by Robertson Halkett
- The Black Flame by John Halstead
- Middle Class Murder by Bruce Hamilton
- The Casino Mystery by Elaine Hamilton
- In Memory of Murder by Dean Hawkins
- The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
- Murderer at Large by Donald Henderson
- Behold, Here’s Poison by Georgette Heyer
- The House of En-Dor by Anne Hocking
- Stranglehold by Anne Hocking
- Murder Train by Gavin Holt
- Steel Shutters by Gavin Holt
- There Has Been a Murder by Henry Holt
- Arsenic on the Menu by B. H. Homersham
- The Man Who Murdered Himself by Geoffrey Homes
- The Doctor Died at Dusk by Geoffrey Homes
- Death at Court Lady by Sydney Horler
- The Grim Game by Sydney Horler
- The Traitor by Sydney Horler
- Murder Isn’t Easy by Richard Hull
- Bring ‘em Back Dead! by David Hume
- Meet the Dragon by David Hume
- The Doppelganger by Hammond Innes
- Death at the President’s Lodgings by Michael Innes
- The Diamonds of Death by Wallace Jackson
- Silent Terror by T. C. H. Jacobs
- Li Kwang’s Dagger by Frank Johnston
- A Weird Legacy by Frank Johnston
- The Marceau Case by Harry Stephen Keeler
- X Jones of Scotland Yard by Harry Stephen Keeler
- The Wonderful Scheme of Christopher Thorne by Harry Stephen Keeler
- Sic Transit Gloria by Milward Kennedy
- Murder in Rosemary Lane by Helen M. Keynes
- Enter the Dormouse by Frank King
- Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston
- The Brighton Beach Mystery by Charles Kingston
- Goring’s First Case by Peter Kippax
- Death Stands Near by Leonard A. Knight
- Night Express Murder by Leonard A. Knight
- The Clue of the Poor Man’s Shilling by Kathleen Moore Knight
- The Wheel That Turned by Kathleen Moore Knight
- His Lordship the Judge by D. H. Landels
- The Lady in the Morgue by Jonathan Latimer
- The Riddle of Wraye by John Laurence
- Deadly Decree by J. C. Lenehan
- The Guy Fawkes Murder by E. C. Lester
- The Cloze Papers by Kenneth Livingston
- The Deaf-Mute Murders by Vernon Loder
- The Little Man Murders by Vernon Loder
- I Was Murdered by M. E. Longman
- A Pall for a Painter by E. C. R. Lorac
- Crime Counter Crime by E. C. R. Lorac
- Post After Postmortem by E. C. R. Lorac
- Hi-Spy-Kick-the-Can by Victor MacClure
- The Ten Green Brothers by Angus MacVicar
- Coulson Alone by Jack Mann
- Detective Coulson by Jack Mann
- Gee’s First Case by Jack Mann
- The Shadow in the House by Maxwell March
- Snatch by Virgil Markham
- Thank you for Mr Moto by J. P. Marquand
- Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh
- The Denmede Mystery by Wyndham Martyn
- The House of Secrets by Wyndham Martyn
- The Seven Seas Murder by Van Wyck Mason
- The Bloodhounds Bay by Walter S. Masterman
- The Avenger Strikes by Walter S. Masterman
- The Border Line by Walter S. Masterman
- Prologue to the Gallows by Paul McGuire
- Threepence to Marble Arch by Paul McGuire
- A Frame for Murder by Kirke Mechem
- Death of Anton by Alan Melville
- Warning to Critics by Alan Melville
- “On the Night of the 18th…” by Laurence Meynell
- Brighton Alibi by Arthur Mills
- The Body Lies by Edward J. Milward
- Dead Man’s Morris by Gladys Mitchell
- The Clue of the Bricklayer’s Aunt by Nigel Morland
- The Street of the Leopard by Nigel Morland
- So I Killed Her by Leonard O. Mosley
- Satyr Mask by Augustus Muir
- The Bronze Door by Augustus Muir
- Hazardous Holiday by Elizabeth Nisot
- Crime at the Villa Gloria by George Norsworthy
- Judy of Bunter’s Building by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Bird of Paradise a.k.a. Floating Peril by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Puzzle of the Red Stallion a.k.a. Puzzle of the Briar Pipe by Stuart Palmer
- Death Goes to School by Q. Patrick
- The Talkative Policeman by Rupert Penny
- A Close Call by Eden Phillpotts
- The Good Books by R. Philmore
- The Dumb Witness by T. Arthur Plummer
- Was the Mayor Murdered? by T. Arthur Plummer
- The Death Game by Captain A. O. Pollard
- Unofficial Spy by Captain A. O. Pollard
- Candidate for Murder by Mortimer Post
- Red for Danger by Evadne Price
- One Murdered, Two Dead by Milton Propper
- The Bath Mysteries by E. R. Punshon
- Halfway House by Ellery Queen
- The Door Between by Ellery Queen
- A Puzzle for Fools by Patrick Quentin
- One Man’s Muddle by E. Baker Quinn
- The 13th Mummy by Garnett Radcliffe
- Murder on the Day of Judgement by Virginia Rath
- Ferryman, Take Him Across by Virginia Rath
- Dead Man’s Control by Helen Reilly
- Mr Smith’s Hat by Helen Reilly
- Leatherface Lonergan Stakes a Claim by Peter Renwick
- Trouble at Glaye by Mrs Baillie Reynolds
- Death at Breakfast by John Rhode
- In Face of the Verdict by John Rhode
- Murder by Twenty-Five by Clifton Robbins
- Devil or Saint? by Colin Robertson
- The Marble Tomb Mystery by Colin Robertson
- President Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer
- White Velvet by Sax Rohmer
- Murder in the Family by James Ronald
- I’ll Grind Their Bones by Theodore Roscoe
- The Black Spot by John Ross
- The Moccasin Man by John Ross
- Death on Dartmoor by John Rowland
- The Professor Dies by John Rowland
- Death in the Wood by Charles Rushton
- Death of an Eloquent Man by Charlotte Murray Russell
- Death Meets the Coroner by J. Knox Ryland
- Highly Unsafe by Max Saltmarsh
- Highly Inflammable by Max Saltmarsh
- Murder is Infectious by Sutherland Scott
- Murder Without Mourners by Sutherland Scott
- The Four Dead Men by Spencer Simpson
- Murder at the Miramar by Edmund Snell
- Yellow Jacket by Edmund Snell
- The Museum Mystery by Andrew Soutar
- Or Give Me Death by Erle Spencer
- Murder Gone to Earth by Jonathan Stagge
- The Island Murder by Traill Stevenson
- Murder at the Bar by Traill Stevenson
- The Red Box by Rex Stout
- The Rubber Band by Rex Stout
- Death in Diamonds by H. R. Taunton
- The Crimson Patch by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- Out of Order by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- The Crimson Hair Murders by Darwin Teilhet
- The Feather Cloak Murders by Darwin Teilhet
- A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
- Dead End Street by Lee Thayer
- Dark of the Moon by Lee Thayer
- Who Killed Stella Pomeroy? By Sir Basil Thomson
- Invitation to Murder by Ralph Trevor
- Under Suspicion by Ralph Trevor
- Murder Paves the Way by Seldon Truss
- Rooksmiths by Seldon Truss
- Draw the Blinds by Seldon Truss
- Below the Clock by J. V. Turner
- Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur Upfield
- Murder in Fiji by John W. Vandercook
- The Kidnap Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
- The Ghost Man by Gerald Verner
- The Grim Joker by Gerald Verner
- The Hand of Fear by Gerald Verner
- The River Men by Gerald Verner
- The Seven Clues by Gerald Verner
- The Watcher by Gerald Verner
- Who Killed Gatton? by E. Charles Vivian
- With Intent to Kill by E. Charles Vivian
- Bury Him Darkly by Henry Wade
- Belt of Suspicion by H. Russell Wakefield
- Death of a Jazz King by Charles M. Walker
- Death Flies High by Rowland Walker
- Death of a Libertine by Carlton Wallace
- The Corpse in the Crimson Slippers by R. A. J. Walling
- The Corpse with the Dirty Face by R. A. J. Walling
- Mr Tolefree’s Reluctant Witnesses by R. A. J. Walling
- Dead or Alive by Patricia Wentworth
- Hole and Corner by Patricia Wentworth
- Reduction of Staff by F. J. Whaley
- Trouble in College by F. J. Whaley
- Murder Off Miami by Dennis Wheatley (Crime File #1)
- Death Calls the Jester by H. E. Wheeler
- The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
- Dead Man Manor by Valentine Williams
- The Spider’s Touch by Valentine Williams
- Defeat of a Detective by Cecil M. Wills
- Fatal Accident by Cecil M. Wills
- Come Away Death by A. G. Wilson
- His Excellency, Governor Wallace by Alexander Wilson
- Which Way Came Death? by Faith Wolseley
- Hangman’s Child by Andrew Wood
- King Vagabond by Andrew Wood
- Nor Proven Castle by Andrew Wood
- Murder in Thin Air by Anthony Wynne
#236 is titled Death Comes at Christmas in the 2019 Vintage re-issue in case that helps other newbies like me recognise it!
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