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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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Shifty's Boys
Shifty's Boys
by Chris Offutt
Last Days
Last Days
by Brian Evenson, Peter Straub
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
by Charlotte MacLeod
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain
The Withdrawing Room
The Withdrawing Room
by Charlotte MacLeod
King Devil
King Devil
by Charlotte MacLeod
Alburquerque
Alburquerque
by Rudolfo Anaya
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed
by Jack Higgins
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God Save the Mark
God Save the Mark
by Donald E. Westlake
The Swan Thieves
The Swan Thieves
by Elizabeth Kostova
Paragon Walk
Paragon Walk
by Anne Perry
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
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Acts of Nature
Acts of Nature
by Jonathon King
A Pinch of Poison
A Pinch of Poison
by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
Heads You Lose
Heads You Lose
by Christianna Brand
Death Wish
Death Wish
by Brian Garfield
The Silence
The Silence
by Mary McGarry Morris
Indian Country Noir
Indian Country Noir
by Sarah Cortez, Liz Martinez
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Otto Penzler
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning
by Antonio Manzini
The Spy's Wife
The Spy's Wife
by Reginald Hill
A Trouble of Fools
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
The Antiquarian
The Antiquarian
by Julian Sanchez
Nemesis
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
Swimsuit Body
Swimsuit Body
by Eileen Goudge
The Deadly Travellers
The Deadly Travellers
by Dorothy Eden
Ways to Disappear
Ways to Disappear
by Idra Novey
Dark Moon
Dark Moon
by Diane Hoh
The Circular Staircase
The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler
Andean Express
Andean Express
by Juan de Recacoechea, Adrian Althoff
Design for Dying
Design for Dying
by Renee Patrick
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8 Novels Set in Old Hollywood
The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed
by Evelyn Anthony
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir
by Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni
Aviary
Aviary
by Deirdre McNamer
Cold Echo
Cold Echo
by CJ Carver
Everybody's Right
Everybody's Right
by Paolo Sorrentino, Antony Shugaar
Dead Girl Walking
Dead Girl Walking
by Christopher Brookmyre
The Island of Last Truth
The Island of Last Truth
by Flavia Company, Laura McGloughlin
Resistance
Resistance
by Val McDermid, Kathryn Briggs
The Quarry
The Quarry
by Damon Galgut
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
The Vaults
The Vaults
by Toby Ball
Tell Me No Secrets
Tell Me No Secrets
by Lynda Stacey
813
813
by Otto Penzler, Maurice Leblanc
Wrapped Up in Crosswords
Wrapped Up in Crosswords
by Nero Blanc
There Was an Old Woman
There Was an Old Woman
by Howard Engel
The Luke Garrison Series
The Luke Garrison Series
by J. F. Freedman
Strike Three You're Dead
Strike Three You're Dead
by R. D. Rosen
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James the Connoisseur Cat
James the Connoisseur Cat
by Harriet Hahn
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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.