The Best Colin Dexter Books – Author Bibliography Ranking

What are Colin Dexter’s Best Books? We looked at all of Colin Dexter’s written bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!

We took all of the books written by Colin Dexter and looked at their Goodreads, Library Thing, and Amazon review scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author. The process is all very scientific with no flaws at all.

The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

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The Top Book’s Of Colin Dexter

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20 ) Morses Greatest Mystery And Other Stories

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 20
• Library Thing: 13
• Amazon: 20

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19 ) Cracking Cryptic Crosswords

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 19
• Library Thing: 18
• Amazon: 14

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18 ) The Secret Of Annexe 3

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 18
• Library Thing: 12
• Amazon: 10

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16 ) The Riddle Of The Third Mile

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 17
• Library Thing: 9
• Amazon: 12

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16 ) The Jewel That Was Ours

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 14
• Library Thing: 11
• Amazon: 13

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15 ) The Wench Is Dead

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 13
• Library Thing: 4
• Amazon: 19

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14 ) The Fourth Inspector Morse Omnibus

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 3
• Library Thing: 17
• Amazon: 15

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12 ) Last Seen Wearing

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 15
• Library Thing: 2
• Amazon: 17

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12 ) The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 8
• Library Thing: 8
• Amazon: 18

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10 ) Last Bus To Woodstock

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 16
• Library Thing: 1
• Amazon: 16

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10 ) Death Is Now My Neighbor

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 9
• Library Thing: 20
• Amazon: 4

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9 ) Service Of All The Dead

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 12
• Library Thing: 10
• Amazon: 8

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8 ) The Third Inspector Morse Omnibus

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 2
• Library Thing: 16
• Amazon: 11

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7 ) Inspector Morse

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 1
• Library Thing: 19
• Amazon: 6

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5 ) The Daughters Of Cain

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 10
• Library Thing: 6
• Amazon: 9

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5 ) The First Inspector Morse Omnibus

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 6
• Library Thing: 14
• Amazon: 5

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4 ) The Dead Of Jericho

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 11
• Library Thing: 7
• Amazon: 3

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3 ) The Second Inspector Morse Omnibus

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 4
• Library Thing: 15
• Amazon: 1

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2 ) The Way Through The Woods

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 7
• Library Thing: 3
• Amazon: 7

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1 ) The Remorseful Day

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 5
• Library Thing: 5
• Amazon: 2

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Colin Dexter’s Best Books

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Colin Dexter Review Website Bibliography Rankings

Book	Goodreads	Library Thing	Amazon	Overal Rank
Morses Greatest Mystery And Other Stories	20	13	20	20
Cracking Cryptic Crosswords	19	18	14	19
The Secret Of Annexe 3	18	12	10	18
The Riddle Of The Third Mile	17	9	12	16
The Jewel That Was Ours	14	11	13	16
The Wench Is Dead	13	4	19	15
The Fourth Inspector Morse Omnibus	3	17	15	14
Last Seen Wearing	15	2	17	12
The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn	8	8	18	12
Last Bus To Woodstock	16	1	16	10
Death Is Now My Neighbor	9	20	4	10
Service Of All The Dead	12	10	8	9
The Third Inspector Morse Omnibus	2	16	11	8
Inspector Morse	1	19	6	7
The Daughters Of Cain	10	6	9	5
The First Inspector Morse Omnibus	6	14	5	5
The Dead Of Jericho	11	7	3	4
The Second Inspector Morse Omnibus	4	15	1	3
The Way Through The Woods	7	3	7	2
The Remorseful Day	5	5	2	1