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Detective Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1121 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 729,306 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 951 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 493,703 ratings — published 1887
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 818 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 625,314 ratings — published 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 814 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 387,235 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 806 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,609,223 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 777 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 344,631 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 771 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 505,137 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 708 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 325,895 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 646 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 305,365 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 635 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 177,544 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 572 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 199,833 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 566 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 293,460 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 531 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 168,213 ratings — published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 460 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 216,690 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 457 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 228,685 ratings — published 2015
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 418 times as detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,441,390 ratings — published 2005
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 413 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 377,625 ratings — published 2000
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 389 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 118,415 ratings — published 1923
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 366 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 115,286 ratings — published 1930
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 363 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 105,390 ratings — published 1893
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 359 times as detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 213,142 ratings — published 1930
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 355 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 768,911 ratings — published 2020
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 352 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 216,097 ratings — published 1992
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 338 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 108,070 ratings — published 1938
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 336 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 70,193 ratings — published 1905
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 329 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 185,733 ratings — published 2018
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 316 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,924 ratings — published 1932
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 314 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 92,267 ratings — published 1942
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 308 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,519,384 ratings — published 2003
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 307 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 127,352 ratings — published 1942
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 306 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 82,557 ratings — published 1928
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
by (shelved 295 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 438,802 ratings — published 2007
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 295 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 72,140 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 292 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 88,183 ratings — published 1941
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 55,328 ratings — published 1914
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 148,371 ratings — published 2011
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 70,057 ratings — published 1936
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 283,352 ratings — published 2005
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 985,140 ratings — published 2006
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 104,747 ratings — published 1969
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 281 times as detective)
avg rating 3.57 — 74,017 ratings — published 1927
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 279 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,820 ratings — published 1933
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 278 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 74,657 ratings — published 1924
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 277 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 275,630 ratings — published 1998
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 65,649 ratings — published 1935
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 130,612 ratings — published 1997
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 261 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 68,979 ratings — published 1938
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 260 times as detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 146,774 ratings — published 2020
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 259 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 207,506 ratings — published 2001
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 255 times as detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 85,665 ratings — published 1950
“I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter nights.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
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