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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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Thought i was a big fan, but I've only read 10 of these. Guess it's time to try some more, but I've only added 5 to read from the list. Never been one to rely on opinion of the masses I guess. Plus, there are so many more genres to get to.
29 of 100---many I read before joining Goodreads.
15/100 sad to see nothing by Giles Blunt but hey I'm Canadian
43, plus some as movies (that made me not want to read the books)
I've read 10. Several I had never heard of and are now on my to read list.
Chloe wrote: "This is a weak list."I agree. Agatha Christie...entry level these days!
23 and some movies. Currently having a love affair with the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series set in the fictional Three Pines, QC, Canada.
I love mysteries and thrillers. I've read 48 of the 100. (I'm probably a lot older than most of you).
And I've added 10 to my want to read list.
28 so far. Five more are on my wish lists. Um...think I'm going to add a few more!
I have 11 of thrm. Many list are not on my reading list as I can't handle the volience. Two missing that I would put on are J. A. Jance and Faye Kellerman.
16 on this list. My all time favourite and never boring espionage title being Le Carre's Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy. But there are so many more....authors Robotham, Nesbø, Robert Galbraith and great classics from Wilkie Collins and Alexandre Dumas.It is all about taste isn't it.
Only 25 that I marked as read, but I know I've read several more.....must be in the days before Goodreads....a long time ago! Guess it's time to do some re-reading. They're ALL great books!!!
I read 20 of the ones you listed, but was surprised that Tana French books are not on the list.
Only read 9 so far - but only started to get serious about reading again 2 years ago. 85 are on my to read list...
34. And I don't consider myself a mystery fan---mostly just good writing here.
Finally something that is not fantasy related! I enjoyed looking at this list. #Toomanyfantasybooks #fantasybooksareeverywhere
20/100 - not bad since i dont think of thrillers as my best thing!
34 and counting. I agree that Louise Penny is the best.
Reynolds wrote: "50/100
What - no Rex Stout?"
Rex Stout's "Fer de Lance" is on the list and I've read it as well as most of the rest of the Nero Wolfs
What - no Rex Stout?"
Rex Stout's "Fer de Lance" is on the list and I've read it as well as most of the rest of the Nero Wolfs
12/100 Several are on my TBR list, but it is clear that I have a lot of work to do! I have read many books by Agatha Christie, Charlaine Harris, Harlan Coben, James Patterson, and Gillian Flynn. This knowledge soothes my ego, slightly. :)
Naomi wrote: "10/100 so many good books--never enough time. My want to read list keeps growing!"I know the feeling! I am overwhelmed by the number of good books I haven't read and the numbers that are being released every month. How is one to ever catch up?
Lucy wrote: "15/100 sad to see nothing by Giles Blunt but hey I'm Canadian"
That's what I meant about the terrible criteria for books to be on this list. Giles Blunt's books are among the greatest modern crime books and have won many awards but they don't make that arbitrary 4.0 star cutoff. Oh yeah I'm a Canadian too and there are a whole lot more great Canadian authors that are also missing like Rick Mofina's "No Way Back" with a 4.21 and over 2000 ratings!
That's what I meant about the terrible criteria for books to be on this list. Giles Blunt's books are among the greatest modern crime books and have won many awards but they don't make that arbitrary 4.0 star cutoff. Oh yeah I'm a Canadian too and there are a whole lot more great Canadian authors that are also missing like Rick Mofina's "No Way Back" with a 4.21 and over 2000 ratings!
12 with several on my TBR list and several that I have seen as movies (though in my opinion, the movie version is never as good as the book).
Read 32, read 15 books by author mentioned just not that book. I don't read a lot of thrillers would have liked a just mysteries list.
18 of 100 but about 20 in my to be read-list. But this also shows that I read different books. And I have quite different taste of mystery/thriller books. But maybe it is good thing.
48/100 - but so many others that I loved. Vaseem Khan in Bombay Inspector Chopra, Zoe Ferraris, All Stephen King, Cara Black, the Ariel Kafka Helsinki series, Dror Mishani ...so many others.
Read 40 of them and have read many of the same authors, just different books. What a delight!
