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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 Suicide Murders
The Suicide Murders
by Howard Engel
The Florentine Deception
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by Carey Nachenberg
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The Hummingbird Dagger
The Hummingbird Dagger
by Cindy Anstey
A Trouble of Fools
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
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
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by Julian Sanchez
Design for Dying
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by Renee Patrick
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Blood on the Dining-Room Floor
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by Gertrude Stein
The Wrong Rite
The Wrong Rite
by Charlotte MacLeod
The War Against Miss Winter
The War Against Miss Winter
by Kathryn Miller Haines
The Silence
The Silence
by Mary McGarry Morris
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
by Joshilyn Jackson
The Long Night of White Chickens
The Long Night of White Chickens
by Francisco Goldman
A Stolen Tongue
A Stolen Tongue
by Sheri Holman
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir
by Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni
Aviary
Aviary
by Deirdre McNamer
La Maison de Rendez-vous and Djinn
La Maison de Rendez-vous and Djinn
by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Richard Howard, Yvone Lenard, Walter Wells
Zia Summer
Zia Summer
by Rudolfo Anaya
Alcestis
Alcestis
by Katharine Beutner
Resistance
Resistance
by Val McDermid, Kathryn Briggs
A Taste for Monsters
A Taste for Monsters
by Matthew J. Kirby
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Palace of Spies
Palace of Spies
by Sarah Zettel
From Away
From Away
by David Carkeet
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Endgame
Endgame
by Ahmet Altan, Alexander Dawe
Magick Run Amok
Magick Run Amok
by Sharon Pape
The Vaults
The Vaults
by Toby Ball
The Trap
The Trap
by Melanie Raabe, Imogen Taylor
Tell Me No Secrets
Tell Me No Secrets
by Lynda Stacey
Here Comes a Candle
Here Comes a Candle
by Fredric Brown
Dangerous Betrayal
Dangerous Betrayal
by Bill Blowers
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Carolina Skeletons
Carolina Skeletons
by David Stout
She Be Damned
She Be Damned
by M. J. Tjia
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
by Horace McCoy
813
813
by Otto Penzler, Maurice Leblanc
The Dick
The Dick
by Bruce Jay Friedman
Slipping into Darkness
Slipping into Darkness
by Peter Blauner
Shadow Image
Shadow Image
by Martin J. Smith
Living Dead Girl
Living Dead Girl
by Tod Goldberg
There Was an Old Woman
There Was an Old Woman
by Howard Engel
Dead Man's Thoughts
Dead Man's Thoughts
by Carolyn Wheat
Afternoons in Paris
Afternoons in Paris
by Janice Law
Murder in the English Department
Murder in the English Department
by Valerie Miner
The Wings of the Morning
The Wings of the Morning
by Louis Tracy
The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence
by Camilla Trinchieri
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The OPSIG Team Black Series Books 1–3
by Alan Jacobson
The Suspicion Series Volume One
The Suspicion Series Volume One
by Barbara Parker
Strike Three You're Dead
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by R. D. Rosen
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Ways to Disappear
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by Idra Novey
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by Marian Babson
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Body of Lies
Body of Lies
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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.