Top 15 locked-room-mysteries according to a vote among experts (in order):
| J. D. Carr: | The three coffins | Den ihålige mannen |
| H. Talbot: | Rim of the pit | Seans |
| G. Leroux: | Le mystère de la chambre jaune/ The mystery of the yellow room | Gula rummets hemlighet |
| J. D. Carr: | The crooked hinge | Det krökta gångjärnet |
| C. Dickson: | The Judas window | Det slutna rummet |
| I. Zangwill: | The big Bow mystery | Det stora Bow-mysteriet |
| C. Rawson: | Death from a top hat | Mord i hög hatt |
| E. Queen: | The Chinese orange mystery | Mandarinmysteriet |
| H. H. Holmes: | Nine times nine | Bakom lås och bom |
| C. Dickson: | The peacock feather murders | De tio tekopparna |
| E. Queen: | The king is dead | |
| H. McCloy: | Through a glass, darkly | Såsom i en spegel |
| C. Dickson: | He wouldn't kill Patience | Listig som en orm |
| R. Garrett: | Too many magicians | |
| J. Sladek: | Invisible green | I tomma intet |
Cornerstones in the same genre according to Swedish critic Johan Wopenka (ordered by publishing date):
| E. A. Poe: | The murders in the Rue Morgue | Morden på Rue Morgue |
| A. C. Doyle: | The speckled band | Det spräckliga bandet |
| I. Zangwill: | The big Bow mystery | Det stora Bow-mysteriet |
| G. Leroux: | Le mystère de la chambre jaune/ The mystery of the yellow room | Gula rummets hemlighet |
| E. Wallace: | The four just men | De fyra rättvisa männen |
| C. Wells: | The white alley | |
| E. Philpotts: | The grey room | |
| H. Winslow/L. Quirk: | Into thin air | |
| G. Limnelius: | The Medbury Fort murder | |
| E. Jepson/R. Eustace: | The tea leaf | Tebladet |
| Nicholas Olde: | The invisible weapon | |
| J. D. Carr: | Hag's nook | Häxgropen |
| J. D. Carr: | The eight of swords | Åttan i svärd |
| J. D. Carr: | The burning court | Svart sabbat |
| J. D. Carr: | The crooked hinge | Det krökta gångjärnet |
| J. D. Carr: | The three coffins | Den ihålige mannen |
| C. Dickson: | The Plague Court murders | Klockan klämtar för mord |
| C. Dickson: | The peacock feather murders | De tio tekopparna |
| C. Dickson | The Judas window | Det slutna rummet |
| C. Dickson/J. Rhode: | Drop to his death | |
| C. Rawson | Death from a top hat | Mord i hög hatt |
| E. Queen: | The Chinese orange mystery | Mandarinmysteriet |
| E. Queen: | The lamp of God | Tecknet från himlen |
| M. Porlock: | Mysery at Friar's Pardon | |
| W. Irwin: | The Julius Ceasar murder case | |
| V. Markham: | The devil drives | |
| C. D. King: | The curious Mr. Tarrant* | |
| Lord Dunsany: | The two bottles of relish | |
| E. Crispin: | The case of the gilded fly | Ridåfall |
| H. Brean: | Wilders walk away | |
| P. Antony | The woman in the wardrobe | |
| D. Smith | Whistle up the devil | |
| H. Browne | Thin air | |
| R. Garrett: | Too many magicians | |
| J. Sladek: | Black aura | |
| J. Sladek: | Invisible green | I tomma intet |
Other authors worth checking out for locked-room-mystery fans:
| G. K. Chesterton | S. H. Adams | J. Futrelle |
| M. D. Post | A. Wynne | S. S. Van Dine |
| V. Cornier | E. D. Hoch | H. Talbot |
| J. Commings | A. Boucher (aka H. H. Holmes) |