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.

Heather
Nine Lives
The Heirs
Keep Them Close
You Girls Play Nice
Lies Between Us
The Disaster Gay Detective Agency
Storm Tide
A Botanist's Guide to Tradition and Treachery (A Saffron Everleigh Mystery, #5)
The Sixth Nik
Death on the Lanai (Golden Girls Cozy Mystery, #2)
There's Only One Sin in Hollywood
Whisper Creek
Somebody Worth Killing
Green City Wars
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    The Dinner Party: A Pick Your Poison Adventure
    Rock Paper Scissors
    The Perfect Divorce (Perfect, #2)
    Ironwood (Catalina, #2)
    The Safe Room
    The Paris Apartment
    The Sky Beneath Her
    Culpability
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Caretaker
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    The Lost Apothecary
    A Pair of Aces
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    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 FlukeStill Life by Louise Penny
    Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
    1,232 books — 2,625 voters
    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
    2,336 books — 2,596 voters

    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboA Shade of Vampire by Bella ForrestThe Wronged Sons by John MarrsIsle of Winds by James FahyDrowned Tomb by James Fahy
    Best of Little-Known Authors
    7,042 books — 5,099 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
    2,683 books — 5,070 voters

    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen Hoover
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    Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
    Best Action-Adventure Novels
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    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    Gone Girl
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    The Girl on the Train
    The Silent Patient
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    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 Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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