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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 Luke Garrison Series
The Luke Garrison Series
by J. F. Freedman
The Tenth Circle
The Tenth Circle
by Jon Land
Death in the Castle
Death in the Castle
by Pearl S. Buck
Nemesis
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
Busman's Honeymoon
Busman's Honeymoon
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dark Threat
Dark Threat
by Patricia Wentworth
Death at La Fenice
Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
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Boy's Life
Boy's Life
by Robert McCammon
Kill the Boy Band
Kill the Boy Band
by Goldy Moldavsky
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The Cater Street Hangman
The Cater Street Hangman
by Anne Perry
A Morbid Taste for Bones
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
Odds On
Odds On
by Michael Crichton, John Lange
The Nine Tailors
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Case Is Closed
The Case Is Closed
by Patricia Wentworth
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Ladies' Bane
Ladies' Bane
by Patricia Wentworth
The Case of William Smith
The Case of William Smith
by Patricia Wentworth
Malice in Maggody
Malice in Maggody
by Joan Hess
The Complete Short Stories
The Complete Short Stories
by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed
by Evelyn Anthony
Blood Jungle Ballet
Blood Jungle Ballet
by John Enright
The Genesis Code
The Genesis Code
by Christopher Forrest
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
by Shamini Flint
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
From Away
From Away
by David Carkeet
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The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
Nerve
Nerve
by Dick Francis
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
by Charlotte MacLeod
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Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
by Thomas Wortche, Lucy Jones, Zoe Beck, Ulrich Woelk
Murder Knocks Twice
Murder Knocks Twice
by Susanna Calkins
Lovesick
Lovesick
by James Driggers
Troubling Love
Troubling Love
by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein
Mistletoe Mysteries
Mistletoe Mysteries
by Charlotte MacLeod, John Lutz, Susan Dunlap, Peter Lovesey, Edward D. Hoch, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Bill Pronzini, Aaron Elkins, Isaac Asimov, Howard Engel, Eric Wright, Mary Higgins Clark, Sharyn McCrumb, Henry Slesar, Marcia Muller
The Little Men
The Little Men
by Megan Abbott
Bones and Roses
Bones and Roses
by Eileen Goudge
The Deadly Travellers
The Deadly Travellers
by Dorothy Eden
Dead Ball
Dead Ball
by R. D. Rosen
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Alburquerque
Alburquerque
by Rudolfo Anaya
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
Hopscotch
Hopscotch
by Brian Garfield
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
by Con Lehane
Chanukah Guilt
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene Schneider
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Arsenic with Austen
Arsenic with Austen
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
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A Gentle Murderer
A Gentle Murderer
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Brooklyn Noir 2
Brooklyn Noir 2
by Tim McLoughlin, H. P. Lovecraft, Irwin Shaw, Maggie Estep
Gold of Our Fathers
Gold of Our Fathers
by Kwei Quartey
Bread of the Dead
Bread of the Dead
by Ann Myers Ann Myers
The Deadly Sister
The Deadly Sister
by Eliot Schrefer
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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.