Mystery

The mystery genre is a genre of fiction that follows a crime (like a murder or a disappearance) from the moment it is committed to the moment it is solved. Mystery novels are often called “whodunnits” because they turn the reader into a detective trying to figure out the who, what, when, and how of a particular crime. Most mysteries feature a detective or private eye solving a case as the central character.

High Season
The Witch's Orchard
The Once and Future Me
Doll Parts
If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
The Executioners Three
The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective
Five Found Dead
A Particularly Nasty Case
The Grand Paloma Resort
A Spell to Wake the Dead
She Didn't Stand a Chance
Just Another Dead Author (Berit Gardner #2)
Lime Juice Money
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  • The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    The River Is Waiting
    The Guest List
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    Rock Paper Scissors
    The Paris Apartment
    A Flicker in the Dark
    Culpability
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    Such Quiet Girls
    The Lost Apothecary
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    Cold Island (Detective Tommy Kelly #1)
    Game of Nines
    Dating After the End of the World
    The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
    Best Historical Mystery
    1,990 books — 4,475 voters
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
    Best Literary Mysteries
    2,510 books — 4,489 voters

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
    Best Woman-Authored Books
    8,067 books — 5,120 voters
    Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderCrown of Midnight by Sarah J. MaasThe Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
    Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
    1,212 books — 4,591 voters

    One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusGood Girl, Bad Blood by Holly  JacksonOne of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManusCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoLegend by Marie Lu
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    2,174 books — 2,708 voters
    The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
    Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
    1,121 books — 2,445 voters

    And Then There Were None
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Girl on the Train
    The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Silent Patient
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

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