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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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Tish Plays the Game
Tish Plays the Game
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
God Save the Mark
God Save the Mark
by Donald E. Westlake
Cross Her Heart
Cross Her Heart
by Sarah Pinborough
The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January
by Patricia Highsmith
The Tenth Commandment
The Tenth Commandment
by Lawrence Sanders
The Veiled One
The Veiled One
by Ruth Rendell
The Cater Street Hangman
The Cater Street Hangman
by Anne Perry
The Spy's Wife
The Spy's Wife
by Reginald Hill
Bookshop Mysteries
Bookshop Mysteries
by John Harvey, Ian Rankin, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Lovesey, Laura Lippman
The Burglar
The Burglar
by Thomas Perry
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
by Allan Folsom
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Who Pays the Piper?
Who Pays the Piper?
by Patricia Wentworth
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
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Acts of Nature
Acts of Nature
by Jonathon King
A Case of Need
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
Odds On
Odds On
by Michael Crichton, John Lange
The Last Drive
The Last Drive
by Rex Stout, Ira Brad Matetsky
Marathon Man
Marathon Man
by William Goldman
The Yellow Room
The Yellow Room
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Rest You Merry
Rest You Merry
by Charlotte MacLeod
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
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A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
by Joshilyn Jackson
Freedom of the Mask
Freedom of the Mask
by Robert McCammon
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Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
by Robert Muchamore
I Know Where She Is
I Know Where She Is
by S. B. Caves
Grave Errors
Grave Errors
by Carol J. Perry
Trouble at the Brownstone
Trouble at the Brownstone
by Robert Goldsborough
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8 New York City Mystery Books
Thirteen Hours
Thirteen Hours
by Deon Meyer, K.L. Seegers
House Justice
House Justice
by Mike Lawson
Rutland Place
Rutland Place
by Anne Perry
The Winter People
The Winter People
by Phyllis A. Whitney
The OPSIG Team Black Series Books 1–3
The OPSIG Team Black Series Books 1–3
by Alan Jacobson
Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
by Robert Goldsborough
Hopscotch
Hopscotch
by Brian Garfield
The Tremor of Forgery
The Tremor of Forgery
by Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
The Distant Dead
The Distant Dead
by Heather Young
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
The Good German
The Good German
by Joseph Kanon
Then We Take Berlin
Then We Take Berlin
by John Lawton
Endgame
Endgame
by Ahmet Altan, Alexander Dawe
One for Our Baby
One for Our Baby
by John Sandrolini
The Complete Short Stories
The Complete Short Stories
by Edgar Allan Poe
A Pinch of Poison
A Pinch of Poison
by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge
Swimsuit Body
Swimsuit Body
by Eileen Goudge
The Taxidermist's Daughter
The Taxidermist's Daughter
by Kate Mosse
Last Days
Last Days
by Brian Evenson, Peter Straub
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
by Charlotte MacLeod
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King Devil
King Devil
by Charlotte MacLeod
The Benny Cooperman Mysteries Volume One
The Benny Cooperman Mysteries Volume One
by Howard Engel
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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.