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Below are the results of an on-going Casebook poll in which our readers were asked to rate each fictional Ripper book. Ratings scale from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). You may sort the results by name, average rating, and number of votes received.

Readers should bear in mind that these results reflect only the general popularity of each particular book. You may cast your own votes at the bottom of each page (linked below).

Results are currently sorted by average rating.

 #   name   average   votes   graph 
 1.   Jack the Ripper: A Confession   4.779   59   Jack the Ripper: A Confession - 4.779 vote!
 2.   Sojourn   4.166   6   Sojourn - 4.166 vote!
 3.   Time After Time   4.117   17   Time After Time - 4.117 vote!
 4.   Whitechapel Horrors, The   4.041   24   Whitechapel Horrors, The - 4.041 vote!
 5.   Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper   3.952   21   Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper - 3.952 vote!
 6.   Curtains of Blood: A Novel of Jack the Ripper   3.914   35   Curtains of Blood: A Novel of Jack the Ripper - 3.914 vote!
 7.   Last Sherlock Holmes Story, The   3.843   32   Last Sherlock Holmes Story, The - 3.843 vote!
 8.   Jack the Ripper   3.818   11   Jack the Ripper - 3.818 vote!
 9.   Spare Parts   3.800   10   Spare Parts - 3.800 vote!
 10.   A Handbook for Attendants on the Insane: the autobiography of Jack the Ripper as revealed to Clanash Farjeon   3.646   17   A Handbook for Attendants on the Insane: the autobiography of Jack the Ripper as revealed to Clanash Farjeon - 3.646 vote!
 11.   Trial of Elizabeth Cree, The   3.615   13   Trial of Elizabeth Cree, The - 3.615 vote!
 12.   A Treasury of Victorian Murder: Jack the Ripper   3.500   12   A Treasury of Victorian Murder: Jack the Ripper - 3.500 vote!
 13.   Michaelmas Girls, The   3.444   9   Michaelmas Girls, The - 3.444 vote!
 14.   Blood and Fog   3.428   7   Blood and Fog - 3.428 vote!
 15.   The Best of Robert Bloch   3.428   7   The Best of Robert Bloch - 3.428 vote!
 16.   Night of the Ripper   3.333   15   Night of the Ripper - 3.333 vote!
 17.   The Whitechapel Conspiracy   3.304   23   The Whitechapel Conspiracy - 3.304 vote!
 18.   Red Jack   3.285   7   Red Jack - 3.285 vote!
 19.   Ripper   3.272   11   Ripper - 3.272 vote!
 20.   An East Wind Coming   3.250   4   An East Wind Coming - 3.250 vote!
 21.   Whitechapel Murders, The   3.222   9   Whitechapel Murders, The - 3.222 vote!
 22.   Jack the Ripper Walking Tour Murder, The   3.166   6   Jack the Ripper Walking Tour Murder, The - 3.166 vote!
 23.   By Flower and Dean Street & The Love Apple   3.000   7   By Flower and Dean Street & The Love Apple - 3.000 vote!
 24.   Grim Reaper   3.000   4   Grim Reaper - 3.000 vote!
 25.   Imitation in Death   3.000   5   Imitation in Death - 3.000 vote!
 26.   Private Life of Jack the Ripper, The   2.833   6   Private Life of Jack the Ripper, The - 2.833 vote!
 27.   Blow Your House Down   2.777   9   Blow Your House Down - 2.777 vote!
 28.   Midnight Rose   2.666   3   Midnight Rose - 2.666 vote!
 29.   Ripper, The   2.666   3   Ripper, The - 2.666 vote!
 30.   The Cry From Street to Street   2.666   6   The Cry From Street to Street - 2.666 vote!
 31.   Susannah, Beware   2.666   3   Susannah, Beware - 2.666 vote!
 32.   Foggy Night Murders   2.600   5   Foggy Night Murders - 2.600 vote!
 33.   Jack the Ripper   2.500   4   Jack the Ripper - 2.500 vote!
 34.   Screaming Mimi, The   2.250   4   Screaming Mimi, The - 2.250 vote!
 35.   Screaming Mimi, The   2.000   3   Screaming Mimi, The - 2.000 vote!
 36.   Ripper of Storyville & Other Ben Snow Tales, The   2.000   2   Ripper of Storyville & Other Ben Snow Tales, The - 2.000 vote!
 37.   Chime, The   2.000   2   Chime, The - 2.000 vote!
 38.   Once and Then the Funeral   1.500   2   Once and Then the Funeral - 1.500 vote!
 39.   Return of Moriarty, The   1.400   5   Return of Moriarty, The - 1.400 vote!
 40.   Jack on the Gallows Tree   1.000   3   Jack on the Gallows Tree - 1.000 vote!
 41.   Glory   1.000   3   Glory - 1.000 vote!
 
 
total votes:434