The top 25 English Detective Fiction results of 125 participants. Percentages indicate the frequency of the self-selected participants' top results for English Detective Fiction.

#1	18.4%	Margery Allingham
#2	17.6%	Agatha Christie
#3	11.2%	Christianna Brand
#4	8.0%	Dorothy L. Sayers
#5	6.4%	E.R. Punshon
#6	6.4%	Gladys Mitchell
#7	6.4%	Nicholas Blake
#8	5.6%	Anthony Berkeley
#9	4.8%	G.K. Chesterton
#10	4.8%	John Dickson Carr
#11	2.4%	Ngaio Marsh
#12	1.6%	Cyril Hare
#13	1.6%	Freeman Wills Crofts
#14	1.6%	Josephine Tey
#15	1.6%	Michael Innes
#16	0.8%	Christopher Bush
#17	0.8%	H.C. Bailey
#18	0.0%	G.D.H. & M. Cole
#19	0.0%	Henry Wade
#20	0.0%	J.J. Connington
#21	0.0%	John Rhode
#22	0.0%	Josephine Bell
#23	0.0%	Leo Bruce
#24	0.0%	Philip Macdonald
#25	0.0%	R. Austin Freeman