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

Devil House
The Other Family
The Accomplice
Real Easy
The Red Palace
The Fields (Riley Fisher, #1)
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
A Thousand Steps
Blackout
Hot and Sour Suspects (A Noodle Shop Mystery,#8)
The Storyteller
Her Last Goodbye
The Twyford Code
It Will End Like This
Murder at the Mansions: A 1920s Historical Mystery
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    The Disposables (Bruno Johnson, #1)
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    The Silent Patient
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    Quicksilver
    Layla
    Apples Never Fall
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    City of the Dead (Alex Delaware, #37)
    These Tangled Vines
    The Guest List
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Lost Apothecary
    The Stranger in the Lifeboat
    The Maidens
    The Magnolia Palace
    The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy WeirWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
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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
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    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
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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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    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
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    And Then There Were None
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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    Gone Girl
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    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)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

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