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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 Elizabeth Peters
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by Dana Stabenow
A Rare Interest In Corpses
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by Ann Granger
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
by David Ignatius
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Secret Lives
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Inherit the Bones
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Nightzone
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by Steven F. Havill
The Thousand Faces of Night
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by Jack Higgins
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by Catherine Aird
The Tremor of Forgery
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by Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
Leviathan
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by Robert McCammon
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Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
by C. J. Box
Black Out
Black Out
by John Lawton
Red, Green, or Murder
Red, Green, or Murder
by Steven F. Havill
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir
by Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni
The Devil in the Marshalsea
The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson
Enter a Murderer
Enter a Murderer
by Ngaio Marsh
Danger in the Dark
Danger in the Dark
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
A Small Death In Lisbon
A Small Death In Lisbon
by Robert Wilson
Then We Take Berlin
Then We Take Berlin
by John Lawton
The Good German
The Good German
by Joseph Kanon
Death at Victoria Dock
Death at Victoria Dock
by Kerry Greenwood
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
by Robert Muchamore
No Simple Death
No Simple Death
by Valerie Keogh
I Know Where She Is
I Know Where She Is
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In the Teeth of the Evidence
In the Teeth of the Evidence
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bannerless
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The Lie Tree
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by Frances Hardinge
The Listening Eye
The Listening Eye
by Patricia Wentworth
Every Little Breath
Every Little Breath
by Keri Beevis
Dead Men's Hearts
Dead Men's Hearts
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The Secret of Chimneys
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
A Cold Dark Place
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by Gregg Olsen
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
by Sara Gran
Grave Errors
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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.