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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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Resistance
Resistance
by Kathryn Briggs, Val McDermid
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
Layer Cake
Layer Cake
by J. J. Connolly
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
by Sara Gran
The Man in the White Linen Suit
The Man in the White Linen Suit
by David Handler
Last Days
Last Days
by Brian Evenson, Peter Straub
Total Chaos
Total Chaos
by Howard Curtis, Jean-Claude Izzo
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A Noble Radiance
A Noble Radiance
by Donna Leon
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain
The Withdrawing Room
The Withdrawing Room
by Charlotte MacLeod
The Killing Hills
The Killing Hills
by Chris Offutt
They Never Came Home
They Never Came Home
by Lois Duncan
The Scroll
The Scroll
by Anne Perry
Cops and Robbers
Cops and Robbers
by Donald E. Westlake
Indian Country Noir
Indian Country Noir
by Liz Martinez, Sarah Cortez
Mystery, Inc.
Mystery, Inc.
by Joyce Carol Oates
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The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Cross Her Heart
Cross Her Heart
by Sarah Pinborough
And When She Was Good
And When She Was Good
by Laura Lippman
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Troubling Love
Troubling Love
by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein
A Trouble of Fools
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
House Arrest
House Arrest
by Mike Lawson
Mistletoe Mysteries
Mistletoe Mysteries
by Howard Engel, Sharyn McCrumb, Eric Wright, Marcia Muller, Mary Higgins Clark, Henry Slesar, Charlotte MacLeod, John Lutz, Bill Pronzini, Susan Dunlap, Peter Lovesey, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Edward D. Hoch, Aaron Elkins, Isaac Asimov
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
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The Catherine Wheel
The Catherine Wheel
by Patricia Wentworth
The Antiquarian
The Antiquarian
by Julian Sanchez
Ladies' Bane
Ladies' Bane
by Patricia Wentworth
The Case of William Smith
The Case of William Smith
by Patricia Wentworth
The Tenth Circle
The Tenth Circle
by Jon Land
Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions
by Susan Isaacs
Set This House on Fire
Set This House on Fire
by William Styron
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Chanukah Guilt
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene Schneider
The Missing Hand
The Missing Hand
by Susan Van Dusen
Murder on Millionaires' Row
Murder on Millionaires' Row
by Erin Lindsey
The Company of Cats
The Company of Cats
by Marian Babson
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Frozen Charlotte
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
by Carolyn Keene
Shadowplay
Shadowplay
by Joseph O'Connor
The Fallen
The Fallen
by Jassy Mackenzie
Lovesick
Lovesick
by James Driggers
Sweet Little Lies
Sweet Little Lies
by Caz Frear
Nemesis
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
Alburquerque
Alburquerque
by Rudolfo Anaya
Dark Moon
Dark Moon
by Diane Hoh
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
by Con Lehane
The Black Book
The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk
No Simple Death
No Simple Death
by Valerie Keogh
But He Was Already Dead When I Got There
But He Was Already Dead When I Got There
by Barbara Paul
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
by A. A. Milne
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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.