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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDéjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Fearless Females
777 books — 930 voters
Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterFledgling by Mark A. CooperPoint Blank by Anthony HorowitzThe Recruit by Robert Muchamore
Spy Kids
318 books — 708 voters

Cat Scratch Murder by Karen McSpadeOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieHard Eight by Janet EvanovichThe Unlikely Murder Club by Gina X. Grant
Cozy Crimes
766 books — 398 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Crime, Detective and Mystery Fiction
191 books — 117 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
173 books — 111 voters
Night Watch by Terry PratchettDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchTitanshade by Dan Stout
Best Offbeat Detective Novel Genre Mashups
138 books — 88 voters

Murder Past Due by Miranda JamesThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunCuriosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie KellyChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeDouble Booked for Death by Ali Brandon
Cats and Mysteries
214 books — 54 voters
The Ice Princess by Camilla LäckbergThe Preacher by Camilla LäckbergUnwanted by Kristina OhlssonMissing by Karin AlvtegenRoseanna by Maj Sjöwall
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
130 books — 47 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
66 books — 46 voters
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunDog on It by Spencer QuinnThree Bags Full by Leonie SwannWish You Were Here by Rita Mae BrownFelidae by Akif Pirinçci
Animal Detectives
215 books — 45 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books to Read if you Love Georgette Heyer
273 books — 45 voters
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinCharlotte Gray by Sebastian FaulksA Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
If You Liked Agent Carter, Try...
193 books — 45 voters

Amateur City by Katherine V. ForrestThe News in Small Towns by Iza MoreauHunter's Way by Gerri HillLove, Pride & Murder by Dennis A. FeeceMadness in Small Towns by Iza Moreau
Novels about Lesbian Sleuths
98 books — 44 voters
Case Closed, Vol. 1 by Gosho AoyamaThe Kindaichi Case Files, Vol. 1 by Yōzaburō KanariDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaYoung Miss Holmes, Casebook 1-2 by Kaoru ShintaniZodiac P.I., Vol. 1 by Natsumi Andō
Manga Detective Series
70 books — 33 voters

The Poe Consequence by Keith SteinbaumWe Are Shadows by Gail Grant ParkThe Body in Brú na Bóinne by Gail Grant ParkA Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant ParkPaulie Zahn by Ed Sorensen
Psychic, Spectral or Magical Crime Solvers in Fiction
104 books — 21 voters
The Stranger Diaries by Elly GriffithsThe Chapter of St Cloud by Marcus AttwaterThe Long Call by Ann CleevesMurder on Milverton Square by G.B. RalphThe Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
LGBTQ Detectives
125 books — 19 voters

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha ChristieA Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry ThomasBasil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #11 The "Brilliant Detective" Trope
48 books — 10 voters
Winter's Season by R.J. KoretoThe Seeker by S.G. MacLeanDissolution by C.J. SansomThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Dark Historical Mysteries with Dangerous Detectives
17 books — 8 voters

Heinous by Debra WebbBlood Feud by J.D. NixonBlood Sport by J.D. NixonSnake Skin by C.J. LyonsDepraved by Debra Webb
cool cop books
39 books — 7 voters
Heartsick by Chelsea CainThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHolmes and Moriarty by Gareth Rubin
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #13 Antagonist Toys With The Detective
14 books — 7 voters

The Broken Window by Jeffery DeaverThe Witch Hunter by Max SeeckHjemstavn by Arnaldur IndriðasonGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #16 Detective Has To Confront Their Own Past
16 books — 7 voters
Ella by Caroline LeeRose Red by Caroline LeeBeauty by Caroline LeeThe Princess & The Frog by Nobbie ScratcherLegends of Kaiatan by Marty C. Lee
The Best Retellings of All Time
21 books — 6 voters

Jackaby by William RitterThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora GossThe Diviners by Libba BrayA Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. KirbyLong Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough
YA Paranormal Historical Mysteries
28 books — 6 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #17 An Iconic Detective
18 books — 6 voters

The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo SacheriNeedle in a Haystack by Ernesto MalloLas viudas de los jueves by Claudia PiñeiroThe Oxford Murders by Guillermo MartínezBuenos Aires Quintet by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Policial Argentino
26 books — 5 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneUnnatural Habits by Kerry GreenwoodGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #19 A Detective On The Cover
13 books — 5 voters

PARALYTIC by Aaron CostaThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythHistorical Noir Crime Novel by G. SeverinoI Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesThe Silent Corner by Dean Koontz
Dark Crime Thrillers with Moral Gray Zones
11 books — 5 voters
City Spies by James PontiI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Framed! by James PontiMrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls by Beth McMullen
Middle-Grader Spies and Detectives
53 books — 3 voters

El caso Leavenworth by Anna Katharine GreenCuentos policiales, Edgar Allan Poe (Filo y contrafilo) by Edgar Allan PoeLos crímenes de la calle morgue y otros cuentos policiales by Edgar Allan PoeEl escarabajo de oro; Los crímenes de la calle Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Ficción Detectivesca, Misterio y policíaca
20 books — 1 voter
The Darkness by Ragnar JónassonThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanThe Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L. MillerThe Marlow Murder Club by Robert ThorogoodKillers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
I Need More of That
67 books — 1 voter

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