Top Mystery Novels

1.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
2.
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 307 ratings
3.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,289 ratings
4.
Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 210 ratings
5.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,229 ratings
6.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,059 ratings
7.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,251 ratings
8.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,188 ratings
9.
Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1)
Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 5,357 ratings
10.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating — 142,707 ratings
11.
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios 3.92 avg rating — 11,520 ratings
12.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 4.06 avg rating — 102,494 ratings
13.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,196 ratings
14.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,069 ratings
15.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,497 ratings
16.
The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,643 ratings
17.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,262 ratings
18.
The False Inspector Dew
The False Inspector Dew 3.97 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
19.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,714 ratings
20.
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train 3.72 avg rating — 36,829 ratings
21.
The Devil in Velvet
The Devil in Velvet 3.78 avg rating — 360 ratings
22.
The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)
The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 58,193 ratings
23.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 122,108 ratings
24.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,534 ratings
24.
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) 3.57 avg rating — 97,860 ratings
24.
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4)
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings
27.
Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1)
Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 5,513 ratings
28.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
29.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,871 ratings
30.
The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3)
The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 10,243 ratings
31.
Last Seen Wearing
Last Seen Wearing 3.84 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
32.
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye 3.97 avg rating — 3,724 ratings
33.
Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought 3.93 avg rating — 1,992 ratings
34.
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,053 ratings
35.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,116 ratings
36.
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Oxford Bookworms Library Level 4)
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Oxford Bookworms Library Level 4) 3.40 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
37.
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection 4.51 avg rating — 214,386 ratings
38.
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10) 4.17 avg rating — 24,405 ratings
39.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 4.09 avg rating — 10,388 ratings
40.
The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)
The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 7,615 ratings
41.
The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14)
The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14) 3.90 avg rating — 5,859 ratings
42.
A Dark-Adapted Eye
A Dark-Adapted Eye 3.93 avg rating — 9,914 ratings
43.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,112 ratings
44.
The Glass Key
The Glass Key 3.92 avg rating — 13,390 ratings
45.
Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1)
Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 4,070 ratings
46.
From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 37,932 ratings
47.
Cop Hater (87th Precinct, #1)
Cop Hater (87th Precinct, #1)
by: Ed McBain
3.83 avg rating — 8,498 ratings
48.
The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)
The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5) 3.99 avg rating — 5,610 ratings
49.
A Judgement in Stone
A Judgement in Stone 3.89 avg rating — 7,913 ratings
50.
The Hollow Man & The House in Gallows Lane
The Hollow Man & The House in Gallows Lane 3.65 avg rating — 62 ratings
51.
The Poisoned Chocolates Case
The Poisoned Chocolates Case 3.78 avg rating — 3,579 ratings
52.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,629 ratings
53.
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5)
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 13,292 ratings
54.
A Kiss Before Dying
A Kiss Before Dying
by: Ira Levin
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,920 ratings
55.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,508 ratings
56.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock 3.69 avg rating — 34,851 ratings
57.
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 27,283 ratings
58.
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 124,238 ratings
59.
Demon in My View
Demon in My View 3.82 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
60.
A Fatal Inversion
A Fatal Inversion 3.93 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
61.
The Case of the Journeying Boy
The Case of the Journeying Boy 3.77 avg rating — 133 ratings
62.
A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7)
A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7) 4.02 avg rating — 16,390 ratings
63.
My Brother Michael
My Brother Michael 4.03 avg rating — 6,504 ratings
64.
Bertie and the Tin Man
Bertie and the Tin Man 3.49 avg rating — 465 ratings
65.
Penny Black (Penny Wanawake #1)
Penny Black (Penny Wanawake #1) 3.27 avg rating — 56 ratings
66.
Game, Set, Match, (Bernard Samson, #1-3)
Game, Set, Match, (Bernard Samson, #1-3) 4.40 avg rating — 513 ratings
67.
The Danger
The Danger 4.10 avg rating — 5,219 ratings
68.
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 15,141 ratings
69.
Underworld (Dalziel & Pascoe, #10)
Underworld (Dalziel & Pascoe, #10) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
70.
Nine Coaches Waiting
Nine Coaches Waiting 4.06 avg rating — 16,770 ratings
71.
A Running Duck
A Running Duck 3.55 avg rating — 177 ratings
72.
Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg, #4)
Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 2,650 ratings
73.
The Rose of Tibet
The Rose of Tibet 3.61 avg rating — 1,134 ratings