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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 Wicked Marquis
The Wicked Marquis
by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
by David Ignatius
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift
by Caroline Graham
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Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
All These Beautiful Strangers
All These Beautiful Strangers
by Elizabeth Klehfoth
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The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
by G. K. Chesterton, Otto Penzler
The Religious Body
The Religious Body
by Catherine Aird
Arsenic with Austen
Arsenic with Austen
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
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Murderland
Murderland
by Thomas B. Cavanagh
Day of Reckoning
Day of Reckoning
by Jack Higgins
Henrietta Who?
Henrietta Who?
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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The Conductors
The Conductors
by Nicole Glover
Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
by C. J. Box
Black Out
Black Out
by John Lawton
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by B. Traven
The Devil in the Marshalsea
The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson
The Tiger in the Smoke
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
The Devil of Nanking
The Devil of Nanking
by Mo Hayder
The Black Book
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
The Taxidermist's Daughter
The Taxidermist's Daughter
by Kate Mosse
The Old Success
The Old Success
by Martha Grimes
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
by S. B. Caves
Striding Folly
Striding Folly
by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, Otto Penzler
A Dancer in the Dust
A Dancer in the Dust
by Thomas H. Cook
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
Closer
Closer
by Dennis Cooper
How the Dead Speak
How the Dead Speak
by Val McDermid
Every Little Breath
Every Little Breath
by Keri Beevis
Layer Cake
Layer Cake
by J. J. Connolly
Make No Bones
Make No Bones
by Aaron Elkins
The Secret of Chimneys
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
Nerve
Nerve
by Dick Francis
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch
by Michael Connelly
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
by Marian Babson
A Cold Dark Place
A Cold Dark Place
by Gregg Olsen
Grave Errors
Grave Errors
by Carol J. Perry
The Eighth Circle
The Eighth Circle
by Stanley Ellin
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Orient Express
Orient Express
by Graham Greene
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Clutch of Constables
Clutch of Constables
by Ngaio Marsh
Before the Frost
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
Light Thickens
Light Thickens
by Ngaio Marsh
The Man Who Lived by Night
The Man Who Lived by Night
by David Handler
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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.