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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
1
Eric Ambler
A Great Deliverance (Elizabeth George)
A Great Deliverance
2
Elizabeth George
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi
3
Sue Grafton
A Judgement in Stone (Ruth Rendell)
A Judgement in Stone
4
Ruth Rendell
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem
5
Chester Himes
A Simple Plan (Scott Smith)
A Simple Plan
6
Scott Smith
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
7
John Grisham
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (P.D. James)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
8
P.D. James
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
9
Agatha Christie
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep
10
S.J. Watson
Berlin Noir (Philip Kerr)
Berlin Noir
11
Philip Kerr
Blindsighted (Karin Slaughter)
Blindsighted
12
Karin Slaughter
Cape Fear (John D MacDonald)
Cape Fear
13
John D MacDonald
Clockers (Richard Price)
Clockers
14
Richard Price
Dance Hall of the Dead (Tony Hillerman)
Dance Hall of the Dead
15
Tony Hillerman
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
16
Walter Mosley
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective (Donald J. Sobol)
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
17
Donald J. Sobol
Evil and the Mask (Fuminori Nakamura)
Evil and the Mask
18
Fuminori Nakamura
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
19
Ken Follett
Fer-De-Lance (Rex Stout)
Fer-De-Lance
20
Rex Stout
From Hell (Alan Moore)
From Hell
21
Alan Moore
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
22
Ian Fleming
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
23
Dorothy L. Sayers
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
24
Elmore Leonard
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
25
Gillian Flynn
Gorky Park (Martin Cruz Smith)
Gorky Park
26
Martin Cruz Smith
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
27
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
28
Truman Capote
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods
29
Tana French
Into the Darkest Corner (Elizabeth Haynes)
Into the Darkest Corner
30
Elizabeth Haynes
Killing Floor (Lee Child)
Killing Floor
31
Lee Child
Kiss the Girls (James Patterson)
Kiss the Girls
32
James Patterson
L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy)
L.A. Confidential
33
James Ellroy
Marathon Man (William Goldman)
Marathon Man
34
William Goldman
Miami Blues (Charles Willeford)
Miami Blues
35
Charles Willeford
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
36
Stephen King
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
37
Jonathan Lethem
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
38
Agatha Christie
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
39
Dennis Lehane
Nick's Trip (George Pelecanos)
Nick's Trip
40
George Pelecanos
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