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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 Backward Boy
The Backward Boy
by Kenneth Cameron
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by Otto Penzler, Maurice Leblanc
The Innocent
The Innocent
by Evelyn Piper
No Immunity
No Immunity
by Susan Dunlap
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 Suicide Murders
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by Howard Engel
The Last Conquistador
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by Michael Elias
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by Valerie Miner
The Wings of the Morning
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by Louis Tracy
Andean Express
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by Adrian Althoff, Juan de Recacoechea
Vultures at Twilight
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by Charles Atkins
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by J. F. Freedman
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by Goldy Moldavsky
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by Idra Novey
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by Caroline B. Cooney
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by Sue Barnard
Before the Devil Fell
Before the Devil Fell
by Neil Olson
The Big Seven
The Big Seven
by Jim Harrison
Secret Lives
Secret Lives
by Mark de Castrique
Murder and Misconception
Murder and Misconception
by T. A. Huggins
The Long Night of White Chickens
The Long Night of White Chickens
by Francisco Goldman
Frozen Charlotte
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by Alex Bell
The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
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by Megan Atwood
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by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
The Chemistry of Death
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by Simon Beckett
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
by Robert Muchamore
The Gates of Ivory
The Gates of Ivory
by Margaret Drabble
Everybody's Right
Everybody's Right
by Paolo Sorrentino, Antony Shugaar
The Island of Last Truth
The Island of Last Truth
by Flavia Company, Laura McGloughlin
The Silence
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by Mary McGarry Morris
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by George C. Chesbro
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
Last Days
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by Brian Evenson, Peter Straub
The Mystery of the Blue Jar and The Witness for the Prosecution
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by Agatha Christie
Sisters of the Road
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by Barbara Wilson
The Case Is Closed
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by Patricia Wentworth
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by Alexander Dawe, Ahmet Altan
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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.