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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 Killing Hills
The Killing Hills
by Chris Offutt
The Fallen
The Fallen
by Jassy Mackenzie
The Scroll
The Scroll
by Anne Perry
King Devil
King Devil
by Charlotte MacLeod
Lovesick
Lovesick
by James Driggers
The Gospel of Sheba
The Gospel of Sheba
by Lyndsay Faye
No Immunity
No Immunity
by Susan Dunlap
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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God Save the Mark
God Save the Mark
by Donald E. Westlake
Getting Away with Murder
Getting Away with Murder
by Howard Engel
Afternoons in Paris
Afternoons in Paris
by Janice Law
The Swan Thieves
The Swan Thieves
by Elizabeth Kostova
Sweet Little Lies
Sweet Little Lies
by Caz Frear
Vienna Waltz
Vienna Waltz
by Teresa Grant
A Trouble of Fools
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
A Taste Fur Murder
A Taste Fur Murder
by Dixie Lyle
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
by Con Lehane
Give Us a Kiss
Give Us a Kiss
by Pinckney Benedict, Daniel Woodrell
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
by Joshilyn Jackson
The Silent Ones
The Silent Ones
by William Brodrick
Arsenic with Austen
Arsenic with Austen
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
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The Golden Child
The Golden Child
by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
by Marian Babson
The Trap
The Trap
by Melanie Raabe, Imogen Taylor
Asking for the Moon
Asking for the Moon
by Reginald Hill
They Never Came Home
They Never Came Home
by Lois Duncan
A Dram of Poison
A Dram of Poison
by Charlotte Armstrong
Last Rites
Last Rites
by John Harvey
Murder in the English Department
Murder in the English Department
by Valerie Miner
Design for Dying
Design for Dying
by Renee Patrick
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Alburquerque
Alburquerque
by Rudolfo Anaya
Rustication
Rustication
by Charles Palliser
The Forbidden Garden
The Forbidden Garden
by Ellen Herrick
The Missing Hand
The Missing Hand
by Susan Van Dusen
A Novel Bookstore
A Novel Bookstore
by Alison Anderson, Laurence Cosse
The Company of Cats
The Company of Cats
by Marian Babson
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Who Killed Palomino Molero?
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Long Night of White Chickens
The Long Night of White Chickens
by Francisco Goldman
Magick Run Amok
Magick Run Amok
by Sharon Pape
The Last Conquistador
The Last Conquistador
by Michael Elias
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As Long as We Both Shall Live
As Long as We Both Shall Live
by JoAnn Chaney
The Little Men
The Little Men
by Megan Abbott
Acts of Nature
Acts of Nature
by Jonathon King
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, Otto Penzler
The Luke Garrison Series
The Luke Garrison Series
by J. F. Freedman
Pandora's Temple
Pandora's Temple
by Jon Land
The Deadly Travellers
The Deadly Travellers
by Dorothy Eden
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
The Circular Staircase
The Circular Staircase
by Otto Penzler, Mary Roberts Rinehart
Set This House on Fire
Set This House on Fire
by William Styron
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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.