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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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Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
Murderland
Murderland
by Thomas B. Cavanagh
Leviathan
Leviathan
by Robert McCammon
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Joe Pickett
Joe Pickett
by C. J. Box
Black Out
Black Out
by John Lawton
The Devil in the Marshalsea
The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes
by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
by Robert Muchamore
Every Little Breath
Every Little Breath
by Keri Beevis
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch
by Michael Connelly
Grave Errors
Grave Errors
by Carol J. Perry
Fellowship of Fear
Fellowship of Fear
by Aaron Elkins
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The Stories of Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
Shifty's Boys
Shifty's Boys
by Chris Offutt
Last Days
Last Days
by Brian Evenson, Peter Straub
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
by Mary Burton
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Murder at Madingley Grange
Murder at Madingley Grange
by Caroline Graham
The Withdrawing Room
The Withdrawing Room
by Charlotte MacLeod
The Killing Hills
The Killing Hills
by Chris Offutt
This Side of Murder
This Side of Murder
by Anna Lee Huber
Still Life
Still Life
by Val McDermid
And When She Was Good
And When She Was Good
by Laura Lippman
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The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras
The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras
by J. Michael Orenduff
Paragon Walk
Paragon Walk
by Anne Perry
Bookshop Mysteries
Bookshop Mysteries
by John Harvey, Ian Rankin, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Lovesey, Laura Lippman
As Long as We Both Shall Live
As Long as We Both Shall Live
by JoAnn Chaney
The Burglar
The Burglar
by Thomas Perry
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
by Allan Folsom
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The Winter People
The Winter People
by Phyllis A. Whitney
A Case of Need
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
Odds On
Odds On
by Michael Crichton, John Lange
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
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Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions
by Susan Isaacs
Total Chaos
Total Chaos
by Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis
Kitchen Chinese
Kitchen Chinese
by Ann Mah
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Murder and Misconception
Murder and Misconception
by T. A. Huggins
Nothing But Dust
Nothing But Dust
by Sandrine Collette
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The Tremor of Forgery
The Tremor of Forgery
by Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
The Made-Up Man
The Made-Up Man
by Joseph Scapellato
The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
by Megan Atwood
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The Goodbye Kiss
The Goodbye Kiss
by Massimo Carlotto
Fear
Fear
by Francine Pascal
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
The Gates of Ivory
The Gates of Ivory
by Margaret Drabble
The Island of Last Truth
The Island of Last Truth
by Flavia Company, Laura McGloughlin
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, Otto Penzler
Prism
Prism
by George C. Chesbro
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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.