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Top 100 Mysteries & Thrillers on Goodreads
Culprits, spies, bad guys, and women with vendettas: There's something so very satisfying about spending your time with the criminal element. And by that, we mean following the clues and solving the capers when you sit down with a great mystery or thriller. Always in search of a great book, Goodreads recently set out to uncover your 100 most-loved thrillers and mysteries.
There are, of course, rules to this game. Namely, every one of these books has at least a 4.0 rating from the Goodreads community. That means it's a bit of a popularity contest, for example Gone Girl is represented with a 4.02 rating, but another girl—Girl on a Train—just misses the list at 3.88. Then there are the usual suspects you won't find on this list: The Maltese Falcon (3.92), Angels & Demons (3.85), and Strangers on a Train (3.84) among others. It may seem brutal, but the readers have spoken.
Of course, many of your favorite writers have stayed with a character for a while, so in the cases of serialized mysteries and thrillers, we picked the books that, again, are over 4.0 and have the largest number of ratings.
It's time to unveil the top 100 Mysteries & Thrillers on Goodreads, arranged in alphabetical order. How many have you read? Tell us in the comments.
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Tell us how many you've read in the comments! And be sure to check out more of our Mystery & Thriller Week coverage here.
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May 01, 2017 05:41AM
A grand smacking total of.... 0! lol However generally mystery and or thrillers is not one of my favorite genres.
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Only 18 for me but I have a lot that are on my TBR list.
I have read 27 and am almost done with American Tabloid which makes 28. And, prior to seeing this list, I have another 7 on my TBR list. Now I have . . .
5 read, and 2 TBR.Is anyone else also reluctant to read Watchers because the cover is so horrendous?
I have read three of these, watched five additional titles as movies, and have five of them on my TBR list. Going to check out some of these other titles.
I have read 23 books and seen a few more as films or TV-series.
Yikes, only 2/100 and none on my TRL. Hahahaaa.
8 of these. All the Christies & a few more. The only thing on my TBR list is Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden. Though I've read it I've never thought of Puzo's Godfather as a mystery or a thriller, so I've learnt something new there. Now I need to go see what sort of rating Patricia Highsmith's Ripley books have. I read plenty of mysteries but am not all about the thrillers so much so I guess that's why I've got a paltry read number and no interest in most everything else here.As usual, it's interesting to see what rises to the top of popularity with GR users. Lots of reading being done. :)
have read 56 of the 100 and own 49glad to see Ludlum and Le Carre but where are the cozy, fun authors?
12 of the 100. I'm not really surprised as I gravitate more towards classic pulp detective or hard-boiled novels (Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald). Did find a couple here to add to my TBR list!
I've read a couple but seen the movies on more. There are quite a few I would like to read.
I love mysteries written about another culture preferably by someone who lives there..Can you recommend which Rampo I should try first?Katsuro wrote: "I've read 9 of these. I'm kinda disappointed that Edogawa Rampo isn't on this list, though. He's the greatest Japanese mystery writer of all time!"
I'm at 19 (but I have a number of them already waiting for me)- I see a lot of these in the suspense/thriller category rather than "mystery". I LOVE the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny.
Read 47. Now I can add a few others to my list.
Alice wrote: "Well I thought I was a huge mystery/thriller/crime enthusiast but I haven't read any of these.."Me too!
Only 21, and I read lots of mysteries and thrillers. No Chelsea Cain? No Rennie Airth? I do have lots of "want to reads" here, though.
Marie wrote: "It seems to me you've mixed up detective stories and thrillers, which are two different genres (although they often overlap)...."I completely agree!!
49 ; a great list ; will now go back and read it again
I've read 12 of the 100. I was surprised it wasn't more.
34 on this list. I'll have to try some of these authors that I have not read before.
I've read 4 and most of the rest are in my TBR.
I've read 16. There are several I still want to read and a few more that I've added!
I have 39 marked read on Goodreads. I'm sure I've read others long before there was a Goodreads. Mysteries are one of my favorite genres.
I've got 40 plus 2 that I started but couldn't finish...
None of them :'( I really need to start reading some mystery and thrillers
16! Shutter Island is my favorite out of those on this list. I think I'll read Big Little Lies at some point this year since I loved the HBO version.
