Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time

1.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,400 ratings
2.
Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3)
Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3) 4.30 avg rating — 17,262 ratings
4.
Twenty Years Later
Twenty Years Later 4.19 avg rating — 159,410 ratings
5.
Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1)
Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 20,812 ratings
6.
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2)
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 10,723 ratings
7.
Listen for the Lie
Listen for the Lie 4.08 avg rating — 411,824 ratings
8.
The Last Thing She Ever Did
The Last Thing She Ever Did 4.04 avg rating — 49,566 ratings
9.
On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8)
On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8) 4.50 avg rating — 17,967 ratings
10.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,576 ratings
11.
The Swimmer
The Swimmer 4.13 avg rating — 22,306 ratings
12.
Journey's Paradox (Journey Russo FBI Mystery #6)
Journey's Paradox (Journey Russo FBI Mystery #6) 4.55 avg rating — 2,229 ratings
13.
Passions in Death (In Death, #59)
Passions in Death (In Death, #59)
by: J.D. Robb
4.28 avg rating — 20,226 ratings
15.
What Lies in the Woods
What Lies in the Woods 3.95 avg rating — 184,470 ratings
16.
Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
by: Kay Bratt
4.36 avg rating — 12,380 ratings
17.
Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #9)
Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #9) 4.54 avg rating — 17,186 ratings
18.
The Patient's Secret
The Patient's Secret 4.26 avg rating — 60,209 ratings
19.
Stripped Bare (Kate Fox, #1)
Stripped Bare (Kate Fox, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 7,606 ratings
20.
Dangerous Play (Kate Green, #2)
Dangerous Play (Kate Green, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
21.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,398 ratings
22.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,490 ratings
23.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,137 ratings
24.
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) 4.03 avg rating — 190,649 ratings
25.
Those Empty Eyes
Those Empty Eyes 4.16 avg rating — 76,530 ratings
26.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,486 ratings
27.
Pretty Girls
Pretty Girls 4.01 avg rating — 631,926 ratings
28.
The Wrong Daughter
The Wrong Daughter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55,906 ratings
29.
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) 3.98 avg rating — 84,941 ratings
30.
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 205,299 ratings
30.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,297 ratings
32.
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 252,310 ratings
33.
The Only One Left
The Only One Left 4.13 avg rating — 519,075 ratings
34.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,807 ratings
35.
None of This Is True
None of This Is True 4.09 avg rating — 979,822 ratings
36.
Never Lie
Never Lie 4.08 avg rating — 1,238,801 ratings
37.
The Maid's Diary
The Maid's Diary 4.22 avg rating — 107,026 ratings
38.
Shadow's Siege (Shadow Island #15)
Shadow's Siege (Shadow Island #15) 4.61 avg rating — 3,996 ratings
39.
Murder in the Family
Murder in the Family 3.72 avg rating — 48,284 ratings
40.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,420 ratings
41.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,201 ratings
42.
The Locked Door
The Locked Door 3.99 avg rating — 539,360 ratings
43.
Her Name Is Knight (Nena Knight, #1)
Her Name Is Knight (Nena Knight, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 13,229 ratings
44.
Hidden Pictures
Hidden Pictures 4.16 avg rating — 505,427 ratings
46.
Sidewinder (Rachel Hatch #11)
Sidewinder (Rachel Hatch #11)
by: L.T. Ryan
4.51 avg rating — 6,597 ratings
47.
The Frozen River
The Frozen River 4.39 avg rating — 410,531 ratings
47.
Winter's Mourn (Winter Black #1)
Winter's Mourn (Winter Black #1) 4.30 avg rating — 30,900 ratings
49.
The Wife in the Photo
The Wife in the Photo 3.63 avg rating — 6,295 ratings
50.
The Coworker
The Coworker 3.75 avg rating — 496,459 ratings
52.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,344,025 ratings
53.
Blackbird (Hart's Ridge #9)
Blackbird (Hart's Ridge #9)
by: Kay Bratt
4.59 avg rating — 4,168 ratings
54.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,243 ratings
55.
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 32,861 ratings
58.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,381 ratings
59.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,121 ratings
61.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 122,131 ratings
62.
The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating — 37,395 ratings
63.
Nemesis (Miss Marple, #11)
Nemesis (Miss Marple, #11) 3.87 avg rating — 43,239 ratings
66.
The Erkeley Shadows
The Erkeley Shadows 4.30 avg rating — 8,406 ratings
67.
Burned Out
Burned Out 4.30 avg rating — 5,525 ratings
68.
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,760 ratings
69.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,338 ratings
70.
The Surgeon
The Surgeon 3.86 avg rating — 58,435 ratings
71.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,196 ratings
71.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,872 ratings
73.
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,055 ratings
75.
Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1)
Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 5,904 ratings
76.
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) 3.97 avg rating — 73,605 ratings
77.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,910 ratings
78.
Found
Found 4.10 avg rating — 26,573 ratings
79.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating — 159,020 ratings
80.
You Shouldn't Be Here
You Shouldn't Be Here 3.70 avg rating — 10,071 ratings
81.
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7) 4.16 avg rating — 60,429 ratings
82.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 4.06 avg rating — 27,755 ratings
83.
Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6)
Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6) 4.36 avg rating — 94,548 ratings
84.
City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) 4.03 avg rating — 15,361 ratings
85.
Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles, #13)
Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles, #13) 4.15 avg rating — 21,170 ratings
85.
Last Vote (Emma Last FBI Mystery #10)
Last Vote (Emma Last FBI Mystery #10) 4.61 avg rating — 2,385 ratings
87.
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 69,063 ratings
88.
For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley, #5)
For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley, #5) 4.03 avg rating — 17,641 ratings
89.
Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36)
Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36) 3.86 avg rating — 48,537 ratings
90.
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 354,537 ratings
91.
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13) 4.24 avg rating — 21,667 ratings
93.
Hello Little Girl (Hart's Ridge #10)
Hello Little Girl (Hart's Ridge #10)
by: Kay Bratt
4.59 avg rating — 4,131 ratings
94.
Drawpoint (Blake Brier #4)
Drawpoint (Blake Brier #4)
by: L.T. Ryan
4.48 avg rating — 5,432 ratings
95.
The Firm
The Firm 4.06 avg rating — 634,767 ratings
96.
Not What She Seems
Not What She Seems 3.74 avg rating — 18,271 ratings
97.
Murder Must Advertise  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10) 4.17 avg rating — 24,405 ratings
98.
In the Woods
In the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 429,644 ratings
99.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,566 ratings
100.
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,735 ratings