Top 100?

First of all, and before I say anything else, I want to make it clear that I understand that any list Entertainment Weekly chooses to compile probably has even less value than I am according it with just this small mention.

Even so, it’s of interest to see which crime-fiction selections made the cut to be included in the magazine’s rundown of “New Classics: The 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008.” And, honestly? Considering the large percentage of readership crime-fiction commands, the inclusion rate in EW is not terribly good.

It won’t surprise anyone who has read the book that Dennis Lehane’s wonderful Mystic River comes in at a very respectable #6. Don DeLillo’s 1997 Underworld shows up at #64, and Ruth Rendell’s A Sight for Sore Eyes from 1998 comes in at #76. And then, from the “you’re kidding” department, Scott Turow’s 1987 Presumed Innocent is at #92 and Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code at #96.

The complete list can be found here.