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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 Forbidden Garden
The Forbidden Garden
by Ellen Herrick
The Moonstone
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by Wilkie Collins
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The People Next Door
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by Keri Beevis
The Innocence of Father Brown
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by G. K. Chesterton, Otto Penzler
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by Jack Higgins
The Body Politic
The Body Politic
by Catherine Aird
Freedom of the Mask
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by Robert McCammon
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Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
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The Distant Dead
The Distant Dead
by Heather Young
Enter a Murderer
Enter a Murderer
by Ngaio Marsh
The Vanishing Box
The Vanishing Box
by Elly Griffiths
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
No Simple Death
No Simple Death
by Valerie Keogh
Splinter the Silence
Splinter the Silence
by Val McDermid
Have His Carcase
Have His Carcase
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dead Girl Walking
Dead Girl Walking
by Christopher Brookmyre
The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
Twenty Blue Devils
Twenty Blue Devils
by Aaron Elkins
The Secret of Chimneys
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
A Cold Dark Place
A Cold Dark Place
by Gregg Olsen
Trouble at the Brownstone
Trouble at the Brownstone
by Robert Goldsborough
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Murder at the Book Club
Murder at the Book Club
by Betsy Reavley
Before the Frost
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg
The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Wisdom of Father Brown
by Otto Penzler, G. K. Chesterton
The Man Who Lived by Night
The Man Who Lived by Night
by David Handler
The Best American Noir of the Century
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by James Ellroy, Otto Penzler
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
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by Charlotte MacLeod
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Missing Person
Missing Person
by Daniel Weissbort, Patrick Modiano
Scam Chowder
Scam Chowder
by Maya Corrigan
A Double Barrelled Detective Story
A Double Barrelled Detective Story
by Mark Twain
Between Earth and Sky
Between Earth and Sky
by Amanda Skenandore
The Conductors
The Conductors
by Nicole Glover
This Side of Murder
This Side of Murder
by Anna Lee Huber
Caught Dead Handed
Caught Dead Handed
by Carol J. Perry
Mystery, Inc.
Mystery, Inc.
by Joyce Carol Oates
Murder in E Minor
Murder in E Minor
by Robert Goldsborough
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
Tish Plays the Game
Tish Plays the Game
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Cross Her Heart
Cross Her Heart
by Sarah Pinborough
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January
by Patricia Highsmith
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Jig
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by William Bernhardt
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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.