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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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And When She Was Good
And When She Was Good
by Laura Lippman
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Four Rabbi Small Mysteries
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by Harry Kemelman
Troubling Love
Troubling Love
by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
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The Antiquarian
The Antiquarian
by Julian Sanchez
The Deeds of the Disturber
The Deeds of the Disturber
by Elizabeth Peters
The Last Drive
The Last Drive
by Rex Stout, Ira Brad Matetsky
Death in the Castle
Death in the Castle
by Pearl S. Buck
The Shut Eye
The Shut Eye
by Belinda Bauer
Hopscotch
Hopscotch
by Brian Garfield
The Genesis Code
The Genesis Code
by Christopher Forrest
The Christmas Card Crime
The Christmas Card Crime
by Martin Edwards
Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
Then We Take Berlin
Then We Take Berlin
by John Lawton
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
Aviary
Aviary
by Deirdre McNamer
Layer Cake
Layer Cake
by J. J. Connolly
Nerve
Nerve
by Dick Francis
Shadowplay
Shadowplay
by Joseph O'Connor
The White Van
The White Van
by Patrick Hoffman
House Justice
House Justice
by Mike Lawson
Roman Count Down
Roman Count Down
by David P. Wagner
We'll Never Be Apart
We'll Never Be Apart
by Emiko Jean
House Arrest
House Arrest
by Mike Lawson
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
by Allan Folsom
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8 Books to Read on a Snow Day
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 Return of Captain John Emmett
The Return of Captain John Emmett
by Elizabeth Speller
Nemesis
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
Kill the Boy Band
Kill the Boy Band
by Goldy Moldavsky
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Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions
by Susan Isaacs
The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed
by Evelyn Anthony
The Complete Short Stories
The Complete Short Stories
by Edgar Allan Poe
No Job for a Lady
No Job for a Lady
by Carol McCleary
Pago Pago Tango
Pago Pago Tango
by John Enright
Bellfield Hall
Bellfield Hall
by Anna Dean
Where the Dark Streets Go
Where the Dark Streets Go
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Brooklyn Noir 2
Brooklyn Noir 2
by Irwin Shaw, H. P. Lovecraft, Tim McLoughlin, Maggie Estep
The Black Book
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk
The Goodbye Kiss
The Goodbye Kiss
by Massimo Carlotto
The Taxidermist's Daughter
The Taxidermist's Daughter
by Kate Mosse
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
Everybody's Right
Everybody's Right
by Paolo Sorrentino, Antony Shugaar
Gold of Our Fathers
Gold of Our Fathers
by Kwei Quartey
Bread of the Dead
Bread of the Dead
by Ann Myers
From Away
From Away
by David Carkeet
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The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored
by Philippe Georget, Steven Rendall
A Few Right Thinking Men
A Few Right Thinking Men
by Sulari Gentill
Murder at Madingley Grange
Murder at Madingley Grange
by Caroline Graham
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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.