Mystery

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym of detective fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either professional or amateur) solves a crime. The term "mystery fiction" may sometimes be limited to the subset of detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle element and its logical solution (cf. whodunit), as a contrast to hardboiled detective stories which focus on action and gritty realism. However, in more general usage "mystery" may be used to describe any form of crime fiction, even if there is no mystery to be solved ...more

Wilder Girls
Lady in the Lake
The Family Upstairs
The Arrangement
Never Look Back
One Little Secret
The Best Lies
Speaking of Summer
Stone Cold Heart (Cat Kinsella, #2)
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt
A Prayer for Travelers
Betrayal in Time (Kendra Donovan, #4)
Dead Silence (The Foundlings)
The Undertaker's Assistant
Heart of Barkness (Chet and Bernie Mystery, #9)
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  • Where the Crawdads Sing
    The Silent Patient
    My Sister, the Serial Killer
    When We Believed in Mermaids
    And So It Begins
    Outfox
    Winter Cottage
    The Inn
    Big Little Lies
    Chances Are...
    Everything I Never Told You
    Black Nowhere (Lisa Tanchik #1)
    False Step
    Contraband (Stone Barrington #50)
    The Couple Next Door
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
    Best Literary Mysteries
    1,430 books — 2,810 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
    Must Read Books- Different Genres
    4,879 books — 3,868 voters
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
    Best Cozy Mystery Series
    1,815 books — 1,980 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Help by Kathryn StockettLooking for Alaska by John GreenOn Dublin Street by Samantha Young
    TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
    1,937 books — 6,394 voters
    The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
    Best Historical Mystery
    1,633 books — 3,940 voters

    And Then There Were None
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    Gone Girl
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    The Girl on the Train
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
    The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
    In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

    Thomas  Moore
    “ It is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed ”
    ― Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

    Rabindranath Tagore
    “ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”
    ― Rabindranath Tagore

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