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ELLERY QUEEN'S TWELVE BEST DETECTIVE STORIES

In 1950, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine took a vote of 11 experts, among them Vincent Starrett, Charles Honce, and Lew D. Feldman asking for the experts' pick of the best detective stories ever written. There were 83 detective stories nominated. The final selection of the best was as shown below. The results were published in the July 1950 issue of the magazine.

Title	Author	Genre	Year	Rating
The Purloined Letter	Edgar Allan Poe	:Poe Tales	1844 *mystery	1 2 3 4 5
The Hands Of Mr Ottermole	Thomas Burke			1 2 3 4 5
The Redheaded League	Arthur Conan Doyle			1 2 3 4 5
The Avenging Chance	Anthony Berkeley			1 2 3 4 5
The Absentminded Coterie	Robert Barr			1 2 3 4 5
The Problem Of Cell 13	Jacques Futrelle			1 2 3 4 5
The Invisible Man	G. K. Chesterton			1 2 3 4 5
Naboths Nineyard	Melville Davisson Post			1 2 3 4 5
The Gioconda Smile	Aldous Huxley			1 2 3 4 5
The Yellow Slugs	H. C. Bailey			1 2 3 4 5
The Genuine Tabard	E. C. Bentley			1 2 3 4 5
Suspicion	Dorothy Sayers			1 2 3 4 5

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ELLERY QUEEN'S TWELVE BEST DETECTIVE STORIES