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

The Paris Apartment
The Violin Conspiracy
This Might Hurt
The Verifiers
The Paradox Hotel
Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
These Deadly Games
The Family Chao
League of Liars
The Chandler Legacies
Cherish Farrah
Beneath the Stairs
An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)
Catch Her When She Falls
The Deepest of Secrets (Rockton, #7)
  • C.R.E.A.M. by Solomon Jones
    C.R.E.A.M.
    by

    Release date: Mar 22, 2022
    Enter today to win a copy of C.R.E.A.M by Solomon Jones!

    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 50 copies available, 1591 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 08 - Mar 18, 2022

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting
    The Sixteen Trees of the Somme: A Novel

    Release date: Apr 05, 2022
    Enter for your chance to win one of 25 ARCs of THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME by Lars Mytting!
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 25 copies available, 3792 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Feb 25 - Mar 18, 2022

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Millie's Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novels by Hope Callaghan
    Millie's Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novels: Books 1-10 (Millie's Cruise Ship Mysteries Deluxe Box Set Book 1)
    by

    Release date: Sep 10, 2021
    Enter for your chance to win one of 100 copies of this clean, fun-filled Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery boxed set from bestselling author Hope Callaghan.
    View Details »

    Format: Kindle book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 100 copies available, 3497 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Feb 18 - Mar 18, 2022

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Unmissing
    The Silent Patient
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    Or Else
    Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett #22)
    Layla
    Apples Never Fall
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Guest List
    Run Rose Run
    The Locked Door
    A Flicker in the Dark
    These Tangled Vines
    Crowbones (The World of the Others, #3; The Others, #8)
    The Lost Apothecary
    The Clearing by Thomas RydderEveryone Burns by John DolanSend More Idiots by Tony Perez-GieseTransference by B.T. KeatonHeavy Duty People by Iain Parke
    Great Indie Novels
    2,000 books — 2,222 voters
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
    Thrillers You Must Read!
    3,791 books — 5,326 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
    6,241 books — 4,478 voters
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
    Thrillers
    3,864 books — 4,174 voters

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
    Best Crime & Mystery Books
    6,652 books — 14,163 voters
    And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
    Best Detective/Mystery Series
    2,061 books — 2,188 voters

    And Then There Were None
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    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)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

    Related News

    When you work at Goodreads, you get a really good peek at the books that are about to hit the bookstores. And, well, we get Very Excited about...
    Albert Einstein
    “ The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ”
    ― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

    Jeff Lindsay
    “ You're driving me NORMAL! ...more ”
    ― Jeff Lindsay, Dearly Devoted Dexter

    More quotes...
    Unsafe Fiction A place where readers and writers who understand fiction is already a safe space because it's...…more
    7 members, last active 2 days ago
    Hooked on Books
    1,452 members, last active 25 minutes ago
    Modern Good Reads Modern Good Reads connects readers with books, authors, & challenges. We want to chat, inform, &…more
    6,557 members, last active 6 hours ago
    All the Books! This is a group where we have fun, make new friends, and read some good books! The world is a b…more
    388 members, last active 4 hours ago
    Fallen
    34 chapters — updated Feb 28, 2018 10:31PM — 586 people liked it
    (Currently not tittled)
    10 chapters — updated May 13, 2015 06:30PM — 47 people liked it

    Tags

    Tags contributing to this page include: mystery, crime-mystery, genre__mystery, mysteries, mystery-crime, and mystery-genre