Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes particularly The Speckled Band and the Sign of Four. Any of Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe stories particularly the Long Goodbye. The novels you've mentioned here by Allingham, Christie and James. James is the most realistic of that lot. You're right there are too many too list all of them.
I would have added to the list The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. I don't want to say too much, but the novel is written all in first person; however, the narrating character does not stay consistent.
As a huge Agatha Christie fan, I love it when people talk about her lesser known books and Cards on the Table is my favourite of her lesser known books, so thanks for sharing the love of this incredible book.
I love that you included PD James on your list - she's a fantastic author! Her writing style and the development of her characters makes it such a pleasure to read her books. I haven't read her books in a few decades, so thank you for the reminder to go back and do some re-reading ❤
It is so refreshing to see someone talking about real literature regardless of genre! You mentioned a few I have not read but now really want to read! Thank you!
What a wonderful video. Agatha Christie was the first grown- up fiction I read aged about 12 ( I preferred non- fiction) as my mum had her books. I was immediately hooked. I’ve read most of the classics of literature ( I’m now 53) and although I love reading them, I now feel entitled to indulge in ones from the Classic Crime era. The BL reprints and the old Green Penguins turn up some unjustly neglected or forgotten authors.
so glad you mentioned Josephine Tey at the end. I've loved every thing she has written. Brat Farrer is my favorite so far. I just read Ministry of Fear. The POV is from a man with PTSD so it can get confusing but the story is compelling. The description of the bombings is powerful. It such an intricate book, I will read it again.
Readers of classic literature often ten to look down upon murder mysteries and thrillers but they can be just as well crafted, illuminating, atmospheric and enjoyable as the most highly regarded masterpieces. There's a whole world to discover in their creative mysteries and thrills from all over the world.
My son had a high school English class that explored all the genres. There is good literature in science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, probability even romance. Don’t waste your time on the badly written ones, enjoy the good ones.
I’ve graduate degrees in English & French lit, & taught English in HS & junior college. Murder mysteries are not only my fav genre but some are classic lit - Edgar Allen Poe (Murders in the Rue Morgue is arguably the first murder mystery) & Wilkie Collin’s (Lady in White, The Moonstone) are considered‘classics’, also to my everlasting delight, Dashielle Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) & Agatha Christie are both now considered worthy of inclusion in college lit classes 🥰
I do love murder mysteries. Thank you so much Tristan. Just for those like me who want the titles - Here’s the list - 1. The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2. The Crime at Black Dudley, 3. Cards on the Table, 4. Death of an Author, 5. Cover her face, 6. Double indemnity 7. Gallows Thief, 8. Tokyo Express, 9. The Ministry of Fear and 10. Morality Play
Lousie Penny and Robert Galbraith are my modern guilty pleasure. I get so sucked in. But I adore Dorothy Sayers! Gaudy Night is my favorite, but I also loved Murder Must Advertise and Busman's Honeymoon.
My wife kept after me to read Gaudy - “the only murder mystery without a murder”. I did and went on to read the series. Someone who writes in the spirit of Sayers is Elizabeth George whose long,deep, complex, character-driven novels are near perfection. (Britbox has made several into short features - leaving out parts of the stories)
@@smb-zf9bdElizabeth George is too hard on her detective for me - I read several of her books but I kept wishing she’d stay focused more on the murders. I got spoiled by the adroitness of PD James & Dorothy Sayers 😊
@@teleriferchnyfain What drew me to E G was her study of the human condition and the reasons behind all actions. The crimes were not random but the culmination of a long, psychologically damaging period. Love Sayers - my wife finally got me to read her and I really liked them.
@@insidethefishbowl I just started listening to a Dorothy sayers book. Wow is it good. And the English narrator is delightful. Due to eye sight issues I listen while I walk more than I read. It’s a delight !
A mystery writer I always loved who's seldom mentioned in "best of" lists, is Dick Francis. Lots of great stories centered around the world of horse racing.
I very much enjoy the Cadfael books. Murder and mystery but embedded in the context of a country in civil war and with none of the benefits of modern forensics. Cadfael himself is such an unusual character, ex soldier, Benedict monk, herbalist, a man of spirituality, pragmatism, compassion and endless curiosity. His unlikely and enduring friendship with Shrewsbury's deputy Sheriff/Sheriff Hugh Berengar is also at the heart of the books. Read in order, the reader also discovers a gentle story and character arc.
I read the complete series in order and wasn’t disappointed with even one. Some of them even made me cry. In fact, it was a real wrench to have to come back from the world of Cadfael.
I don't know if true, I saw or read somewhere that she started the Campion mysteries as sort of a spoof on the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers. For example the detective's personalities being opposite. I can't imagine Albert Campion having moral angst, a troubling in the soul. He would instead likely crack a clever joke. LOL.
@@acratone8300 Yes she said she introduced him as a minor character for comic relief but readers liked him so she made him the main character in later books. He does become much more serious as the series goes on.
I couldn't name a favorite murder mystery. I can probably name my favorite Agatha Christies, though, which are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Orient Express, which are both examples of Christie bending the conventions of the mystery novel until they break. She was a great experimentalist. (Oh, and throw in And Then There Were None, too).
I don't read a lot of mysteries these days because I have never found anyone as good as P.D. James. Her books are more like novels that happen to contain a murder. Her writing and the complexity of her characters are unparalled. And I have had a crush on Adam Dalgleish for 40 years. But you have inspired me to try some of these other books.
Love love love this video. Murder mystery is my favorite genre and my most book read genre. So many in your list that I can’t wait to read in future. Thanks Tristan
I enjoyed not only your picks, several of which I had to order immediately, but also the relish with which you've described each of them! I'm very happy to have discovered your channel!
You and your wife read books to each other on your honeymoon? OMG. That is just about the loveliest thing I have ever heard. And now I want to read all these books!!
All are good but hard to leave out Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth George, Edmund Crispin and even the incredible Anthony Horowitz. Thanks for adding the literary content.
Hello Tristan, I discovered your channel only 6 days ago. A happenstance. I was teaching English language and literature for thirty years and 6 months in a college. After retiring in March this year, reading has become my priority. You have helped me to explore hidden nuances in the classics, fixate on things that really matter " far from the madding crowd".I really plan to revisit the classics.Binge- watching your TBRs in the initial days really started meddling with my reading 🙂. By the way you have never discussed William Darlymple ? Lasitha Kerala India
Very enjoyable - thanks, Tristan, and I will add my voice to those who love Dorthy Sayers and Josephine Tey. I have just rewatched this video - and liked it even more second time around ; such an excellent choice of books.
Though these will probably not make your best of list, I love the Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. The historical setting is fantastic. And I’ve just discovered Patricia Wentwoth’s Miss Silver series. Both of these series I would say are in the cozy mystery category which are very soothing for me right now.
Another great list, thank you! I thought I'd read all of the Agatha Christies, but Cards on the Table doesn't sound familiar at all. So maybe I have a new Christie for Christmas! I discovered Ellis Peters a while ago and just love them.😊
Just found your channel! I like PD James, read most of them. And Agatha Christie, read all of them many times over. Started with mysteries when I was a young child, never gave them up! Thank you for this, I am thrilled to find you!🤓
What a fantastic set of recommendations 😱, I rushed to my Audible account straight away ( THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM is read by my favourite!). I love mystery books; I remember one of my uni tutors claim that a detective story is an ideal of a book as it engages the reader and keeps them in suspense. I do not intend to argue with that 😁 Thanks a million 👍
I loved this video and have just bought three of the books recommended! At 78yo, I'm an avid reader of whodunits - although the majority of them are awful - but books by these authors are almost guaranteed to be brilliant. Thank you for making this video; I shall certainly watch more of yours. You present the books enthusiastically and are very charming with it.
Hi Tristan, I'm in Western Australia and I love your reviews and commentary. I went straight on to my library's app and only got one from your list. They have ebooks and audio books but I have to have a book. I've sent this video yo my sister in Queensland as she is in the process of trying to get her first murder mystery published. I have to say that as we had 40°C a couple of times this week I am not looking for anything cosy! More like a beach umbrella and a long cold drink! Have a great Holiday season. Lynn 14/12/24 noon
I am new to listening to you and I am very impressed. I have been busy making a list to read even of the ones I have read before. What a fantastic memory you have I envy you. You must reread the one you have forgotten. More please!
Interesting list. I was going to say you missed Erle Stanley Gardiner, who outsold Agatha Christie for at least a little while. I was also partial to Three Bags Full for its interesting detectives. And, of course, The Last Policeman and the other books in the trilogy for the interesting setting.
I’m so happy to find somebody talking about the type of mysteries I have on my shelves! I too, loved Cards on the table and Double Indemnity, but I’ve not read the others on your list even though a few of them are on my shelves. I love all things mystery, so I enjoyed this video immensely and will check out these titles for sure! I appreciated your knowledge of some of the “golden age” crime authors, I have many of these to read, and I’ve just started to pick up a few Japanese mysteries although I haven’t got right into them yet. Perhaps 2025 is my time to do that, you’ve certainly piqued my interest. Thankyou!
Hi, Tristan! I just recently found you and I'm really enjoying your recommendations. I've been reading lots of Mary Roberts Rinehart mysteries lately. Apparently she was well read from the 1920's through 1950's, but I never knew about her. In my humble opinion, her best that I've read is, The Album. Thanks for sharing mysteries from long ago. I find I enjoy older, true mysteries most of all. Have a lovely day, Tristan!
Margery Allingham wrote the Campion mysteries. Also Le mystere de la chambre jaune (yes I read it in the original French) features the same detective who’s in Le phantome de l’opera. Everyone interested in mysteries should read Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers & Josephine Tey.
Wonderful video, as usual. I’ve read Cards on the Table, a classic Christie, and earlier this year had the pleasure to read Tokyo Express and loved it so much. I wish there were more translations of the author’s work.
How on earth do you recall in such detail books which you may not have read in a while? I wish I had such facility! I just love your enthusiasm and have noted down most of these to read myself! Thank you for the remarkable service you provide.
This is a wonderful list! There is nothing like classical mysteries. I’ve immediately put Gallows Thief , Tokyo Express, Ministry of Fear and Morality Play on my TBR list. And, yes please, do this over and over again!
Hello Tristan! I've read cards on the table by Agatha Christie, I really enjoyed it (as most of her books, i guess I read almost 30 of her stories!) I will surely search all the books you mentioned at my local library, they're all intriguing! Thank you for your wonderful recommendations as always! 😊
I'm a murder mystery fanatic. I haven't read all the ones you mention, but most of them. I will definitely look up the Japanese one. I've read quite a few Japanese murder mysteries and find them very intriguing and quite different from American and British ones. One I particularly enjoyed was Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada. Hard to pick favorites for me. Christie and Poe, of course. And Margery Allingham. And the Dalgliesh books. And Nero Wolfe. And from the present, Anthony Horowitz. I could go on for pages, but I'll stop now. Happy holidays!
This was great, thank you, I don’t know when you have time to read so much. James Cain was an absolutely terrific writer, you fell right in with his genius first paragraphs. The only other writers who were able to do that were ( in my book, that is, ha ha) Shirley Jackson and Charles Portis . 🥰
I REALLY hate the term ‘cozy mystery’. Christie especially is no such thing - several of her novels disturb me (as in, so tragic - Sad Cypress for instance).
@@tristanandtheclassics6538All the Holmes stories are marvelous - comfort reads for me. I have reread Hound of the Baskervilles every year for decades!
New to your channel and loving your recommendations as I am looking to expand my reading list this year. The Bernard Cornwell was fantastic. Just started Tokyo Express
I'm older so I've read most of these authors. I reread these partly to avoid all these modern mysteries with so much technology, emails and texts and pinging locations, etc. Mary Roberts Rinehart is famous for The Bat which has been made into a suspense movie. Ngaio Marsh wrote Tied Up in Tinsel which is a wonderful old Christmas mystery.
Ngaio Marsh is one of the Queens of mystery from the early 20th century (Agatha Christie & Dorothy Sayers being the other two), Margaret Allingham, Josephine Tey & Georgetter Heyer were the ladies in waiting LOL LOL LOL
The detective in "The Yellow Room" is Rouletabille, pronounced about "rule-ta-BEE". It is a funny name which means "roll your head", slang for "use your noggin".
Hi Tristan, loved your selection. I'm a murder mystery buff and some of these are new to me. Even from authors that I have read quite a bit of. So on the list now. Love your presentation too. Btw you look and sound like Michael Sheen, has anyone ever told you that? Cheers and a happy new year.
Just found your channel and totally love your approach to literature and the way you craft your videos! I will def take some recommendations and enjoy. Thank you
Loved this so much, I’m always on the lookout for new writers in the genre. The only one I have read is the PD James which I agree is not her greatest Dalgleish novel. For me she was finding her feet with this one and then lets rip as her confidence rises! A very different author for me is Louise Penny and her series of books about Chief Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Sureté. Happy reading!
This video made me subscriped. I want to read all of these now! He has such an authentic way to talk about these books. You can just see the joy for them as he goes through the list.
Is Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca considered a murder mystery, or does the fact that the murder is not planned make it something else? I know other stories of Du Maurier's tend toward horror, like Don't Look Now, but Rebecca does involve a murder. It just isn't revealed until the twist at the end. Also, some of the supporting characters - Mrs. Danvers certainly, and Mrs. Van Hopper - really take on a life of their own they're so well done.
Funny, I just started to listen to some 'oldies but goodies' Sherlock Holmes stories on my podcast app. It's great diversion from all the pre Christmas hustle and bustle. Maybe I'll pick up a book or two as well!
Tell me, what murder mysteries do you love?
Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes particularly The Speckled Band and the Sign of Four. Any of Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe stories particularly the Long Goodbye. The novels you've mentioned here by Allingham, Christie and James. James is the most realistic of that lot. You're right there are too many too list all of them.
The Thursday Murder Club.
It is drama, but I loved Sleuth! Excited to give these a read, thank you!
Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys, but that was about 55 years ago that I was reading them.
I would have added to the list The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. I don't want to say too much, but the novel is written all in first person; however, the narrating character does not stay consistent.
As a huge Agatha Christie fan, I love it when people talk about her lesser known books and Cards on the Table is my favourite of her lesser known books, so thanks for sharing the love of this incredible book.
Totally agree!
I love that you included PD James on your list - she's a fantastic author! Her writing style and the development of her characters makes it such a pleasure to read her books. I haven't read her books in a few decades, so thank you for the reminder to go back and do some re-reading ❤
It is so refreshing to see someone talking about real literature regardless of genre! You mentioned a few I have not read but now really want to read! Thank you!
I love all Josephine Tey and Dorothy Sayers books!
As I listen I am looking at your picture behind you…love it…
Hello Tristan, please do more of the murder mysteries… wonderful video!
Thanks Peggy
What a wonderful video. Agatha Christie was the first grown- up fiction I read aged about 12 ( I preferred non- fiction) as my mum had her books. I was immediately hooked. I’ve read most of the classics of literature ( I’m now 53) and although I love reading them, I now feel entitled to indulge in ones from the Classic Crime era. The BL reprints and the old Green Penguins turn up some unjustly neglected or forgotten authors.
so glad you mentioned Josephine Tey at the end. I've loved every thing she has written. Brat Farrer is my favorite so far. I just read Ministry of Fear. The POV is from a man with PTSD so it can get confusing but the story is compelling. The description of the bombings is powerful. It such an intricate book, I will read it again.
Readers of classic literature often ten to look down upon murder mysteries and thrillers but they can be just as well crafted, illuminating, atmospheric and enjoyable as the most highly regarded masterpieces. There's a whole world to discover in their creative mysteries and thrills from all over the world.
I think you mean tend to not ten.
My son had a high school English class that explored all the genres. There is good literature in science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, probability even romance. Don’t waste your time on the badly written ones, enjoy the good ones.
I’ve graduate degrees in English & French lit, & taught English in HS & junior college. Murder mysteries are not only my fav genre but some are classic lit - Edgar Allen Poe (Murders in the Rue Morgue is arguably the first murder mystery) & Wilkie Collin’s (Lady in White, The Moonstone) are considered‘classics’, also to my everlasting delight, Dashielle Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) & Agatha Christie are both now considered worthy of inclusion in college lit classes 🥰
I loved listening to you thank you!
I do love murder mysteries. Thank you so much Tristan. Just for those like me who want the titles - Here’s the list - 1. The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2. The Crime at Black Dudley, 3. Cards on the Table, 4. Death of an Author, 5. Cover her face, 6. Double indemnity 7. Gallows Thief, 8. Tokyo Express, 9. The Ministry of Fear and 10. Morality Play
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Lousie Penny and Robert Galbraith are my modern guilty pleasure. I get so sucked in. But I adore Dorothy Sayers! Gaudy Night is my favorite, but I also loved Murder Must Advertise and Busman's Honeymoon.
My wife kept after me to read Gaudy - “the only murder mystery without a murder”. I did and went on to read the series. Someone who writes in the spirit of Sayers is Elizabeth George whose long,deep, complex, character-driven novels are near perfection. (Britbox has made several into short features - leaving out parts of the stories)
@@smb-zf9bdElizabeth George is too hard on her detective for me - I read several of her books but I kept wishing she’d stay focused more on the murders. I got spoiled by the adroitness of PD James & Dorothy Sayers 😊
@@teleriferchnyfain What drew me to E G was her study of the human condition and the reasons behind all actions. The crimes were not random but the culmination of a long, psychologically damaging period. Love Sayers - my wife finally got me to read her and I really liked them.
@@insidethefishbowl I just started listening to a Dorothy sayers book. Wow is it good. And the English narrator is delightful. Due to eye sight issues I listen while I walk more than I read. It’s a delight !
A mystery writer I always loved who's seldom mentioned in "best of" lists, is Dick Francis. Lots of great stories centered around the world of horse racing.
I’ve just listened to two of them. I think they are great !
Loved his books. :)
I very much enjoy the Cadfael books. Murder and mystery but embedded in the context of a country in civil war and with none of the benefits of modern forensics. Cadfael himself is such an unusual character, ex soldier, Benedict monk, herbalist, a man of spirituality, pragmatism, compassion and endless curiosity. His unlikely and enduring friendship with Shrewsbury's deputy Sheriff/Sheriff Hugh Berengar is also at the heart of the books. Read in order, the reader also discovers a gentle story and character arc.
I love Cadfael.🙌😀
I loved the Cadfael books.
I read the complete series in order and wasn’t disappointed with even one. Some of them even made me cry. In fact, it was a real wrench to have to come back from the world of Cadfael.
Thanks. Sounds good !
Cadfael is wonderful!
I never knew Double Indemnity was a book. One of my favourite noir movies.
Mine as well!
I love Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion mysteries. Such a delightful series. I discovered them because of the BBC series starring Peter Davison.
I don't know if true, I saw or read somewhere that she started the Campion mysteries as sort of a spoof on the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers. For example the detective's personalities being opposite. I can't imagine Albert Campion having moral angst, a troubling in the soul. He would instead likely crack a clever joke. LOL.
Watching this now.
@@acratone8300 Yes she said she introduced him as a minor character for comic relief but readers liked him so she made him the main character in later books. He does become much more serious as the series goes on.
Try Traitor's Purse for a bit of angst. Campion in a totally different light.@@acratone8300
@@acratone8300 I have to say, Sayers is the better writer LOL
I couldn't name a favorite murder mystery. I can probably name my favorite Agatha Christies, though, which are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Orient Express, which are both examples of Christie bending the conventions of the mystery novel until they break. She was a great experimentalist. (Oh, and throw in And Then There Were None, too).
I found Agatha Christie late in life. So well done.
I don't read a lot of mysteries these days because I have never found anyone as good as P.D. James. Her books are more like novels that happen to contain a murder. Her writing and the complexity of her characters are unparalled. And I have had a crush on Adam Dalgleish for 40 years. But you have inspired me to try some of these other books.
You might enjoy Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey novels. They are just lovely.
@katg5369 I read all of sayers many years ago and did really like her. I will have to read them again! Thanks for the reminder.
It’s strange. I always get a hankering for classic murder mysteries at Christmas time! 🤷♀️
Must be the visiting relatives? 😄
Love love love this video. Murder mystery is my favorite genre and my most book read genre. So many in your list that I can’t wait to read in future. Thanks Tristan
Ruth Rendell was another great mystery writer!
I really love Christie's "Taken At The Flood". Chapter 2 is some of the best writing I believe she ever did.
I enjoyed not only your picks, several of which I had to order immediately, but also the relish with which you've described each of them! I'm very happy to have discovered your channel!
You and your wife read books to each other on your honeymoon? OMG. That is just about the loveliest thing I have ever heard. And now I want to read all these books!!
All are good but hard to leave out Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth George, Edmund Crispin and even the incredible Anthony Horowitz. Thanks for adding the literary content.
Hello Tristan, I discovered your channel only 6 days ago. A happenstance. I was teaching English language and literature for thirty years and 6 months in a college. After retiring in March this year, reading has become my priority. You have helped me to explore hidden nuances in the classics, fixate on things that really matter " far from the madding crowd".I really plan to revisit the classics.Binge- watching your TBRs in the initial days really started meddling with my reading 🙂. By the way you have never discussed William Darlymple ?
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Very enjoyable - thanks, Tristan, and I will add my voice to those who love Dorthy Sayers and Josephine Tey.
I have just rewatched this video - and liked it even more second time around ; such an excellent choice of books.
Though these will probably not make your best of list, I love the Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. The historical setting is fantastic. And I’ve just discovered Patricia Wentwoth’s Miss Silver series. Both of these series I would say are in the cozy mystery category which are very soothing for me right now.
Another great list, thank you! I thought I'd read all of the Agatha Christies, but Cards on the Table doesn't sound familiar at all. So maybe I have a new Christie for Christmas!
I discovered Ellis Peters a while ago and just love them.😊
Love Allingham. Good call. Big fan of the golden age of crime. ECR Lorac wrote some great books.
As a mystery lover, you have given me some new mysteries to read! I am making my list of new books to look forward to!
Just found your channel! I like PD James, read most of them. And Agatha Christie, read all of them many times over. Started with mysteries when I was a young child, never gave them up! Thank you for this, I am thrilled to find you!🤓
The Crime at Black Dudley and Double Indemnity sound like a lot of fun. Added them to my Christmas list!
What a fantastic set of recommendations 😱, I rushed to my Audible account straight away ( THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM is read by my favourite!). I love mystery books; I remember one of my uni tutors claim that a detective story is an ideal of a book as it engages the reader and keeps them in suspense. I do not intend to argue with that 😁
Thanks a million 👍
Louise Penny, Walter Mosley and Michael Connelly. Of course, Christie is not to be missed!
I loved this video and have just bought three of the books recommended! At 78yo, I'm an avid reader of whodunits - although the majority of them are awful - but books by these authors are almost guaranteed to be brilliant. Thank you for making this video; I shall certainly watch more of yours. You present the books enthusiastically and are very charming with it.
So pleased to see ECR Lorac here; you didn’t pick one of my favorites, but she deserves to be resurrected from obscurity.
This was so exciting. I am all tuned up for finding murderers everywhere. 😊.Thank you Tristan, you are terrific.
Hi Tristan, I'm in Western Australia and I love your reviews and commentary. I went straight on to my library's app and only got one from your list. They have ebooks and audio books but I have to have a book. I've sent this video yo my sister in Queensland as she is in the process of trying to get her first murder mystery published. I have to say that as we had 40°C a couple of times this week I am not looking for anything cosy! More like a beach umbrella and a long cold drink! Have a great Holiday season. Lynn 14/12/24 noon
I am new to listening to you and I am very impressed. I have been busy making a list to read even of the ones I have read before. What a fantastic memory you have I envy you. You must reread the one you have forgotten. More please!
I read Morality Play at your suggestion and absolutely loved it. It was one of my favorite reads in 2024. Thank you.
I'm so glad! It was so much fun.
Interesting list.
I was going to say you missed Erle Stanley Gardiner, who outsold Agatha Christie for at least a little while.
I was also partial to Three Bags Full for its interesting detectives.
And, of course, The Last Policeman and the other books in the trilogy for the interesting setting.
I’m so happy to find somebody talking about the type of mysteries I have on my shelves! I too, loved Cards on the table and Double Indemnity, but I’ve not read the others on your list even though a few of them are on my shelves. I love all things mystery, so I enjoyed this video immensely and will check out these titles for sure! I appreciated your knowledge of some of the “golden age” crime authors, I have many of these to read, and I’ve just started to pick up a few Japanese mysteries although I haven’t got right into them yet. Perhaps 2025 is my time to do that, you’ve certainly piqued my interest. Thankyou!
I'm currently reading Morality Play because of your past recommendation. I am enjoying it!
Hope you enjoy it!
I used to love murder mysteries in my younger days. Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Martha Grimes (always fun), P.D. James.
Thank you! Haven’t read many of these books. Just subscribed. Like your descriptions of the plots.
Thank you. Nice to make your acquaintance 😀
P.D. James "Original Sin" is great! I ready almost all of them, but I need to read "Cover her Face". Thx!
Hi, Tristan! I just recently found you and I'm really enjoying your recommendations. I've been reading lots of Mary Roberts Rinehart mysteries lately. Apparently she was well read from the 1920's through 1950's, but I never knew about her. In my humble opinion, her best that I've read is, The Album. Thanks for sharing mysteries from long ago. I find I enjoy older, true mysteries most of all. Have a lovely day, Tristan!
Thanks for mentioning Rinehart, I've heard of them but never got around to reading them. 😀❤️
Margery Allingham wrote the Campion mysteries.
Also Le mystere de la chambre jaune (yes I read it in the original French) features the same detective who’s in Le phantome de l’opera.
Everyone interested in mysteries should read Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers & Josephine Tey.
Wonderful video, as usual. I’ve read Cards on the Table, a classic Christie, and earlier this year had the pleasure to read Tokyo Express and loved it so much. I wish there were more translations of the author’s work.
Wonderful episode. Thank you.
How on earth do you recall in such detail books which you may not have read in a while? I wish I had such facility! I just love your enthusiasm and have noted down most of these to read myself! Thank you for the remarkable service you provide.
What a list!
This is a really interesting list, thanks!
This is a wonderful list! There is nothing like classical mysteries. I’ve immediately put Gallows Thief , Tokyo Express, Ministry of Fear and Morality Play on my TBR list. And, yes please, do this over and over again!
Hello Tristan! I've read cards on the table by Agatha Christie, I really enjoyed it (as most of her books, i guess I read almost 30 of her stories!)
I will surely search all the books you mentioned at my local library, they're all intriguing! Thank you for your wonderful recommendations as always! 😊
I read Morality Play years ago and had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder! Now I’m going to read it again!!
Murder mysteries aren't typically my fave, but shoot, these all sound great.
I'm the same with sci-fi. Of the ones here though, I'd recommend maybe Double Indemnity or Morality Play. 😀
I'm a murder mystery fanatic. I haven't read all the ones you mention, but most of them. I will definitely look up the Japanese one. I've read quite a few Japanese murder mysteries and find them very intriguing and quite different from American and British ones. One I particularly enjoyed was Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada. Hard to pick favorites for me. Christie and Poe, of course. And Margery Allingham. And the Dalgliesh books. And Nero Wolfe. And from the present, Anthony Horowitz. I could go on for pages, but I'll stop now. Happy holidays!
Great list
Love your recommendations, especially those from the Golden Age.
This was great, thank you,
I don’t know when you have time to read so much.
James Cain was an absolutely terrific writer, you fell right in with his genius first paragraphs.
The only other writers who were able to do that were ( in my book, that is, ha ha)
Shirley Jackson and Charles Portis .
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Love a mystery. Perfect audio books for road trips.
So helpful! Thank you! Ruth Rendell is also very very good.
I've got some Ruth Rendall but never got around to reading any. I will go and hunt one out. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks so much.. I'm looking forward to reading some of these 😊
Please do!
Just found your chanel and loving it! Thank you, new subscriber. Best wishes from Merida México
Excellent video! Please do this over and over and over again 🙂
Thank you! Will do!
Cozy mysteries are my all time favorite escapist reading
I REALLY hate the term ‘cozy mystery’. Christie especially is no such thing - several of her novels disturb me (as in, so tragic - Sad Cypress for instance).
Delightful list.
Great suggestions Tristan, you are the best book reviewer. I took note of all your suggestions minus the Unsworth novel which I have read. Thank you.
I read A Study in Scarlett on your recommendation and I absolutely loved it!
What a superb book. So glad you enjoyed it. Sign of the four, scandal in bohemia, are also very good.
@ I have the Sign of Four. It’s been on my tbr forever. I’m reading David Copperfield right now! So it’s now next up! 😊
@@tristanandtheclassics6538All the Holmes stories are marvelous - comfort reads for me. I have reread Hound of the Baskervilles every year for decades!
Surprised I don't have Morality Play yet; you sold me on it quite some time ago. Will be my next purchase. [NOW I own it.]
Thank you so much for this list !
New to your channel and loving your recommendations as I am looking to expand my reading list this year. The Bernard Cornwell was fantastic. Just started Tokyo Express
I live Patricia Highsmith, Graham Greene, Craig Silvey, and many more! This is a great list and I will read the ones I haven’t already!
Thank you. Some new authors to explore 🎉
Colin Dexter is a personal favorite, yet he seems to be ignored.
Love a good mystery story!! Thanks for the recommendations.
I'm older so I've read most of these authors. I reread these partly to avoid all these modern mysteries with so much technology, emails and texts and pinging locations, etc. Mary Roberts Rinehart is famous for The Bat which has been made into a suspense movie. Ngaio Marsh wrote Tied Up in Tinsel which is a wonderful old Christmas mystery.
Ngaio Marsh is one of the Queens of mystery from the early 20th century (Agatha Christie & Dorothy Sayers being the other two), Margaret Allingham, Josephine Tey & Georgetter Heyer were the ladies in waiting LOL LOL LOL
The detective in "The Yellow Room" is Rouletabille, pronounced about "rule-ta-BEE". It is a funny name which means "roll your head", slang for "use your noggin".
Thanks for that. Great meaning too. 😀❤️
Thoroughly enjoyable list Tristan, thank you
Excellent choice of books.
Once again, thankyou.
Thank you for your video! I wrote down quite a few to buy at Better World Books. Happy New Year! Susan in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Hi Tristan, loved your selection. I'm a murder mystery buff and some of these are new to me. Even from authors that I have read quite a bit of. So on the list now. Love your presentation too. Btw you look and sound like Michael Sheen, has anyone ever told you that? Cheers and a happy new year.
Just found your channel and totally love your approach to literature and the way you craft your videos! I will def take some recommendations and enjoy. Thank you
Loved this so much, I’m always on the lookout for new writers in the genre. The only one I have read is the PD James which I agree is not her greatest Dalgleish novel. For me she was finding her feet with this one and then lets rip as her confidence rises! A very different author for me is Louise Penny and her series of books about Chief Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Sureté. Happy reading!
Love the Gamache series!
This video made me subscriped. I want to read all of these now! He has such an authentic way to talk about these books. You can just see the joy for them as he goes through the list.
Greetings from Australia! 🇦🇺 Loving your channel. Thank you so much for giving me my holiday reading - I love murder mysteries..❤
Lots of great mysteries to add to my wish list. Thanks!
Is Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca considered a murder mystery, or does the fact that the murder is not planned make it something else? I know other stories of Du Maurier's tend toward horror, like Don't Look Now, but Rebecca does involve a murder. It just isn't revealed until the twist at the end. Also, some of the supporting characters - Mrs. Danvers certainly, and Mrs. Van Hopper - really take on a life of their own they're so well done.
Love that dark statement wall!! Ballsy choice. Huzahh.
Funny, I just started to listen to some 'oldies but goodies' Sherlock Holmes stories on my podcast app. It's great diversion from all the pre Christmas hustle and bustle.
Maybe I'll pick up a book or two as well!
Thank you sooooo much. You always come up with so many great ideas and you make me want to read.
Thanks for these! I am familiar with most of these authors but not some of their books. Great suggestions!
I just subscribed enjoyed your picks. Thanks. One of my favorite mystery is the Man in the Green Hat.
Your enthusiasm is quite charming. What about Dashielle Hammet?
I will always love your videos :)
CJ Samson is very good.
I like murder mustery of agatha christie's . And she is the only author of which i had read murder mystery of 😢😢😢😢