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

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The Burning Girls
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Do No Harm
Black Widows
All Girls
Quiet in Her Bones
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #27)
The Upstairs House
The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
A Fatal Lie (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #23)
Lola on Fire
An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox, #11)
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    The Sanatorium
    The Silent Patient
    Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21)
    The Survivors
    Infinite
    A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3)
    The Moonlight Child
    Black Coral (Underwater Investigation Unit, #2)
    The Searcher
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    After Alice Fell
    The Family Upstairs
    My Sister, the Serial Killer
    A Deadly Influence (Abby Mullen Thrillers, #1)
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen Hoover
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    Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet Evanovich
    Best Detective/Mystery Series
    2,020 books — 2,388 voters
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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    Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
    Best Cozy Mystery Series
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
    Best Literary Mysteries
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    And Then There Were None
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    Gone Girl
    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 Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
    The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

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