• 3 College Library
• 2 Law Library
• 2 Special Collections (Memorial Library)
• 1 Ebling Library

• 765 Books

• 62 Investigation
• 60 Murder
• 49 Gay men
• 47 Women detectives
• 46 History
• 46 Holmes, Sherlock
• 35 Missing persons
• 23 Crimes against
• 23 Detective and mystery stories, English
• 22 Detective and mystery stories, American
• 20 Detective and mystery stories
• 16 Spenser (Fictitious character)
• 15 African American men
• 13 Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character)
• 12 Lesbians
• 12 Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character)
• 10 Police
• 10 Strachey, Donald (Fictitious character)
• 9 Campion, Albert (Fictitious character)
• 9 Ex-police officers
• 9 Hardesty, Dick (Fictitious character)
• 9 Organized crime
• 9 Scudder, Matt (Fictitious character)
• 8 Ex-convicts

• 37 James W. Jones Collection of Gay and Lesbian Literature
• 20 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
• 17 Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010
• 14 Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
• 10 Grey, Dorien
• 10 Kaminsky, Stuart M
• 10 Stevenson, Richard, 1938-
• 10 Stout, Rex, 1886-1975
• 9 Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966
• 9 Block, Lawrence
• 9 Crais, Robert
• 9 Herren, Greg
• 9 Mosley, Walter
• 9 Taibo, Paco Ignacio, II, 1949-
• 8 Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
• 8 Davis, Lindsey
• 8 Estleman, Loren D
• 8 Pelecanos, George P
• 7 Akunin, B. (Boris)
• 7 Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
• 7 Connolly, John, 1968-
• 7 Perry, Anne
• 7 Pronzini, Bill
• 7 Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957
• 6 Burke, James Lee, 1936-

• 722 English
• 17 Russian
• 16 Spanish
• 3 German
• 3 Italian
• 1 Chinese
• 1 French
• 1 Romanian
• 1 Swedish
• 1 Thai
• 1 Unknown

• 140 England
• 100 California
• 75 New York (State)
• 60 New York
• 55 Los Angeles
• 45 Los Angeles (Calif.)
• 36 London
• 32 Massachusetts
• 31 New York (N.Y.)
• 28 London (England)
• 27 San Francisco
• 26 Boston
• 26 United States
• 25 Louisiana
• 23 Great Britain
• 23 San Francisco (Calif.)
• 22 Boston (Mass.)
• 19 Florida
• 19 New Orleans
• 17 Russia (Federation)
• 16 New Orleans (La.)
• 15 Rome
• 14 Chicago (Ill.)
• 14 Illinois
• 13 Chicago

• 526 Mystery fiction
• 107 Detective and mystery fiction
• 53 Historical fiction
• 36 Detective and mystery stories
• 27 Novels
• 23 Suspense fiction
• 17 Thrillers (Fiction)
• 8 Gay fiction
• 8 Psychological fiction
• 7 Legal stories
• 7 Mystery and detective fiction
• 7 Noir fiction
• 5 Domestic fiction
• 5 Political fiction
• 4 College stories
• 4 Humorous fiction
• 4 Short stories
• 3 Black humor (Literature)
• 3 Fantasy fiction
• 3 Love stories
• 3 Science fiction
• 3 Spy stories
• 2 Adventure fiction
• 2 Fictional Work

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