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100 Mystery Novels Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime

A good mystery novel will chill its readers, keeping them on their toes until the final reveal.
Amazon editors debuted a new list of the 100 mysteries and thrillers that everyone should read in their lifetime, based on reader selections and ratings at Goodreads.
From well-known authors like Agatha Christie and Edgar Allan Poe to suspense-genre newcomers, these are the 100 thrillers that will keep you reading deep into the night (in alphabetical order).
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A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
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A Great Deliverance (Elizabeth George)
A Great Deliverance (Elizabeth George)
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A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
4
A Judgement in Stone (Ruth Rendell)
A Judgement in Stone (Ruth Rendell)
5
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
6
A Simple Plan (Scott Smith)
A Simple Plan (Scott Smith)
7
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
8
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (P.D. James)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (P.D. James)
9
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
10
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
11
Berlin Noir (Philip Kerr)
Berlin Noir (Philip Kerr)
12
Blindsighted (Karin Slaughter)
Blindsighted (Karin Slaughter)
13
Cape Fear (John D MacDonald)
Cape Fear (John D MacDonald)
14
Clockers (Richard Price)
Clockers (Richard Price)
15
Dance Hall of the Dead (Tony Hillerman)
Dance Hall of the Dead (Tony Hillerman)
16
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
17
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective (Donald J. Sobol)
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective (Donald J. Sobol)
18
Evil and the Mask (Fuminori Nakamura)
Evil and the Mask (Fuminori Nakamura)
19
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
20
Fer-De-Lance (Rex Stout)
Fer-De-Lance (Rex Stout)
21
From Hell (Alan Moore)
From Hell (Alan Moore)
22
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
23
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
24
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
25
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
26
Gorky Park (Martin Cruz Smith)
Gorky Park (Martin Cruz Smith)
27
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
28
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
29
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods (Tana French)
30
Into the Darkest Corner (Elizabeth Haynes)
Into the Darkest Corner (Elizabeth Haynes)
31
Killing Floor (Lee Child)
Killing Floor (Lee Child)
32
Kiss the Girls (James Patterson)
Kiss the Girls (James Patterson)
33
L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy)
L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy)
34
Marathon Man (William Goldman)
Marathon Man (William Goldman)
35
Miami Blues (Charles Willeford)
Miami Blues (Charles Willeford)
36
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery (Stephen King)
37
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
38
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
39
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
40
Nick's Trip (George Pelecanos)
Nick's Trip (George Pelecanos)
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