Most Popular Crime Fiction Books of the 1980s
Discover popular Crime Fiction books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Ride a Pale Horse
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Romance
January 1, 1984
Matthew Hope Mysteries #4
Jack and the Beanstalk
Crime Fiction · Mystery
January 1, 1984
87th Precinct #37
Lightning
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
V.I. Warshawski #2
Deadlock
Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
Matt Helm #21
The Infiltrators
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller
June 1, 1984
Leaphorn & Chee #6
The Ghostway
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller · Western
January 1, 1984
San Andreas
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Historical Fiction
January 1, 1984
One More Sunday
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller
February 1, 1984
Travis McGee #21
The Lonely Silver Rain
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
Lloyd Hopkins #2
Because the Night
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
Lloyd Hopkins #1
Blood on the Moon
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
Spenser #11
Valediction
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
Briarpatch
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1984
Bernard Samson #2
Mexico Set
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1984
Night Train
Horror · Crime Fiction · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Thriller
1984
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #8
The Devil's Novice
Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
August 1, 1983
87th Precinct #36
Ice
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1983
Escape the Night
Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1983
The Black Seraphim
Crime Fiction · Mystery
September 1, 1983
Matt Helm #20
The Annihilators
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller
June 12, 1983
Mortalis #1
The Brotherhood of the Rose
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery
January 1, 1983
Floodgate
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery
January 1, 1983
Two
Crime Fiction · Mystery
May 1, 1983
Paul Christopher #5
The Last Supper
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery
January 1, 1983
Metzger’s Dog
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
September 1, 1983
Spenser #10
The Widening Gyre
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1983
People Who Knock on the Door
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1983
Missionary Stew
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1983
Bernard Samson #1
Berlin Game
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1983
Billionaire
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1983
Will Lee #2
Run Before the Wind
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1983
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6
The Virgin in the Ice
Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
April 1, 1982
Matthew Hope Mysteries #3
Beauty and the Beast
Crime Fiction · Fairy Tale · Mystery
January 1, 1982
Queen's Crossing
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
June 12, 1982
The Sisterhood
Horror · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 1, 1982
V.I. Warshawski #1
Indemnity Only
Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1982