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The Best Mystery Books and Novels

If you’re an amateur sleuth who’s obsessed with figuring out whodunnit, we have endless recommendations for you.

Perhaps you enjoy mysteries that take you around the world, want to step back in time with historical mysteries, or prefer to keep it light with cozy mysteries.

We’re here to help you discover everything from classic authors like Agatha Christie and Patricia Wentworth to modern writers like Nita Prose and Richard Osman. And whatever you do, remember to lock your doors before you go to sleep.

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The Locked Tomb Mystery
The Locked Tomb Mystery
by Elizabeth Peters
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
by Con Lehane
Blood Jungle Ballet
Blood Jungle Ballet
by John Enright
The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Chanukah Guilt
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene Schneider
Midnight Come Again
Midnight Come Again
by Dana Stabenow
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
by Shamini Flint
Murder on Millionaires' Row
Murder on Millionaires' Row
by Erin Lindsey
The Company of Cats
The Company of Cats
by Marian Babson
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Kitchen Chinese
by Ann Mah
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The Listener
The Listener
by Robert McCammon
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Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
Enough Rope
Enough Rope
by Lawrence Block
A Season in Hell
A Season in Hell
by Jack Higgins
Slight Mourning
Slight Mourning
by Catherine Aird
The Tremor of Forgery
The Tremor of Forgery
by Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
Speaks the Nightbird
Speaks the Nightbird
by Robert McCammon
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Brooklyn Noir 2
Brooklyn Noir 2
by Tim McLoughlin, H. P. Lovecraft, Irwin Shaw, Maggie Estep
Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
by C. J. Box
Red, Green, or Murder
Red, Green, or Murder
by Steven F. Havill
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much
by G. K. Chesterton
Postmark Murder
Postmark Murder
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
A Small Death In Lisbon
A Small Death In Lisbon
by Robert Wilson
The Red Cobra
The Red Cobra
by Rob Sinclair
The Good German
The Good German
by Joseph Kanon
Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion
by Lynda La Plante
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
No Simple Death
No Simple Death
by Valerie Keogh
Zia Summer
Zia Summer
by Rudolfo Anaya
I Know Where She Is
I Know Where She Is
by S. B. Caves
Striding Folly
Striding Folly
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
The Listening Eye
The Listening Eye
by Patricia Wentworth
The Stand-In
The Stand-In
by Evelyn Piper
Skeleton Dance
Skeleton Dance
by Aaron Elkins
Circles in the Snow
Circles in the Snow
by Patrick F. McManus
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
A Cold Dark Place
A Cold Dark Place
by Gregg Olsen
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
by Sara Gran
Grave Errors
Grave Errors
by Carol J. Perry
Trouble at the Brownstone
Trouble at the Brownstone
by Robert Goldsborough
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Angels Weep
Angels Weep
by CJ Lyons
Inspector's Holiday
Inspector's Holiday
by Richard Lockridge
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
by Lawrence Sanders
Light Thickens
Light Thickens
by Ngaio Marsh
Finnegan's Week
Finnegan's Week
by Joseph Wambaugh
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When talking about the number one mystery author of all time, Agatha Christie takes the cake. Many come close, such as Stephen King or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but Agatha Christie is not only known for the creation of popular detective crime fiction motifs, she is also the best-selling fiction author of all time, outsold only by Shakespeare. 

It depends what you mean by “greatest.” If you’re looking for a mystery that will surely stump you, Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers is a great pick. If you’re looking for a classic that every mystery has read, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles may be for you. And if you’re looking for something more contemporary, The 7 1⁄2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo are modern favorites.