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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 Neil Olson
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by Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni
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by Francine Pascal
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by CJ Carver
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by Rudolfo Anaya
A Dancer in the Dust
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by Thomas H. Cook
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Prism
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by George C. Chesbro
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
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by Lynda Stacey
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by Alexander Dawe, Ahmet Altan
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Blood on the Dining-Room Floor
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by Gertrude Stein
Berlin Noir
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by Zoe Beck, Ulrich Woelk, Lucy Jones, Thomas Wortche
Carolina Skeletons
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by David Stout
Sisters of the Road
Sisters of the Road
by Barbara Wilson
She Be Damned
She Be Damned
by M. J. Tjia
Indian Country Noir
Indian Country Noir
by Liz Martinez, Sarah Cortez
The Innocent
The Innocent
by Evelyn Piper
Princess Charming
Princess Charming
by Jane Heller
Shadow Image
Shadow Image
by Martin J. Smith
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 Wings of the Morning
The Wings of the Morning
by Louis Tracy
Vultures at Twilight
Vultures at Twilight
by Charles Atkins
Captured
Captured
by Neil Cross
Dead Ball
Dead Ball
by R. D. Rosen
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Ways to Disappear
Ways to Disappear
by Idra Novey
Dark Moon
Dark Moon
by Diane Hoh
Heathcliff
Heathcliff
by Sue Barnard
Murder and Misconception
Murder and Misconception
by T. A. Huggins
The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
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by Megan Atwood
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The Rabbit Back Literature Society
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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
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
The Backward Boy
The Backward Boy
by Kenneth Cameron
A Sudden Silence
A Sudden Silence
by Eve Bunting
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Red Tea
Red Tea
by Meg Mezeske
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by Kathy Martin
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Closer
by Dennis Cooper
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by Charlotte Carter
The Dick
The Dick
by Bruce Jay Friedman
Fickle
Fickle
by Peter Manus
Andean Express
Andean Express
by Adrian Althoff, Juan de Recacoechea
Flowers for the Judge, Death of a Ghost, and The Case of the Late Pig
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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.