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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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Give Us a Kiss
Give Us a Kiss
by Pinckney Benedict, Daniel Woodrell
Bellfield Hall
Bellfield Hall
by Anna Dean
The Company of Cats
The Company of Cats
by Marian Babson
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A Gentle Murderer
A Gentle Murderer
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
The Woman Who Fell from Grace
The Woman Who Fell from Grace
by David Handler
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
by Charlotte MacLeod
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8 Books Set During the Gilded Age
The Fallen
The Fallen
by Jassy Mackenzie
Lovesick
Lovesick
by James Driggers
Cops and Robbers
Cops and Robbers
by Donald E. Westlake
Much Ado in Maggody
Much Ado in Maggody
by Joan Hess
This Dog for Hire
This Dog for Hire
by Carol Lea Benjamin
The Swan Thieves
The Swan Thieves
by Elizabeth Kostova
Vienna Waltz
Vienna Waltz
by Teresa Grant
A Trouble of Fools
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
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9 Books for Fans of Sharp Objects
Acts of Nature
Acts of Nature
by Jonathon King
Design for Dying
Design for Dying
by Renee Patrick
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8 Novels Set in Old Hollywood
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, Otto Penzler
Set This House on Fire
Set This House on Fire
by William Styron
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William Styron: A Life in Books
The Man in Lower Ten
The Man in Lower Ten
by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler
Killing Mr. Griffin
Killing Mr. Griffin
by Lois Duncan
Rustication
Rustication
by Charles Palliser
No Job for a Lady
No Job for a Lady
by Carol McCleary
The Genesis Code
The Genesis Code
by Christopher Forrest
Chanukah Guilt
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene Schneider
The Missing Hand
The Missing Hand
by Susan Van Dusen
Freedom of the Mask
Freedom of the Mask
by Robert McCammon
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Hasty Wedding
Hasty Wedding
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Alibi
Alibi
by Joseph Kanon
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
Gold of Our Fathers
Gold of Our Fathers
by Kwei Quartey
Bread of the Dead
Bread of the Dead
by Ann Myers
The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
Shadowplay
Shadowplay
by Joseph O'Connor
A Few Right Thinking Men
A Few Right Thinking Men
by Sulari Gentill
Suspicion of Innocence
Suspicion of Innocence
by Barbara Parker
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
Dine and Die on the Danube Express
Dine and Die on the Danube Express
by Peter King
Hurting Distance
Hurting Distance
by Sophie Hannah
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The Arly Hanks Mysteries Volume One
The Arly Hanks Mysteries Volume One
by Joan Hess
Troubling Love
Troubling Love
by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante
Mistletoe Mysteries
Mistletoe Mysteries
by Howard Engel, Charlotte MacLeod, Mary Higgins Clark, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Lovesey, Henry Slesar, Susan Dunlap, Bill Pronzini, John Lutz, Aaron Elkins, Marcia Muller, Edward D. Hoch, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Eric Wright, Isaac Asimov
The Last Drive
The Last Drive
by Rex Stout, Ira Brad Matetsky
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions
by Susan Isaacs
The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed
by Evelyn Anthony
The Christmas Card Crime
The Christmas Card Crime
by Martin Edwards
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
by Shamini Flint
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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.