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Section III – Classic or Best Lists
         Authors' Choices (Miscellaneous Sources)
         Barzun and Taylor's Classic Crime Novels 1900-1975
         Anthony Boucher Best / Important Selections 1942-1967
                Boucher's List of Best Titles - Novels
                Boucher's List of Important Titles - Novels
         Bouchercon Panel – The Essentials of Mystery: Creating a Mystery
         List From 1950 - 2000
                Marv Lachman – Important ("Best") Books 1950 – 1969
                Marv Lachman – Important ("Best") Books 1970 – 1979
                Jim Huang – Enduring Favorites from the 1980s and 1990s 
         Boucheron Panel Editor's Picks -- Favorite Mysteries
                Favorite Mysteries – 2005
                Favorite Mysteries – 2004
         Bourgeau Classic Mystery Books
         William F. Deeck's – My One Hundred Best Mystery Books
         Dell Great Mystery Library
         Sue Feder's Favorite Fifty 
         Douglas G. Greene's Twenty-Five Greatest Volumes of Detective Short Stories
         Douglas G. Greene's Additions to Queen's Quorum, Post-Queen's Quorum,
         and Extended Queen's Quorum
                Additions to Queen's Quorum
                Post-Queen's Quorum
                Additions to Queen's Quorum
         Douglas G. Greene – Locked - Room and Impossible -
         Crime Novels of All Time
         Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones
                Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones
                A Selected List of Detective Story Anthologies, by Howard Haycraft
                Haycraft Juvenile
                Haycraft Specialties 
        Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) 100 Favorite Mysteries
        of the Century

        Additional Books Selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
        (IMBA)
        They Died in Vain Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels
        Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers
        International Thriller Writers Must-Read Thrillers
        H.R.F. Keating – The 100 Best Books of Crime and Mystery 
        Marvin Lachman – 150 Favorite Novels
        Marvin Lachman – Favorite 1st Mystery Novels
        Lori L. Lake –  Lesbian and Gay Sleuths
        David Lehman Further Reading
        Mystery Writers of America 
             Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time
             Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time – Additional Selections
         Francis M. Nevins – Top Ten Authors
         Queen's Quorum
         Ellery Queen's Twelve Best Detective Stories
         Reader's Guides to Mystery Novels
                Mary J. Jarvis – Notable Suspense Novels
                Marvin Lachman – 100 Notable American Novels of Detection
                Gary Warren Niebuhr – The Private Eye Novel: 100 Classics and
                Highly Recommended Titles
                Susan Oleksiw – Classic British Mystery 100 Classics of the Genre
                Nancy-Stephanie Stone – 100 Spy and Thriller Novels
                Jo Ann Vicarel – 100 Police Procedural Novels
         James Sandoe – Honor Roll of Crime Fiction
         Howard Haycraft's Additions to James Sandoe's Honor Roll of Crime Fiction
         James Sandoe – The Private Eye: A Personal Checklist
         Charles Shibuk – 105 Best Mystery Novels of All Time: A Preliminary List
         Grobius Shortling Mystery Lists
         Rex Stout's 10 Favorite Detective Novels
         Julian Symons 100 Best Crime Stories
         Robin Winks – A Personal List of Favorites

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