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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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Dream Girl
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
A Fine and Bitter Snow
A Fine and Bitter Snow
by Dana Stabenow
The Increment
The Increment
by David Ignatius
Within Plain Sight
Within Plain Sight
by Bruce Robert Coffin
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Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
The People Next Door
The People Next Door
by Keri Beevis
Day of Reckoning
Day of Reckoning
by Jack Higgins
Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
by C. J. Box
The Distant Dead
The Distant Dead
by Heather Young
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift
by Caroline Graham
Have His Carcase
Have His Carcase
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dead Girl Walking
Dead Girl Walking
by Christopher Brookmyre
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
Nerve
Nerve
by Dick Francis
Murder Must Advertise
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Murder at the Book Club
Murder at the Book Club
by Betsy Reavley
Light Thickens
Light Thickens
by Ngaio Marsh
The Best American Noir of the Century
The Best American Noir of the Century
by James Ellroy, Otto Penzler
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
by Mary Burton
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The Stories of Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
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Scam Chowder
Scam Chowder
by Maya Corrigan
Between Earth and Sky
Between Earth and Sky
by Amanda Skenandore
The Case Is Closed
The Case Is Closed
by Patricia Wentworth
King Devil
King Devil
by Charlotte MacLeod
This Side of Murder
This Side of Murder
by Anna Lee Huber
The Wheelman
The Wheelman
by Duane Swierczynski
Caught Dead Handed
Caught Dead Handed
by Carol J. Perry
Murder in E Minor
Murder in E Minor
by Robert Goldsborough
Cross Her Heart
Cross Her Heart
by Sarah Pinborough
The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January
by Patricia Highsmith
Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive
by Patricia Wentworth
A Case of Need
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, Otto Penzler
Death at La Fenice
Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
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Boy's Life
Boy's Life
by Robert McCammon
Grey Mask
Grey Mask
by Patricia Wentworth
The Yellow Room
The Yellow Room
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Odds On
Odds On
by John Lange, Michael Crichton
The Forbidden Garden
The Forbidden Garden
by Ellen Herrick
Enough Rope
Enough Rope
by Lawrence Block
The Devil in the Marshalsea
The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson
A Small Death In Lisbon
A Small Death In Lisbon
by Robert Wilson
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
The Listening Eye
The Listening Eye
by Patricia Wentworth
Every Little Breath
Every Little Breath
by Keri Beevis
The Chinese Orange Mystery
The Chinese Orange Mystery
by Ellery Queen
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In the Balance
In the Balance
by Patricia Wentworth
Sweet Little Lies
Sweet Little Lies
by Caz Frear
The Deeds of the Disturber
The Deeds of the Disturber
by Elizabeth Peters
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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.