Home›Detective and Crime Fiction›FormBrowse ByFormFactsFormSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1850 1FormFilter Results3 entriesGenreAllConspiracy Fiction (1)Crime Fiction (2)Detective Fiction (2)Epistolary Novel (1)Gothic Fiction (1)Hardboiled (1)Historical Mystery (1)Mystery Fiction (1)Psychological Thriller (1)Satire (1)Short Fiction (1)The Novel (1)AuthorAllAgatha Christie (1)Andrea Camilleri (1)Andrey Kurkov (1)Arnaldur Indriðason (1)Arthur Conan Doyle (1)Boris Akunin (1)Dan Brown (1)Dashiell Hammett (1)Dorothy L. Sayers (1)Edgar Allan Poe (1)Fred Vargas (1)Gaston Leroux (1)Georges Simenon (1)Jim Thompson (1)Jo Nesbø (1)Keigo Higashino (1)Leonardo Sciascia (1)Maj Sjöwall (1)Mark Twain (1)Maurice Leblanc (1)Natsuo Kirino (1)Patricia Highsmith (1)Per Wahlöö (1)Peter Hoeg (1)Qiu Xiaolong (1)Raymond Chandler (1)Stephen King (1)Stieg Larsson (1)Wilkie Collins (1)Composition YearAll1841 (1)1868 (1)1887 (1)1896 (1)1902 (1)1905 (1)1907 (2)1915 (1)1926 (1)1929 (1)1930 (1)1931 (1)1934 (1)1939 (1)1951 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1955 (1)1961 (1)1965 (1)1989 (1)1992 (1)1994 (1)1996 (1)1997 (1)1998 (1)2000 (1)2001 (1)2003 (1)2005 (1)Original LanguageAllDanish (1)English (3)French (2)German (1)Icelandic (1)Italian (1)Japanese (1)Norwegian (1)Romanian (1)Russian (1)Swedish (1)Country of OriginAllBelgium (1)China (1)Denmark (1)France (2)Iceland (1)Italy (1)Japan (1)Norway (1)Russia (1)Sweden (1)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (3)AudienceAllChildren's (1)General (3)AwardAllAnthony Award for Best First Novel (1)Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (1)British Book Award (1)Crotone Prize (1)Edgar Award (1)Glass Key award (1)Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (1)Honkaku Mystery Award (1)Naoki Prize (1)Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (1)Rusty Dagger Award (1)Setting Country or PlaceAllDenmark (1)England (1)Kyiv (1)Los Angeles (1)Sicily (1)Yugoslavia (1)ModeAllProse (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareThe NovelForm34 entriesThe NovellaForm1 entryThe Short StoryForm2 entriesSources1. Detective fiction (Wikipedia)Detective fiction, lead section, genre origin sentenceQuote, Detective fiction, lead section, genre origin sentenceThe detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.