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Detective Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1112 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 718,758 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 950 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 489,282 ratings — published 1887
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 810 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 621,098 ratings — published 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 802 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 383,177 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 796 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,583,844 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 765 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 338,424 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 763 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 496,898 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 699 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 323,690 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 641 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 301,294 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 633 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 175,605 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 564 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 196,036 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 563 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 291,385 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 522 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 166,961 ratings — published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
by (shelved 455 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 215,805 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 451 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 226,902 ratings — published 2015
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 419 times as detective)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,416,726 ratings — published 2005
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 405 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 375,242 ratings — published 2000
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 389 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 116,348 ratings — published 1923
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 366 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 104,477 ratings — published 1893
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 361 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 114,541 ratings — published 1930
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 356 times as detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 210,263 ratings — published 1930
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 346 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 214,564 ratings — published 1992
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 334 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 738,932 ratings — published 2020
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 333 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 69,665 ratings — published 1905
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 329 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 99,919 ratings — published 1938
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 324 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 183,911 ratings — published 2018
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 315 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 81,692 ratings — published 1932
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 311 times as detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,502,804 ratings — published 2003
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 311 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 90,832 ratings — published 1942
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 302 times as detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 125,373 ratings — published 1942
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 300 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 81,101 ratings — published 1928
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 294 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 71,113 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 292 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 87,210 ratings — published 1941
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 435,581 ratings — published 2007
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 146,894 ratings — published 2011
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 54,681 ratings — published 1914
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 69,126 ratings — published 1936
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 979,954 ratings — published 2006
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 278 times as detective)
avg rating 3.57 — 72,747 ratings — published 1927
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 278 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 103,019 ratings — published 1969
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 278 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 274,743 ratings — published 1998
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 276 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 73,766 ratings — published 1924
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 275 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,821 ratings — published 1933
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 273 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 279,954 ratings — published 2005
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 267 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 64,713 ratings — published 1935
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 267 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 209,195 ratings — published 2001
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 265 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 129,405 ratings — published 1997
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 258 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 68,088 ratings — published 1938
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 256 times as detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 144,925 ratings — published 2020
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 255 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 75,196 ratings — published 1957
“Quite," Detective Vidal pronounced as though he'd learned his English in a British finishing school. "Even Madame Rachel, who sat right beside, could not tell.”
― Mademoiselle le Sleuth
― Mademoiselle le Sleuth
“Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
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