Great Science Fiction Detective Stories

1.
Theocracide
Theocracide 4.15 avg rating — 54 ratings
2.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,799 ratings
3.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,926 ratings
4.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 109,395 ratings
5.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,562 ratings
6.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,034 ratings
7.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,052 ratings
8.
When Gravity Fails (Marîd Audran, #1)
When Gravity Fails (Marîd Audran, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 7,988 ratings
9.
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2)
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 61,739 ratings
10.
10,000 Bones
10,000 Bones 3.58 avg rating — 148 ratings
11.
A Fire in the Sun (Marîd Audran, #2)
A Fire in the Sun (Marîd Audran, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 2,627 ratings
12.
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3)
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 53,472 ratings
13.
My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 315 ratings
14.
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 371,066 ratings
15.
Night Train to Rigel (Quadrail, #1)
Night Train to Rigel (Quadrail, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 3,280 ratings
16.
Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #3)
Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 3,918 ratings
17.
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room! 3.71 avg rating — 9,423 ratings
18.
Gun, With Occasional Music
Gun, With Occasional Music 3.76 avg rating — 11,507 ratings
19.
Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)
Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 62,628 ratings
20.
Kiln People
Kiln People 3.85 avg rating — 6,100 ratings
21.
Pop Travel (Pop Travel #1)
Pop Travel (Pop Travel #1) 4.11 avg rating — 79 ratings
22.
Destroying Angel (The Carlucci Trilogy, #1)
Destroying Angel (The Carlucci Trilogy, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 384 ratings
22.
Depth
Depth 3.55 avg rating — 691 ratings
24.
The Man Who Crossed Worlds (Miles Franco #1)
The Man Who Crossed Worlds (Miles Franco #1) 3.84 avg rating — 164 ratings
24.
American Nightmares (Stein & Candle Detective Agency, #1)
American Nightmares (Stein & Candle Detective Agency, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 50 ratings
26.
Stalker's Luck (The Solitude Saga, #1)
Stalker's Luck (The Solitude Saga, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
26.
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton (Known Space)
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton (Known Space) 3.91 avg rating — 4,043 ratings
28.
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 34,843 ratings
29.
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 23,443 ratings
29.
The City & The City
The City & The City 3.90 avg rating — 76,287 ratings
31.
Mayday: A Kaiju Thriller
Mayday: A Kaiju Thriller 3.86 avg rating — 73 ratings
32.
The Disappeared (Retrieval Artist, #1)
The Disappeared (Retrieval Artist, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 2,259 ratings
33.
The Automatic Detective
The Automatic Detective 3.97 avg rating — 5,293 ratings
34.
The Plutonium Blonde (Nuclear Bombshell, #1)
The Plutonium Blonde (Nuclear Bombshell, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 765 ratings
35.
Pashazade (Arabesk, #1)
Pashazade (Arabesk, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
36.
Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)
Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 15,795 ratings
37.
The Troubleshooter
The Troubleshooter 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
37.
Memoirs of a Timelord
Memoirs of a Timelord really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
37.
Death by Haggis
Death by Haggis
by: Jay Cutts
4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
37.
The Darkling Plain
The Darkling Plain 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
37.
Holiday in Death (In Death, #7)
Holiday in Death (In Death, #7)
by: J.D. Robb
4.34 avg rating — 44,634 ratings
37.
Irregolare
Irregolare really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
37.
Version 43
Version 43 3.84 avg rating — 362 ratings
37.
Anonymous Rex (Anonymous Rex, #1)
Anonymous Rex (Anonymous Rex, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
37.
Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift 3.76 avg rating — 574 ratings
37.
Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir #1)
Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir #1) 4.02 avg rating — 8,846 ratings
47.
Architects of Emortality (Emortality, #4)
Architects of Emortality (Emortality, #4) 3.45 avg rating — 153 ratings
47.
The Big O, Vol. 1
The Big O, Vol. 1 3.68 avg rating — 87 ratings
49.
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future (Santiago, #1)
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future (Santiago, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 1,819 ratings
49.
Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #9)
Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #9) 4.10 avg rating — 66,470 ratings
49.
Dark City
Dark City 3.75 avg rating — 81 ratings
49.
The Night Market
The Night Market 3.59 avg rating — 1,520 ratings
53.
Reality 36
Reality 36
by: Guy Haley
3.46 avg rating — 243 ratings
53.
KOP Killer (Juno Mozambe Mystery, #3)
KOP Killer (Juno Mozambe Mystery, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 346 ratings
53.
SS-GB
SS-GB 3.75 avg rating — 8,638 ratings
56.
Watchers of the Dark
Watchers of the Dark 3.89 avg rating — 135 ratings
56.
Dydeetown World (The LaNague Federation, #4)
Dydeetown World (The LaNague Federation, #4) 3.95 avg rating — 364 ratings
56.
The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes, #1)
The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 6,264 ratings
59.
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 39,756 ratings
59.
The Transatlantic Conspiracy
The Transatlantic Conspiracy 3.08 avg rating — 554 ratings
61.
Omega Point
Omega Point
by: Guy Haley
3.73 avg rating — 106 ratings
61.
Greywalker (Greywalker, #1)
Greywalker (Greywalker, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 14,083 ratings
61.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) 3.97 avg rating — 146,635 ratings
61.
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The War of the Worlds
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The War of the Worlds 4.28 avg rating — 3,926 ratings
65.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 88,593 ratings
65.
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 152,236 ratings
65.
A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1)
A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
65.
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit 4.12 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
65.
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 28,411 ratings
70.
Made to Kill (Ray Electromatic Mysteries, #1)
Made to Kill (Ray Electromatic Mysteries, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 1,930 ratings
70.
The Russia Shift (The Fuse, #1)
The Russia Shift (The Fuse, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 878 ratings
72.
Changes (The Dresden Files, #12)
Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) 4.51 avg rating — 120,934 ratings
72.
Nightside City
Nightside City 3.58 avg rating — 232 ratings
72.
Six Wakes
Six Wakes 3.83 avg rating — 19,987 ratings
75.
Stalker's Bounty (The Solitude Saga, #2)
Stalker's Bounty (The Solitude Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
75.
Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11)
Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11) 3.88 avg rating — 53,800 ratings
75.
Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2)
Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 5,975 ratings
78.
KAI-ME-RAH
KAI-ME-RAH 3.69 avg rating — 51 ratings
79.
Affliction (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #22)
Affliction (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #22) 4.07 avg rating — 22,809 ratings
80.
Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7)
Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 71,616 ratings
81.
World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)
World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 12,449 ratings
82.
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man 3.97 avg rating — 33,422 ratings
82.
All the Colors of Darkness
All the Colors of Darkness 3.85 avg rating — 287 ratings
84.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,299 ratings
84.
Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) 4.47 avg rating — 104,793 ratings
86.
Glory in Death (In Death, #2)
Glory in Death (In Death, #2)
by: J.D. Robb
4.27 avg rating — 70,778 ratings
87.
KOP (Juno Mozambe Mystery, #1)
KOP (Juno Mozambe Mystery, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
87.
Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 76,756 ratings
89.
Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)
Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 96,717 ratings
90.
Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15)
Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) 4.56 avg rating — 90,636 ratings
91.
Farthing (Small Change, #1)
Farthing (Small Change, #1)
by: Jo Walton
3.81 avg rating — 5,594 ratings
91.
Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
by: J.D. Robb
4.13 avg rating — 201,499 ratings
93.
The Company Man
The Company Man 3.65 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
93.
New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)
New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)
by: J.D. Robb
4.45 avg rating — 34,021 ratings
95.
Tears in Rain (Bruna Husky, #1)
Tears in Rain (Bruna Husky, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 4,252 ratings
95.
Deceptions (Cainsville, #3)
Deceptions (Cainsville, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 11,517 ratings
97.
Apprentice in Death (In Death, #43)
Apprentice in Death (In Death, #43)
by: J.D. Robb
4.45 avg rating — 26,759 ratings
98.
Possession in Death (In Death, #31.5)
Possession in Death (In Death, #31.5)
by: J.D. Robb
4.30 avg rating — 11,037 ratings
99.
The Woman Who Died a Lot (Thursday Next, #7)
The Woman Who Died a Lot (Thursday Next, #7) 4.08 avg rating — 14,906 ratings
100.
Brotherhood in Death (In Death, #42)
Brotherhood in Death (In Death, #42)
by: J.D. Robb
4.41 avg rating — 29,691 ratings
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