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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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Fantomas
Fantomas
by Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre
Total Chaos
Total Chaos
by Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis
A Novel Bookstore
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by Laurence Cosse, Alison Anderson
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
by David Ignatius
The Suspect
The Suspect
by L.R. Wright
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Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
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by Elizabeth Klehfoth
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Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Poirot Investigates
Poirot Investigates
by Agatha Christie
The Religious Body
The Religious Body
by Catherine Aird
Murderland
Murderland
by Thomas B. Cavanagh
Day of Reckoning
Day of Reckoning
by Jack Higgins
Parting Breath
Parting Breath
by Catherine Aird
The Tremor of Forgery
The Tremor of Forgery
by Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
Leviathan
Leviathan
by Robert McCammon
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Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
by C. J. Box
Black Out
Black Out
by John Lawton
The Blinds
The Blinds
by Adam Sternbergh
The Tiger in the Smoke
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
The Chiffon Scarf
The Chiffon Scarf
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
Friends and Traitors
Friends and Traitors
by John Lawton
Then We Take Berlin
Then We Take Berlin
by John Lawton
The Taxidermist's Daughter
The Taxidermist's Daughter
by Kate Mosse
Death at La Fenice
Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
by Lawrence Sanders
Aviary
Aviary
by Deirdre McNamer
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
by Robert Muchamore
Screwed
Screwed
by Eoin Colfer
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
I Know Where She Is
I Know Where She Is
by S. B. Caves
Have His Carcase
Have His Carcase
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bread of the Dead
Bread of the Dead
by Ann Myers Ann Myers
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
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 Quarry
The Quarry
by Damon Galgut
Closer
Closer
by Dennis Cooper
How the Dead Speak
How the Dead Speak
by Val McDermid
Layer Cake
Layer Cake
by J. J. Connolly
The Dark Place
The Dark Place
by Aaron Elkins
The Golden Child
The Golden Child
by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
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
Trouble at the Brownstone
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by Robert Goldsborough
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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.