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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 Silence Doctrine
The Silence Doctrine
by M.K. Mercer
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
by Freeman Wills Crofts
Killing Mr. Griffin
Killing Mr. Griffin
by Lois Duncan
Dream Girl
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
A Taste Fur Murder
A Taste Fur Murder
by Dixie Lyle
The Forbidden Garden
The Forbidden Garden
by Ellen Herrick
Pago Pago Tango
Pago Pago Tango
by John Enright
The Genesis Code
The Genesis Code
by Christopher Forrest
The Chinese Maze Murders
The Chinese Maze Murders
by Robert van Gulik
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The Christmas Card Crime
The Christmas Card Crime
by Martin Edwards
Restless in the Grave
Restless in the Grave
by Dana Stabenow
Give Us a Kiss
Give Us a Kiss
by Daniel Woodrell, Pinckney Benedict
Murder on Millionaires' Row
Murder on Millionaires' Row
by Erin Lindsey
Serpents in Eden
Serpents in Eden
by Martin Edwards
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Inherit the Bones
Inherit the Bones
by Emily Littlejohn
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The Pyramid
The Pyramid
by Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg, Laurie Thompson
Arsenic with Austen
Arsenic with Austen
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
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The Thousand Faces of Night
The Thousand Faces of Night
by Jack Higgins
Parting Breath
Parting Breath
by Catherine Aird
Death of an Old Sinner
Death of an Old Sinner
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Freedom of the Mask
Freedom of the Mask
by Robert McCammon
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by B. Traven
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir
by Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni
Friends and Traitors
Friends and Traitors
by John Lawton
The Hangman's Song
The Hangman's Song
by James Oswald
The Beautiful Dead
The Beautiful Dead
by Belinda Bauer
Striding Folly
Striding Folly
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Gold of Our Fathers
Gold of Our Fathers
by Kwei Quartey
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
Resistance
Resistance
by Val McDermid, Kathryn Briggs
The River Within
The River Within
by Karen Powell
The Silence
The Silence
by Mary McGarry Morris
The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
Layer Cake
Layer Cake
by J. J. Connolly
Skeleton Dance
Skeleton Dance
by Aaron Elkins
From Away
From Away
by David Carkeet
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The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
Dead Embers
Dead Embers
by Matt Brolly
Death from a Top Hat
Death from a Top Hat
by Clayton Rawson
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Catalyst
Catalyst
by CJ Lyons
Shattered at Sea
Shattered at Sea
by Cheryl Hollon
The Man Who Loved Women to Death
The Man Who Loved Women to Death
by David Handler
Missing Person
Missing Person
by Patrick Modiano, Daniel Weissbort
Death Goes to School
Death Goes to School
by Q. Patrick
The Fallen
The Fallen
by Jassy Mackenzie
Last Rites
Last Rites
by John Harvey
The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey
The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey
by J. Michael Orenduff
Cops and Robbers
Cops and Robbers
by Donald E. Westlake
Mystery, Inc.
Mystery, Inc.
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.