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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 Evil Shepherd
The Evil Shepherd
by E. Phillips Oppenheim
A Novel Bookstore
A Novel Bookstore
by Laurence Cosse, Alison Anderson
The Fifth Avenue Artists Society
The Fifth Avenue Artists Society
by Joy Callaway
Among the Departed
Among the Departed
by Vicki Delany
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Enough Rope
Enough Rope
by Lawrence Block
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil
by Jack Higgins
Last Respects
Last Respects
by Catherine Aird
Poison in the Pen
Poison in the Pen
by Patricia Wentworth
Postmark Murder
Postmark Murder
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
Friends and Traitors
Friends and Traitors
by John Lawton
The Red Cobra
The Red Cobra
by Rob Sinclair
The Taxidermist's Daughter
The Taxidermist's Daughter
by Kate Mosse
Splinter the Silence
Splinter the Silence
by Val McDermid
Clouds of Witness
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bread of the Dead
Bread of the Dead
by Ann Myers Ann Myers
The Quarry
The Quarry
by Damon Galgut
How the Dead Speak
How the Dead Speak
by Val McDermid
Old Bones
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
Angels Weep
Angels Weep
by CJ Lyons
Who Moved My Goat Cheese?
Who Moved My Goat Cheese?
by Lynn Cahoon
The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey
The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey
by J. Michael Orenduff
A Deadly Brew
A Deadly Brew
by Lynn Cahoon
Sweet, Savage Death
Sweet, Savage Death
by Jane Haddam, Orania Papazoglou
God Save the Mark
God Save the Mark
by Donald E. Westlake
Dine and Die on the Danube Express
Dine and Die on the Danube Express
by Peter King
The Retribution
The Retribution
by Val McDermid
The Transcendental Murder
The Transcendental Murder
by Jane Langton
The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Two
The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Two
by Patricia Wentworth
The Tenth Circle
The Tenth Circle
by Jon Land
Nemesis
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
The Deadly Travellers
The Deadly Travellers
by Dorothy Eden
Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
by Robert Goldsborough
The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed
by Evelyn Anthony
Death Wish
Death Wish
by Brian Garfield
The Big Seven
The Big Seven
by Jim Harrison
A Gentle Murderer
A Gentle Murderer
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by B. Traven
The Hangman's Song
The Hangman's Song
by James Oswald
Cold Echo
Cold Echo
by CJ Carver
No Simple Death
No Simple Death
by Valerie Keogh
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
Dead Embers
Dead Embers
by Matt Brolly
Death from a Top Hat
Death from a Top Hat
by Clayton Rawson
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Open Grave
Open Grave
by A.M. Peacock
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
The Man Who Cancelled Himself
The Man Who Cancelled Himself
by David Handler
They Never Came Home
They Never Came Home
by Lois Duncan
Bones and Roses
Bones and Roses
by Eileen Goudge
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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.