Detective Fiction

1.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,174 ratings
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,213 ratings
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,367 ratings
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The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,182 ratings
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,383 ratings
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,651 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,235 ratings
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,498 ratings
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,294 ratings
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The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,126 ratings
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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,543,872 ratings
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,869 ratings
13.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 103,195 ratings
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,469 ratings
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Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 69,057 ratings
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Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,585 ratings
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Twisted Innocence (Moonlighters, #3)
Twisted Innocence (Moonlighters, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 3,823 ratings
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The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16) 4.22 avg rating — 250,342 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,843 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,157 ratings
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The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5) 4.23 avg rating — 106,938 ratings
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The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating — 37,388 ratings
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 211,564 ratings
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Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn 3.86 avg rating — 42,129 ratings
25.
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1) 3.86 avg rating — 190,121 ratings
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The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4)
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 82,742 ratings
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A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45,253 ratings
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Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 32,252 ratings
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 68,768 ratings
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,356 ratings
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Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,075 ratings
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,017 ratings
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The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,561 ratings
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,297 ratings
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Coyote in Provence (Coyote #2)
Coyote in Provence (Coyote #2) 4.46 avg rating — 300 ratings
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The Glass Key
The Glass Key 3.92 avg rating — 13,388 ratings
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Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13)
Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13) 4.22 avg rating — 66,915 ratings
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The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 20,945 ratings
39.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,553 ratings
39.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,126 ratings
41.
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 371,061 ratings
42.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,540 ratings
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The Brass Verdict (The Lincoln Lawyer, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #19)
The Brass Verdict (The Lincoln Lawyer, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #19) 4.23 avg rating — 91,984 ratings
44.
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 7,420 ratings
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 93,950 ratings
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The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10; Harry Bosch Universe, #14)
The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10; Harry Bosch Universe, #14) 4.19 avg rating — 63,866 ratings
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Kingdom of Heroes
Kingdom of Heroes 3.73 avg rating — 320 ratings
48.
Tracing the Contours
Tracing the Contours 4.21 avg rating — 342 ratings
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In the Woods
In the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 429,556 ratings
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Debt and Defiance
Debt and Defiance 4.09 avg rating — 222 ratings
51.
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2) 3.79 avg rating — 8,313 ratings
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) 3.86 avg rating — 84,243 ratings
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Good Dog, Bad Dog (A Sam Russo Mystery, #2)
Good Dog, Bad Dog (A Sam Russo Mystery, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
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Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 59,869 ratings
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Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 274,882 ratings
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Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway, #1)
Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 9,362 ratings
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,825 ratings
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Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 88,694 ratings
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,284 ratings
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L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8)
L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8) 4.31 avg rating — 22,094 ratings
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The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16)
The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16) 4.19 avg rating — 15,110 ratings
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Sister Eve and the Blue Nun (A Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery #3)
Sister Eve and the Blue Nun (A Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery #3) 3.57 avg rating — 357 ratings
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Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1)
Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,996 ratings
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The Final Solution
The Final Solution 3.35 avg rating — 19,028 ratings
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The Watchman (Elvis Cole, #11; Joe Pike, #1)
The Watchman (Elvis Cole, #11; Joe Pike, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 27,900 ratings
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The Continental Op
The Continental Op 4.14 avg rating — 6,569 ratings
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,359 ratings
68.
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 30,715 ratings
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The Girl in the Next Room (A Sam Russo Mystery, #3)
The Girl in the Next Room (A Sam Russo Mystery, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
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Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 32,483 ratings
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3) 3.74 avg rating — 11,663 ratings
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The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 439,110 ratings
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Next Girl to Die (The Calderwood Cases, #1)
Next Girl to Die (The Calderwood Cases, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 7,416 ratings
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Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8)
Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8) 4.13 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
by: Jo Nesbø
3.94 avg rating — 107,413 ratings
76.
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 3,119 ratings
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The Russian Doll: A Raymond Mackey Mystery -- Book 2
The Russian Doll: A Raymond Mackey Mystery -- Book 2 4.90 avg rating — 31 ratings
78.
Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3)
Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 40,480 ratings
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,422 ratings
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Gun, With Occasional Music
Gun, With Occasional Music 3.76 avg rating — 11,507 ratings
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Confidential Communications
Confidential Communications 3.75 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) 4.03 avg rating — 190,581 ratings
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Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44)
Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44) 4.10 avg rating — 48,396 ratings
84.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Matthew Scudder, #6)
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Matthew Scudder, #6) 4.17 avg rating — 5,829 ratings
85.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,149 ratings
86.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,649 ratings
87.
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,942 ratings
88.
The Disappearance of Emilie Brunet
The Disappearance of Emilie Brunet 3.50 avg rating — 211 ratings
89.
Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2)
Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 11,130 ratings
90.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 146,633 ratings
91.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,918 ratings
92.
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2)
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 109,828 ratings
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Trio for Blunt Instruments (Nero Wolfe, #39)
Trio for Blunt Instruments (Nero Wolfe, #39)
by: Rex Stout
4.16 avg rating — 2,551 ratings
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 362,893 ratings
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Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, #1)
Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 14,905 ratings
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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)
by: Lee Child
4.08 avg rating — 343,551 ratings
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The Likeness
The Likeness 4.06 avg rating — 175,233 ratings
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The Dark Before Dawn (Gabriel McRay #1)
The Dark Before Dawn (Gabriel McRay #1) 3.98 avg rating — 292 ratings
99.
Bad Intent Volume 1
Bad Intent Volume 1 3.86 avg rating — 679 ratings
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The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11) 4.07 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
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