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

Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
The Ones We're Meant to Find
The Plot
While Justice Sleeps
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn, #1)
Six Weeks to Live
Madam
The Ivies
You Will Remember Me
The Anatomy of Desire
Ruby Falls
The Quiet Boy
Ophie's Ghosts
Long Lost
Finding Tessa
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    City Problems (Ed Runyon #1)
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    A Lavender Wedding

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    Death at the Crystal Palace (Kat Holloway Mysteries, #5)
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  • Legacy
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    Sooley
    The Silent Patient
    The Venice Sketchbook
    The Guest List
    The Lost Apothecary
    21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club #21)
    The Rock (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #18)
    Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    Twisted Lies (DI Kim Stone, #14)
    A Killer Cupcake (Beachfront Bakery #1)
    Northern Spy
    The Family Upstairs
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    Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOperation Hail Storm by Brett ArquetteThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
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    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
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    Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe 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 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
    1,718 books — 4,169 voters

    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 Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

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