Best Literary Mysteries

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
2.
A Story of Yesterday
A Story of Yesterday 4.53 avg rating — 16,471 ratings
3.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,617 ratings
4.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,843 ratings
5.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,543,884 ratings
6.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,235 ratings
7.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,149 ratings
8.
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
9.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,224 ratings
10.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 322,999 ratings
11.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,676 ratings
12.
In the Woods
In the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 429,556 ratings
13.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,367 ratings
14.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,469 ratings
15.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,184 ratings
16.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating — 158,953 ratings
17.
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
18.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,412 ratings
19.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating — 815,979 ratings
20.
The Elephant Tree
The Elephant Tree 3.85 avg rating — 35,315 ratings
21.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,563 ratings
22.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow 3.73 avg rating — 51,267 ratings
23.
The Likeness
The Likeness 4.06 avg rating — 175,233 ratings
24.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,422 ratings
25.
None of This Is True
None of This Is True 4.09 avg rating — 978,414 ratings
26.
Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3)
Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3) 4.30 avg rating — 17,261 ratings
27.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,452 ratings
28.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,243 ratings
29.
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 119,775 ratings
30.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,709 ratings
31.
Never Lie
Never Lie 4.08 avg rating — 1,236,878 ratings
32.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,398 ratings
33.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,132 ratings
34.
Before I Go to Sleep
Before I Go to Sleep 3.90 avg rating — 360,166 ratings
35.
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies 4.31 avg rating — 1,089,144 ratings
36.
Twenty Years Later
Twenty Years Later 4.19 avg rating — 159,218 ratings
37.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,129 ratings
38.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,294 ratings
39.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,116 ratings
40.
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 — 122,044 ratings
41.
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,305,325 ratings
42.
Lock Every Door
Lock Every Door 3.89 avg rating — 277,509 ratings
43.
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 69,057 ratings
44.
The Paris Apartment
The Paris Apartment 3.65 avg rating — 675,283 ratings
45.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,117 ratings
46.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,246 ratings
47.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,193 ratings
48.
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock, #1)
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock, #1)
by: Ruth Ware
3.73 avg rating — 714,482 ratings
49.
You (You, #1)
You (You, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 281,107 ratings
50.
The Zombie Room
The Zombie Room 3.88 avg rating — 35,855 ratings
51.
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 362,893 ratings
52.
Those Empty Eyes
Those Empty Eyes 4.16 avg rating — 76,405 ratings
53.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,259 ratings
54.
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window
by: A.J. Finn
3.94 avg rating — 862,169 ratings
55.
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 528,981 ratings
56.
Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1)
Deeper Than the Dead (Vera Boyett, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 20,798 ratings
57.
Faithful Place
Faithful Place really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 129,771 ratings
58.
On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8)
On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8) 4.50 avg rating — 17,955 ratings
59.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,182 ratings
60.
Hidden Pictures
Hidden Pictures 4.16 avg rating — 504,835 ratings
61.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,242 ratings
62.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,455 ratings
63.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 102,489 ratings
64.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,051 ratings
65.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,585 ratings
66.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,903 ratings
67.
The Eight (The Eight, #1)
The Eight (The Eight, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45,352 ratings
68.
What Lies in the Woods
What Lies in the Woods 3.95 avg rating — 184,327 ratings
69.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,488 ratings
69.
Passions in Death (In Death, #59)
Passions in Death (In Death, #59)
by: J.D. Robb
4.28 avg rating — 20,212 ratings
71.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 86,560 ratings
72.
The Wrong Daughter
The Wrong Daughter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55,839 ratings
73.
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,051 ratings
74.
Pretty Girls
Pretty Girls 4.01 avg rating — 631,392 ratings
75.
The Only One Left
The Only One Left 4.13 avg rating — 518,302 ratings
76.
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
77.
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 124,232 ratings
78.
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 274,882 ratings
79.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,649 ratings
80.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating — 234,147 ratings
81.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
82.
Journey's Paradox (Journey Russo FBI Mystery #6)
Journey's Paradox (Journey Russo FBI Mystery #6) 4.55 avg rating — 2,223 ratings
83.
Local Woman Missing
Local Woman Missing 4.13 avg rating — 687,226 ratings
84.
An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost 3.94 avg rating — 26,659 ratings
85.
Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #9)
Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #9) 4.54 avg rating — 17,171 ratings
86.
One Good Turn (Jackson Brodie, #2)
One Good Turn (Jackson Brodie, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 48,942 ratings
87.
Listen for the Lie
Listen for the Lie 4.08 avg rating — 410,868 ratings
88.
The Swimmer
The Swimmer 4.13 avg rating — 22,275 ratings
89.
When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)
When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51,363 ratings
90.
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2)
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 10,699 ratings
91.
The Last Thing She Ever Did
The Last Thing She Ever Did 4.04 avg rating — 49,551 ratings
92.
Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
by: Kay Bratt
4.36 avg rating — 12,369 ratings
93.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,297 ratings
94.
Dangerous Play (Kate Green, #2)
Dangerous Play (Kate Green, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
95.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,498 ratings
96.
Stripped Bare (Kate Fox, #1)
Stripped Bare (Kate Fox, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 7,604 ratings
97.
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 40,599 ratings
98.
The Erkeley Shadows
The Erkeley Shadows 4.30 avg rating — 8,406 ratings
99.
The Patient's Secret
The Patient's Secret 4.26 avg rating — 60,152 ratings
100.
A Place of Execution
A Place of Execution 4.14 avg rating — 18,493 ratings
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