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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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by T. A. Huggins
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by Massimo Carlotto
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by Francine Pascal
The Gates of Ivory
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by Margaret Drabble
The Island of Last Truth
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by Flavia Company, Laura McGloughlin
The Quarry
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by Damon Galgut
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by George C. Chesbro
Palace of Spies
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by Sarah Zettel
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by Dennis Cooper
The Deadly Sister
The Deadly Sister
by Eliot Schrefer
The Mystery of the Blue Jar and The Witness for the Prosecution
The Mystery of the Blue Jar and The Witness for the Prosecution
by Agatha Christie
Sisters of the Road
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by Barbara Wilson
The Backward Boy
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by Kenneth Cameron
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by Edward Keyes
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Rhode Island Red
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by Charlotte Carter
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by Bruce Jay Friedman
Shadow Image
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by Martin J. Smith
No Immunity
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by Susan Dunlap
There Was an Old Woman
There Was an Old Woman
by Howard Engel
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning
by Antonio Manzini
The Wings of the Morning
The Wings of the Morning
by Louis Tracy
Vultures at Twilight
Vultures at Twilight
by Charles Atkins
Traitor's Purse
Traitor's Purse
by Margery Allingham
The Smiler with the Knife
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by Nicholas Blake
Flowers for the Judge
Flowers for the Judge
by Margery Allingham
Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon
by James Ellroy
The Little Death
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by Michael Nava
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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.