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 Intrigue
Augusta Pine Does Not Exist
She Had Enough
The Whisper
Our Marriage Is Murder
The Wedding Week
Furious Violet
The Mortal Enemy Murder Club (A Hu Done It Mystery, #2)
The Cloak and Dagger Club (A Cloak and Dagger Club Mystery, #1)
A Penance for Crows
Deadly Does It (A Mason & Mann Mystery)
The Man
Last Night Was Killer
The Novel Detective
Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils (Savvy Summers Mysteries, #2)
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  • The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    Rock Paper Scissors
    Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
    The Perfect Divorce (Perfect, #2)
    John Grebble Is Gone
    Ironwood (Catalina, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #42)
    The Paris Apartment
    The Castle in the Glen
    The Secrets We Hide (North Falls, #2)
    The Oxford Detective Society (The Oxford Detective Society, #1)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    A Pair of Aces
    In the Killer's Sight (Kate Marino #1)
    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
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    Books That Have Made An Impression
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    Our Favorite Indie Reads
    4,228 books — 4,089 voters
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    Best Cozy Mystery Series
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    Thrillers
    5,014 books — 6,567 voters
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    And Then There Were None
    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)
    The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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