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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterHeist Society by Ally CarterCross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally CarterOnly the Good Spy Young by Ally CarterDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
634 books — 1,636 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction
1,247 books — 1,147 voters

Murder on Family Grounds by Susan RowlandIncident at the Ranch Retreat by Linda A. MortonBetrayal at the Opera by Linda A. MortonHigh Desert Grave Robber by Linda A. MortonTwenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Top Fast-Paced Mystery
983 books — 1,054 voters
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn BarnesKiller Instinct by Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe Fixer by Jennifer Lynn BarnesOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusA Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Young Adult Crime/Murder Mysteries
427 books — 660 voters

EXISTENTIAL RUMINATIONS by Gentry ThomasonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Big Bad by Brad HuestisJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books I think are great
983 books — 492 voters
Bedford Forrest Rides Again by Terence Gilmore CadyReprisal Road by Lynn-Steven JohansonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Big Bad by Brad Huestis
Best Books That You Should Read
688 books — 447 voters

The Doomsday Butcher by S.E. StitcherMademoiselle le Sleuth by Theasa TuohyIn the Shadows of the Blitz by Mark EllisTHE SUPER by D.L. MaddoxThe Embassy Murders by Mark Ellis
The 52 Book Club 2026: #25 - Includes A Red Herring
174 books — 408 voters
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoOut by Natsuo KirinoSalvation of a Saint by Keigo HigashinoMalice by Keigo HigashinoConfessions by Kanae Minato
Japanese Mystery/Detective/Crime Fiction Translated Into English
184 books — 399 voters

Storm Front by Jim ButcherDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonDeath Masks by Jim ButcherTurn Coat by Jim ButcherSummer Knight by Jim Butcher
Best Fantasy-Mystery/Detective
270 books — 325 voters
Pretty Girl-13 by Liz ColeyThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Big Bad by Brad HuestisThe Nameless Dead by Leta SerafimWitch in Disguise by Karen McSpade
Crime Fiction
548 books — 289 voters

No One Sleeps by Townsend WalkerGhost Commando by Fabio TagliasacchiThe Lies We Whisper by Sophia ZaneBeyond the Truth by Sophia ZaneThe Demonologists' Daughters by K. Scott Culpepper
Best Dark Psychological Thriller books filled with Secrets and Suspense
78 books — 222 voters
Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen AshleyWild Man by Kristen AshleyRock Chick Redemption by Kristen AshleyUntil November by Aurora Rose ReynoldsRock Chick by Kristen Ashley
Romantic Suspense-Climatic stories that have our hearts racing
348 books — 196 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Caves of Steel by Isaac AsimovAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganThe City & the City by China MiévilleThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Science Fiction Detective Novels
241 books — 164 voters
Noir Dirt Cheap by Bernie DowlingThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettMan Of A Thousand Fails by Bernie DowlingDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir
106 books — 149 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Bookish Thrillers
135 books — 135 voters
Revenge at Ravenswick by Kelly OliverA Whole Latte Murder by Caroline FardigThe Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Last Place You Look by Kristen LepionkaOne for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Women Sleuths
237 books — 132 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin HallThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoA Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
Best Multicultural Mysteries
227 books — 126 voters
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany CavallaroThe Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy SpringerJackaby by William RitterEgypt's Fire by Tom PhillipsEvery Breath by Ellie Marney
YA & Middle Grade Sherlock Holmes
175 books — 113 voters

Rock Chick by Kristen AshleyCornered Coyote by Dianne HarmanRock Chick Revenge by Kristen AshleyRock Chick Renegade by Kristen AshleyRock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley
For Your Eyes Only! Romance Heroes and Heroines Who are Private Investigators
37 books — 90 voters
The Swan Lake Murders by Susan RowlandThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweThe Accidental Alchemist by Gigi PandianTHE ECHOING GUN by Yasmin ChinoyIn the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace
Psychic Detectives
61 books — 86 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Last Chance by Cheryl Thomas
2020: What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far
740 books — 86 voters
Exhale Love by Donn PhillipsA CLUE LEFT HANGING by C.K. PhillipsWrap It Up! by Bonnie HardyA Day of Judgment by Charles ToddDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Magnificant Mystery
120 books — 82 voters

Theocracide by James WymoreAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Caves of Steel by Isaac AsimovLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Great Science Fiction Detective Stories
157 books — 80 voters
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha ChristieHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha ChristieMystery in White by J. Jefferson FarjeonHer Last Secret by Barbara CopperthwaiteAn English Murder by Cyril Hare
Christmas crime novels
227 books — 77 voters

Blacksad by Juan Díaz CanalesFatale, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerBatman by Jeph LoebAmerican Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott SnyderCriminal, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker
Crime Comics & Graphic Novels
237 books — 73 voters
IT'S OK TO CRY by Daniel HamelThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Last Chance by Cheryl ThomasThe Family Tree by Steph MullinThe Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
2021: What books do I want to read most?
101 books — 66 voters

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall SmithThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMedicus by Ruth DownieThe Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth PetersThe Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Great Mystery Series of the 00's
68 books — 49 voters
Same Old Truths by Delora DennisThe Green Reaper by Elizabeth FournierDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
Death becomes him or her
128 books — 46 voters

Treating Murder by Gabrielle BlackMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieConfessions of a Murder Suspect by James PattersonMurder on the Set by Carolyn KeeneWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy James
Murder
385 books — 45 voters
Death of an Officer by Mark EllisA Story Of Bad by Edward M. KraussMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieTatort Dangast by Gitte JurssenAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best SA-Free Historical Mysteries (set and/or written prior to 1970).
55 books — 44 voters

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