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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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A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
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Silent Nights
Silent Nights
by Martin Edwards
Chanukah Guilt
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene Schneider
The Missing Hand
The Missing Hand
by Susan Van Dusen
A Grave Denied
A Grave Denied
by Dana Stabenow
Bellfield Hall
Bellfield Hall
by Anna Dean
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
by Shamini Flint
Troubling Love
Troubling Love
by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein
Murder on Millionaires' Row
Murder on Millionaires' Row
by Erin Lindsey
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
by David Ignatius
The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe
The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe
by Josh Pachter, Otto Penzler, Rebecca Stout Bradbury, Robert Goldsborough, Marvin Kaye, Lawrence Block, Loren Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Lopresti, Dave Zeltserman, Thomas Narcejac, Marion Mainwaring, Jon L. Breen, O. X. Rusett, Frank Littler, Patrick Butler, Mack Reynolds, Michael Bracken, William Brittain, Joseph Goodrich
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A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
by Joshilyn Jackson
Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Inherit the Bones
Inherit the Bones
by Emily Littlejohn
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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
The White House Connection
The White House Connection
by Jack Higgins
Injury Time
Injury Time
by Catherine Aird
Where the Dark Streets Go
Where the Dark Streets Go
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The Tremor of Forgery
The Tremor of Forgery
by Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
Leviathan
Leviathan
by Robert McCammon
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The Conductors
The Conductors
by Nicole Glover
Black Out
Black Out
by John Lawton
Silver Lies
Silver Lies
by Ann Parker
The Tiger in the Smoke
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
Five Passengers From Lisbon
Five Passengers From Lisbon
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
Friends and Traitors
Friends and Traitors
by John Lawton
The Red Cobra
The Red Cobra
by Rob Sinclair
The Taxidermist's Daughter
The Taxidermist's Daughter
by Kate Mosse
The Vanishing Box
The Vanishing Box
by Elly Griffiths
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
by Robert Muchamore
Zia Summer
Zia Summer
by Rudolfo Anaya
I Know Where She Is
I Know Where She Is
by S. B. Caves
The Nine Tailors
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
A Dancer in the Dust
A Dancer in the Dust
by Thomas H. Cook
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
The Shut Eye
The Shut Eye
by Belinda Bauer
Make No Bones
Make No Bones
by Aaron Elkins
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
Circles in the Snow
Circles in the Snow
by Patrick F. McManus
Nerve
Nerve
by Dick Francis
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch
by Michael Connelly
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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.