The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonFront Page Fatality by LynDee WalkerPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Debut Mystery Series
111 books — 116 voters
Coyote in Provence by Dianne HarmanLost Boy by Jacob BlosserKiller Pancake by Diane Mott DavidsonThe Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery AamesThe Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Stirring up a tasty mystery
20 books — 53 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëS'Mores Can Be Deadly by Violetta ArmourFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Great Victorian Mysteries
47 books — 70 voters
One for the Money by Janet EvanovichDiners, Dives & Dead Ends by Terri L. AustinEat, Pray, Die by Chelsea FieldMurder With Peacocks by Donna AndrewsZÄNKER by Peter  Maeck
Humorous Mysteries (fiction)
302 books — 144 voters

Cat Scratch Murder by Karen McSpadeOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichDead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy MartinFront Page Fatality by LynDee WalkerZÄNKER by Peter  Maeck
Favorite Fun Mysteries
371 books — 193 voters
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Labours of Hercules by Agatha ChristieThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
Classic Mystery Short Stories
38 books — 15 voters

Deadly Thyme by R.L. NolenA Lark Ascending by John B.  CampbellThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Blood Doctor by Barbara. VineDr. Chandrix Dies by Christopher D. Abbott
British Mystery Fiction
46 books — 58 voters
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieIn the Lonely Hours by Shannon  MorganThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Stately Home mysteries
212 books — 105 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnDark Places by Gillian FlynnNo Time for Goodbye by Linwood BarclaySharp Objects by Gillian FlynnCaught in the Light by Robert Goddard
Non Police/PI Mysteries
409 books — 48 voters
Wrap It Up! by Bonnie  HardyThe Body in the Back Garden by Mark  WaddellCasket Cache by Janice J. RichardsonMurder by the Seashore by Samara YewBury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Best Canadian Cozy Mysteries
32 books — 59 voters