Looking for Mystery novels and short story collections and anthologies with more than 99,999 ratings. mjf

Books with less than 100,000 ratings or shelved less than 500 times as mystery may be removed from this list and without comment.

For purposes of this list it doesn't matter if the book is a cozy mystery or a crime mystery or a historical mystery or a literary mystery or a general mystery.

See also:
Agatha Mystery Award Nominees and Winners
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime Readers Picks
Best Mysteries of the 21st Century
Best Mysteries of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Mystery

Best Mysteries by Subgenre
Best Cozy Mystery Series
Best Crime Mystery Books
Best Historical Mystery
Best Literary Mysteries
Best Thrillers

Edgar Awards:
Edgar Award Winners
Edgar Award Winners for Best First Novel
Edgar Award Winners for Fact Crime
Edgar Award Winners for Best Young Adult Fiction

Best Mysteries By Decade
1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Best Mysteries By Ratings
100,000 or more
50,000 to 99,999
25,000 to 49,999
10,000 to 24,999

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and our prophecy has come true Sounds like a big mission.. The stats work is appreciated.


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Mitchell Friedman and our prophecy has come true wrote: "Sounds like a big mission.. The stats work is appreciated."

The easiest way to help on these lists is to vote on 100 books on every one of these lists - especially the bottom 100 that have only 1 vote. And then come back every couple of months and move your votes from books with 3 (or more) votes to books with 1 vote.

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