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.

One of Us Knows
Missing White Woman
You Know What You Did
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)
Indian Burial Ground
The One That Got Away with Murder
A Letter to the Luminous Deep
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
Nosy Neighbors
Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1)
Granite Harbor
The Flower Sisters
Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)
Kill Her Twice
Earthflown
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    The Third Wife of Faraday House
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  • The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    The Guest List
    The Paris Apartment
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Husbands
    When We Lied
    Apples Never Fall
    The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
    The Wrong Daughter
    The Lost Apothecary
    All Good People Here
    The 24th Hour (Women’s Murder Club, #24)
    Lovers at the Museum
    Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit 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
    2,380 books — 2,873 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
    1,076 books — 2,759 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
    1,148 books — 4,721 voters
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan       BrownAngels & Demons by Dan       BrownThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
    Thrillers
    4,331 books — 5,157 voters

    And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMy Sister’s Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Da Vinci Code by Dan       BrownHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
    Best Twists
    7,411 books — 8,177 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
    7,757 books — 5,330 voters

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

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