How many of these Gold Dagger Award winners have you read?

In a post on Jan. 22, I gave readers a complete list of all the crime and mystery novels that have received Edgar Allan Poe Awards over the years from the Mystery Writers of America.

Earlier today, while reading about the MWA’s sister organization, the British-based Crime Writers’ Association, I learned that their top annual award is called the Gold Dagger Award. First awarded in 1955, this award is presented annually for the best crime novel of the year.

Without further ado, here’s a complete list of all of the crime novels that have received Gold Dagger Award over the years.

2010 – Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
2009 – A Whispered Name by William Brodrick
2008 – Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield
2007 – The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
2006 – Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
2005 – Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indrioason
2004 – Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
2003 – Fox Evil by Minette Walters
2002 – The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza
2001 – Sidetracked by Henning Mankell

2000 – Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
1999 – A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
1998 – Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
1997 – Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
1996 – Popcorn by Ben Elton
1995 – The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
1994 – The Scold’s Bridle by Minette Walters
1993 – Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
1992 – The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter
1991 – King Solomon’s Carpet by Barbara Vine

1990 – Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
1989 – The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter
1988 – Ratking by Michael Dibdin
1987 – A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine
1986 – Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell
1985 – Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling
1984 – The Twelfth Juror by B.M. Gill
1983 – Accidental Crimes by John Hutton
1982 – The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey
1981 – Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

1980 – The Murder of the Maharaja by H.R.F. Keating
1979 – Whip Hand by Dick Francis
1978 – The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson
1977 – The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carre
1976 – A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell
1975 – The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
1974 – Other Paths the Glory by Anthony Price
1973 – The Defection of A.J. Lewinter by Robert Littell
1972 – The Levanter by Eric Ambler
1971 – The Steam Pig by James H. McClure

1970 – Young Man I Think You’re Dying by Joan Fleming
1969 – A Pride of Heroes by Peter Dickinson
1968 – Skin Deep by Peter Dickinson
1967 – Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen
1966 – A Long Way to Shiloh by Lionel Davidson
1965 – The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald
1964 – The Perfect Murder by H.R.F. Keating
1963 – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
1962 – When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming
1961 – The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly

1960 – The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson
1959 – Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler
1958 – Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett
1957 – The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons
1956 – The Second Man by Edward Grierson
1955 – The Little Walls by Winston Graham

In the end, how many of these Gold Dagger Award winners have you had a chance to read? Which did you like? Dislike? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.