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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 167 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.19 — 778,545 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 514,296 ratings — published 1887
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 124 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.26 — 379,478 ratings — published 1926
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,730,588 ratings — published 1939
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.00 — 541,127 ratings — published 1920
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 107 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.12 — 326,616 ratings — published 1937
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 102 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.30 — 335,935 ratings — published 1892
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 101 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 406,749 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 643,243 ratings — published 2013
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 88 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 187,840 ratings — published 1890
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 77 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.05 — 303,204 ratings — published 2014
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 216,870 ratings — published 1936
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.78 — 458,358 ratings — published 2007
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 227,388 ratings — published 1930
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.93 — 174,565 ratings — published 1939
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 877,090 ratings — published 2020
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 128,787 ratings — published 1923
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 137,268 ratings — published 1942
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.51 — 221,159 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.22 — 236,697 ratings — published 2015
4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 80,690 ratings — published 1957
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,822 ratings — published 1930
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 100,135 ratings — published 1942
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 113,343 ratings — published 1938
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,763 ratings — published 1893
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,541,129 ratings — published 2005
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 90,324 ratings — published 1928
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 51 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.02 — 88,970 ratings — published 1932
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 51 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 74,803 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 94,216 ratings — published 1941
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.00 — 91,769 ratings — published 1950
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 280,575 ratings — published 1998
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.06 — 188,504 ratings — published 2008
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 77,833 ratings — published 1936
Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.92 — 52,361 ratings — published 1937
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 46 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.25 — 193,659 ratings — published 2018
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 46 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 73,194 ratings — published 1938
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 182,004 ratings — published 2016
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 66,629 ratings — published 1933
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 111,600 ratings — published 1969
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 62,327 ratings — published 1942
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 151,485 ratings — published 1987
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.84 — 52,843 ratings — published 1935
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 79,101 ratings — published 1924
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 299,030 ratings — published 2005
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.14 — 409,346 ratings — published 1980
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 73,171 ratings — published 1904
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.80 — 47,167 ratings — published 1946
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 80,142 ratings — published 1927
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.39 — 154,780 ratings — published 2020
“You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police officer."
"I sometimes think I should have been a good one."
"Why?"
"Because I am patient.”
― Lady Audley's Secret
"I sometimes think I should have been a good one."
"Why?"
"Because I am patient.”
― Lady Audley's Secret
“We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle.
"Has a European feel," Susan said.
"That sounds terrific," I said. "Can I have one?"
Susan grinned at me. "How did you ever get to be so big without growing up?" she said.
"Iron self-control," I said.”
― Ceremony
"Has a European feel," Susan said.
"That sounds terrific," I said. "Can I have one?"
Susan grinned at me. "How did you ever get to be so big without growing up?" she said.
"Iron self-control," I said.”
― Ceremony
