The Greatest Mystery Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17175 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17175 Under The Bright Lights Daniel Woodrell 1986 American English
17175 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17175 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17175 The Way Home George P. Pelecanos 2009 American English
17175 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17175 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17175 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17175 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17175 Nobody Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17175 The Apothecary Diaries Natsu Hyuuga Japanese Japanese
17175 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
16878 Nightmares And Geezenstacks Frederic Brown 1961 American English
17135 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17175 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17175 Plum Island Nelson DeMille 1997 American English
17175 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17175 The Murders In Great Diddling Katarina Bivald 2024 Swedish Unknown
17175 The Antique Hunter's Guide To Murder C.L. Miller 2024 Unknown English
17175 The Treasure Hunters Club Tom Ryan 2024 Unknown English
17175 The Square Of Sevens Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2023 British English
17175 Red Side Story Jasper Fforde 2024 British English
17175 The Last Word Elly Griffiths 2024 British English
17175 Close To Death Anthony Horowitz 2024 British English
17175 How To Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin 2024 Unknown English
17175 The Secret Hours Mick Herron 2023 British English
17175 Never Sleep Fred Van Lente American English
17175 Murder Your Employer Rupert Holmes 2023 American English
17175 The Twist Of The Knife Anthony Horowitz 2019 British English
17175 Bleeding Heart Yard Elly Griffiths 2022 British English
17175 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17175 Aresenic And Adobo Mia P. Manansala 2021 American English
17175 The Postscript Murders Elly Griffiths 2020 British English
17175 Strange Practice Vivian Shaw 2017 American English
17175 The Rising Tide Ann Cleeves British English
17175 A Empregada Freida McFadden 2022 American English
17175 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17175 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17175 Classroom Of The Elite Syougo Kinugasa 2020 Japanese Japanese
17175 From A Buick 8 Stephen King 2002 American English
17175 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17175 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17175 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown
17175 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17175 Origami Man Matthew FitzSimmons 2020 American English
17175 The Eye Of God James Rollins 2013 American English
17175 Cold Harbor Matthew FitzSimmons 2017 American English
17175 Дорогуша C.J. Skuse 2017 British English
17175 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17175 The Complete Adventures Of Feluda, Vol. 1 Satyajit Ray Indian Bengali
17175 Remote Control Andy McNab 1997 British English
17175 La Boutique Del Mistero Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17175 Fantasticland Mike Bockoven 2016 American English
17175 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris 2017 American English
17175 Sweet Dream Baby Sterling Watson 2002 American English
17175 Heads You Win Jeffrey Archer 2018 British English
17175 Envy Sandra Brown 2001 American English
17175 Just Take My Heart Mary Higgins Clark 2009 English
17175 Deeper Than The Dead Tami Hoag 2009 American English
17175 Secrets To The Grave Tami Hoag 2010 American English
17175 Down The Darkest Road Tami Hoag 2011 American English
17175 Almost Dead Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17175 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17175 You Will Pay Lisa Jackson 2017 American English
17175 If She Only Knew Lisa Jackson 2000 American English
17175 After She's Gone Lisa Jackson 2015 American English
17175 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English
17175 The Book Of D'ni Rand Miller 1997 American English
17175 Nerve Endings William Martin Unknown English
17175 Weep No More, My Lady Mary Higgins Clark 1987 American English