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Detective Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1147 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 761,276 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 980 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 507,379 ratings — published 1887
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 845 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 637,549 ratings — published 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 836 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 400,252 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 824 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,689,502 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 817 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 367,749 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 805 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 529,981 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 732 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 332,472 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 660 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 319,846 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 651 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 184,189 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 603 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 211,934 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 580 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 300,185 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 533 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,557 ratings — published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 474 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 219,616 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 474 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 234,332 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 449 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 389,080 ratings — published 2000
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 427 times as detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,509,973 ratings — published 2005
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 413 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 125,403 ratings — published 1923
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 398 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 847,090 ratings — published 2020
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 375 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 118,375 ratings — published 1930
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 371 times as detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 221,268 ratings — published 1930
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 368 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 107,752 ratings — published 1893
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 363 times as detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 221,240 ratings — published 1992
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 348 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 112,111 ratings — published 1938
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 342 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 72,394 ratings — published 1904
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 342 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 191,260 ratings — published 2018
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 325 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 97,637 ratings — published 1942
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 322 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 87,101 ratings — published 1932
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 319 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,571,286 ratings — published 2003
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 316 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 88,047 ratings — published 1928
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 316 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 133,993 ratings — published 1942
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 315 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 294,197 ratings — published 2005
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 315 times as detective)
avg rating 3.84 — 154,531 ratings — published 2011
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 305 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 76,046 ratings — published 1936
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 304 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 450,070 ratings — published 2007
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 297 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 73,331 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 297 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 92,158 ratings — published 1941
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 291 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 78,254 ratings — published 1927
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 290 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,573 ratings — published 1914
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 65,160 ratings — published 1933
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 77,794 ratings — published 1924
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 287 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 278,943 ratings — published 1998
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 285 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,001,325 ratings — published 2006
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 285 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 108,494 ratings — published 1969
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 152,450 ratings — published 2020
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 280 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 69,318 ratings — published 1935
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 277 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 136,091 ratings — published 1997
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 274 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 217,123 ratings — published 2001
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 267 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 72,065 ratings — published 1938
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 261 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 79,375 ratings — published 1957
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
“It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again."
"Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”
― Death on the Nile
"Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”
― Death on the Nile
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