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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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by Wilkie Collins
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by Anna Dean
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by Erin Lindsey
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Total Chaos
by Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis
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by Laurence Cosse, Alison Anderson
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by Thomas B. Cavanagh
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by Jack Higgins
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by Catherine Aird
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by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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by Tim McLoughlin, H. P. Lovecraft, Irwin Shaw, Maggie Estep
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by Mignon G. Eberhart
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by Orhan Pamuk
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by John Lawton
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Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
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by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
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by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
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by Eoin Colfer
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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.