Crime and Mysteries to Read

21,426 members

539 reviews

4.2

10 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

10,349 members

285 reviews

4

10 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: Not sure I could get through it now, but I liked it when I read it.

4

Gaudy Night

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

5,482 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

10 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, elkiedee, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

5

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,244 members

318 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, jhaggis, thecoroner, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Secret of the Old Clock

15,448 members

303 reviews

3.9

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda

7

7,088 members

118 reviews

3.8

9 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, mbc2, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

8

Whose Body?

4,967 members

195 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG,

9

Strong Poison

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

4,493 members

121 reviews

4.1

9 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

10

by Stieg Larsson

43,389 members

1,752 reviews

4

8 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Murder on the Orient Express

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

17,291 members

424 reviews

4.1

8 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, Stepn

12

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,873 members

338 reviews

4.1

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, autumnmysteries, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explanations: aulsmith: Really enjoyed this one.

13

10,099 members

326 reviews

4.1

8 Members: merrystar, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Still Life

by Louise Penny

6,746 members

427 reviews

3.8

8 Members: JaneAustenNut, LC, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

15

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,250 members

114 reviews

4.2

8 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Sign of Four

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

5,096 members

171 reviews

3.8

8 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, thecoroner, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

3,963 members

94 reviews

4.2

8 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

18

A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters

3,952 members

105 reviews

3.8

8 Members: aulsmith, mkbird, merrystar, jhaggis, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: I really liked this one, but I found the rest tiresome.

19

Murder Must Advertise

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

3,799 members

106 reviews

4.2

9 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG,

20

The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova

21,511 members

759 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

21

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

12,540 members

338 reviews

4.1

7 Members: mkbird, merrystar, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

22

9,013 members

293 reviews

3.8

7 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

23

Death on the Nile

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

8,965 members

183 reviews

3.9

7 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

24

The Body Farm

by Patricia Cornwell

6,377 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: dara85, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, Stepn, GeraldineG

25

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,937 members

227 reviews

3.9

7 Members: inge87, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Laurie R. King

5,924 members

295 reviews

4.1

7 Members: KimarieBee, jhaggis, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, cindyalee, GeraldineG

27

Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

4,532 members

103 reviews

4.1

7 Members: aulsmith, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

28

Innocent Blood

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

1,881 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

7 Members: mkbird, JaneAustenNut, elkiedee, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

29

The Laughing Policeman

by Maj Sjöwall

1,850 members

66 reviews

3.9

7 Members: mkbird, elkiedee, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, carole888fort, GeraldineG

30

by Mark Haddon

44,526 members

1,334 reviews

3.9

6 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

31

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,619 members

934 reviews

4.1

6 Members: rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

22,299 members

1,547 reviews

3.9

6 Members: rretzler, mbc2, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

33

The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

22,275 members

702 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, jhaggis, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: True crime. Good book

34

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,653 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Firm

11,585 members

114 reviews

3.8

6 Members: dara85, LC, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

36

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

10,865 members

251 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

37

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,989 members

324 reviews

3

7 Members: rretzler, mbc2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar : wasn't able to finish this one

38

The Thin Man

by Dashiell Hammett

4,292 members

143 reviews

3.8

6 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG, miguel.catalan

39

Unnatural Causes

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

2,132 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, Stepn, GeraldineG

40

by Nicholas Meyer

1,827 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

41

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

134,685 members

2,065 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: merrystar, jhaggis, LC, rretzler, mbc2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia,aulsmith , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Didn't finish

42

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

20,545 members

559 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jhaggis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

43

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

19,614 members

315 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Hated this one.

44

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

17,276 members

911 reviews

4

5 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, autumnmysteries, GeraldineG

45

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,414 members

280 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

46

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

12,987 members

190 reviews

3.8

5 Members: KimarieBee, JaneAustenNut, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

47

A Time to Kill

12,239 members

154 reviews

3.8

5 Members: KimarieBee, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

48

The Pelican Brief

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

11,106 members

83 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: dara85, LC, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963

49

by Michael Chabon

10,432 members

423 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aulsmith, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

50

In the Woods

by Tana French

10,339 members

583 reviews

3.8

5 Members: KimarieBee, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, Crazymamie, GeraldineG

51

The Murder at the Vicarage

6,237 members

192 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

52

The Body in the Library

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

5,864 members

150 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

53

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

5,199 members

86 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

4,473 members

60 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

3,868 members

78 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Dry

by Jane Harper

3,816 members

269 reviews

4

5 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, kara.shamy, carole888fort, GeraldineG

57

A Taste for Death

3,137 members

39 reviews

3.8

5 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, Stepn, GeraldineG

58

Devices and Desires

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

3,130 members

43 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

59

2,624 members

54 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

60

The Black Tower

Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

2,243 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

61

2,227 members

25 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, GeraldineG

62

Shroud for a Nightingale

The Man with a Load of Mischief

2,194 members

43 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

63

The Coroner's Lunch

by Colin Cotterill

1,711 members

141 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aulsmith, rretzler, gypsysmom, carole888fort, GeraldineG

64

by Martha Grimes

1,591 members

29 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, mbc2, ahef1963, GeraldineG

65

In the Bleak Midwinter

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

1,574 members

131 reviews

3.9

5 Members: dara85, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, carole888fort, GeraldineG

66

In a Dry Season

by Peter Robinson

1,484 members

42 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

67

The Ritual Bath

by Faye Kellerman

1,440 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: dara85, aulsmith, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: Lot's of interesting Jewish culture, but I thought the mystery part was weak.

68

Aftermath

by Peter Robinson

1,276 members

32 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

69

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

107,807 members

989 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: merrystar, jhaggis, LC, rretzler, mbc2, ahef1963,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

70

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

101,918 members

936 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: merrystar, jhaggis, LC, rretzler, mbc2, ahef1963,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,424 members

730 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

72

Foucault's Pendulum

by Umberto Eco

17,572 members

259 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

73

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,533 members

384 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG,

74

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

13,900 members

232 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Sharp Objects

by Gillian Flynn

9,820 members

539 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: dara85, kara.shamy, carole888fort, GeraldineG

76

The Last Juror

8,374 members

96 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

77

Case Histories

by Kate Atkinson

7,945 members

350 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG,

78

Labyrinth

by Kate Mosse

7,278 members

207 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

79

The ABC Murders

7,066 members

138 reviews

3.8

4 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

80

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

6,252 members

199 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : I just don't like thrillers.

81

Cruel and Unusual

by Patricia Cornwell

5,603 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, Stepn, GeraldineG

82

The Hidden Staircase

5,486 members

56 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

83

A Murder Is Announced

4,713 members

93 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

84

The Bungalow Mystery

4,556 members

36 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

85

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow

4,335 members

76 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

86

The Mystery at Lilac Inn

The Secret at Shadow Ranch

4,273 members

31 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

87

4,108 members

29 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

88

Sycamore Row

4,089 members

165 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

89

A Fatal Grace

by Louise Penny

4,047 members

227 reviews

3.9

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

90

The Bat

by Jo Nesbø

3,861 members

188 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, carole888fort, GeraldineG

91

Gorky Park

by Martin Cruz Smith

3,814 members

78 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, mbc2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG,

92

A Pocket Full of Rye

3,709 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

93

Death in Holy Orders

3,703 members

55 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG,KimarieBee

94

Nemesis

3,673 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

95

The Clocks

3,673 members

64 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

96

A Caribbean Mystery