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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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Poison in the Pen
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by Patricia Wentworth
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by Joy Callaway
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by Patricia Moyes
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Murderland
Murderland
by Thomas B. Cavanagh
A Season in Hell
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by Jack Higgins
His Burial Too
His Burial Too
by Catherine Aird
Black Out
Black Out
by John Lawton
Coyote Wind
Coyote Wind
by Peter Bowen
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much
by G. K. Chesterton
Wolf in Man's Clothing
Wolf in Man's Clothing
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
The Black Book
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk
The Silent Girls
The Silent Girls
by Eric Rickstad
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
The Beautiful Dead
The Beautiful Dead
by Belinda Bauer
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bread of the Dead
Bread of the Dead
by Ann Myers Ann Myers
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, Otto Penzler
Not the End of the World
Not the End of the World
by Christopher Brookmyre
Make No Bones
Make No Bones
by Aaron Elkins
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
A Fatal Inversion
A Fatal Inversion
by Ruth Rendell
Fear of the Dark
Fear of the Dark
by Gar Anthony Haywood
Shifty's Boys
Shifty's Boys
by Chris Offutt
The Boy Who Never Grew Up
The Boy Who Never Grew Up
by David Handler
Asking for the Moon
Asking for the Moon
by Reginald Hill
Murder Knocks Twice
Murder Knocks Twice
by Susanna Calkins
The Problem of the Surly Servant
The Problem of the Surly Servant
by Roberta Rogow
Sisters of the Road
Sisters of the Road
by Barbara Wilson
Thirteen Hours
Thirteen Hours
by Deon Meyer, K.L. Seegers
The Little Men
The Little Men
by Megan Abbott
A Dram of Poison
A Dram of Poison
by Charlotte Armstrong
The Complete Short Stories
The Complete Short Stories
by Edgar Allan Poe
Lovesick
Lovesick
by James Driggers
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
The Grub-and-Stakers Move a Mountain
The Grub-and-Stakers Move a Mountain
by Charlotte MacLeod
The 7th Victim
by Alan Jacobson
House Justice
House Justice
by Mike Lawson
The Veiled One
The Veiled One
by Ruth Rendell
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning
by Antonio Manzini
Vienna Waltz
Vienna Waltz
by Teresa Grant
Rutland Place
Rutland Place
by Anne Perry
A Trouble of Fools
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
House Arrest
House Arrest
by Mike Lawson
The Return of Captain John Emmett
The Return of Captain John Emmett
by Elizabeth Speller
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
by Patricia Wentworth
Pandora's Temple
by Jon Land
Nemesis
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
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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.