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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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Resistance
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by Val McDermid, Kathryn Briggs
The River Within
The River Within
by Karen Powell
A Taste for Monsters
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by Matthew J. Kirby
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by George C. Chesbro
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
Magick Run Amok
Magick Run Amok
by Sharon Pape
Tell Me No Secrets
Tell Me No Secrets
by Lynda Stacey
Asking for the Moon
Asking for the Moon
by Reginald Hill
Carolina Skeletons
Carolina Skeletons
by David Stout
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored
Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored
by Philippe Georget, Steven Rendall
Sisters of the Road
Sisters of the Road
by Barbara Wilson
She Be Damned
She Be Damned
by M. J. Tjia
The Backward Boy
The Backward Boy
by Kenneth Cameron
Endgame
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by Ahmet Altan, Alexander Dawe
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
by Horace McCoy
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813
by Otto Penzler, Maurice Leblanc
Red Tea
Red Tea
by Meg Mezeske
Mystery, Inc.
Mystery, Inc.
by Joyce Carol Oates
The Dick
The Dick
by Bruce Jay Friedman
Princess Charming
Princess Charming
by Jane Heller
A Fairly Dangerous Thing
A Fairly Dangerous Thing
by Reginald Hill
No Immunity
No Immunity
by Susan Dunlap
There Was an Old Woman
There Was an Old Woman
by Howard Engel
The Suicide Murders
The Suicide Murders
by Howard Engel
The Last Conquistador
The Last Conquistador
by Michael Elias
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Murder in the English Department
Murder in the English Department
by Valerie Miner
Andean Express
Andean Express
by Juan de Recacoechea, Adrian Althoff
Vultures at Twilight
Vultures at Twilight
by Charles Atkins
Design for Dying
Design for Dying
by Renee Patrick
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Captured
Captured
by Neil Cross
The Shut Eye
The Shut Eye
by Belinda Bauer
Ways to Disappear
Ways to Disappear
by Idra Novey
Wrapped Up in Crosswords
Wrapped Up in Crosswords
by Nero Blanc
Afternoons in Paris
Afternoons in Paris
by Janice Law
The Wings of the Morning
The Wings of the Morning
by Louis Tracy
Murder and Misconception
Murder and Misconception
by T. A. Huggins
The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
by Megan Atwood
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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 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
A Sudden Silence
A Sudden Silence
by Eve Bunting
The Innocent
The Innocent
by Evelyn Piper
The Woodville Connection
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by Kathy Martin
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Closer
Closer
by Dennis Cooper
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red
by Charlotte Carter
Fickle
Fickle
by Peter Manus
Traitor's Purse
Traitor's Purse
by Margery Allingham
Flowers for the Judge
Flowers for the Judge
by Margery Allingham
Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon
by James Ellroy
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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.