Top Mystery Books

The top 50 books in this category, curated and ranked.

Updated April 1, 2026

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Rank	Book
#1	The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
#2	Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
#3	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
#4	Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
#5	The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#6	The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
#7	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#8	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#9	The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
#10	The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
#11	The Hollow by Agatha Christie
#12	The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
#13	Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
#14	Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
#15	Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
#16	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#17	A Time to Kill by John Grisham
#18	The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#19	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
#20	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
#21	A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
#22	The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
#23	Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
#24	James Bond - Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
#25	The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
#26	The Mysterious Affairs at Styles by Agatha Christie
#27	The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
#28	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
#29	The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#30	From Russia, with Love by Ian Fleming
#31	Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
#32	4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
#33	Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
#34	The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
#35	A Wanted Man by Lee Child
#36	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
#37	A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
#38	Nancy Drew: The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene
#39	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
#40	Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
#41	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
#42	The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
#43	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
#44	The Ink Black Heart by J. K. Rowling
#45	Origin by Dan Brown
#46	Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
#47	Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
#48	The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
#49	Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
#50	The Secret of the Old Clock by Nancy Drew