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)
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    Stripper! (Natalie McMasters Mysteries, #1)
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    Yesterday's Spy

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  • The Maid
    Run Rose Run
    Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett #22)
    The Silent Patient
    The Locked Door
    Rewriting the Stars (Bailey Brothers, #6)
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    Or Else
    Death in the Sunshine (Retired Detectives Club, #1)
    Layla
    Apples Never Fall
    The Guest List
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    A Flicker in the Dark
    These Tangled Vines
    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
    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
    1,789 books — 4,229 voters

    Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
    Best Gothic Books Of All Time
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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
    New Series (2013)
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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
    1,924 books — 3,120 voters
    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
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    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

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