Top 25 Best Crime Authors
25 items • Updated 2/14/2026
Most Fabous Crime Writers, Including Any Sub-Genre Of Crime Fiction Including Detective Mystery Or Hard-Boiled Best adapted in cinema.
| 1 |  | Arthur Conan Doyle Writer | |
| 2 |  | Agatha Christie Writer | |
| 3 |  | Dashiell Hammett Writer | |
| 4 |  | Mario Puzo Writer | |
| 5 |  | Raymond Chandler Writer | |
| 6 |  | John le Carré Writer | |
| 7 |  | Ross Macdonald Writer | |
| 8 |  | Ian Fleming Writer | |
| 9 |  | Edgar Allan Poe Writer | |
| 10 | 👤 | James Hadley Chase Writer | |
| 11 |  | Dan Brown Writer | |
| 12 |  | Cornell Woolrich Writer | |
| 13 |  | Stephen King Writer | |
| 14 |  | Stieg Larsson Writer | |
| 15 |  | Dennis Lehane Producer | |
| 16 |  | James Patterson Writer | |
| 17 |  | Cormac McCarthy Writer | |
| 18 |  | Daphne Du Maurier Writer | |
| 19 |  | Tom Clancy Writer | |
| 20 |  | James M. Cain Writer | |
| 21 |  | Harper Lee Writer | |
| 22 |  | Thomas Harris Writer | |
| 23 |  | John Grisham Writer | |
| 24 |  | Graham Greene Writer | |
| 25 |  | Rex Stout Writer |