Golden Age


Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. ChestertonNew Arabian Nights by Robert Louis StevensonThe Old Man in the Corner by Emmuska Orczy
Queen's Quorum
127 books — 9 voters

JSA by James  RobinsonThe Justice Society Returns by James  RobinsonBatman and the Monster Men by Matt WagnerThe Rocketeer by Dave StevensBatman and the Mad Monk by Matt Wagner
Inspired by Golden Age Comic Books
108 books — 3 voters
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio MarshEnter a Murderer by Ngaio MarshArtists in Crime by Ngaio MarshThe Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio MarshDeath in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh
51 books — 9 voters

The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy by James  AndersonThe Affair of the Mutilated Mink by James  AndersonThe Affair of the 39 Cufflinks by James  AndersonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer
The best who dunnits
22 books — 10 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyStar Maker by Olaf StapledonFoundation by Isaac AsimovAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Best Classic SF Novels (1930-1950)
64 books — 92 voters

Charles Baudelaire
Do you know that high fever which invades us in our cold suffering, that aching for a land we do not know, that anguish of curiosity? There is a country which resembles you, where everything is beautiful, sumptuous, authentic, still, where fantasy has built and adorned a western China, where life is sweet to breathe, where happiness is wed to silence. That is where to live, that is where to die!" - Invitation to a Voyage ...more
Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen and Wine and Hashish

An intellectual golden age produces sages. An intellectual dark age produces fools. An intellectual dark age that fancies itself golden produces intellectuals.
Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski

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