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.

The Ending Writes Itself
The Escape Game
How to Cheat Your Own Death (Castle Knoll Files, #3)
The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton
Honor & Heresy
The Insomniacs
Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block
Boring Asian Female
This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone (The Vacation Mysteries, #3)
Flirting with Murder
Trouble's Turn to Lose (Carolina Tales, #3)
Murder at the Hotel Orient
A Violent Masterpiece
Harmless Women
A Murder Most Camp
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    The Dinner Party: A Pick Your Poison Adventure
    Rock Paper Scissors
    Her First Lie (Hannah Bauer, #.5)
    The Perfect Divorce (Perfect, #2)
    Out Law (The Dresden Files #18.75)
    You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (Deadly Ambition, #3)
    Go Gentle
    The Caretaker
    Wake-Up Calls
    26 Beauties (Women's Murder Club, #26)
    The Missing Ones
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Paris Apartment
    Murder by Design (Edison Bixby #1)
    And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
    Best Detective/Mystery Series
    2,295 books — 2,529 voters
    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
    2,273 books — 4,763 voters

    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboThe Clearing by Thomas RydderSend More Idiots by Tony Perez-GieseEveryone Burns by John DolanHeavy Duty People by Iain Parke
    Great Indie Novels
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    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
    Thrillers
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    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    All-Time Awesome Books
    12,722 books — 8,473 voters
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    Best Literary Mysteries
    2,652 books — 4,869 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 Silent Patient
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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    “ The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. —"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64 ...more ”
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    “ Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself. ”
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