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22 Best Mystery Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down (Reader's Digest)

"Nothing piques our curiosity and sets our minds to problem-solving mode quite like a good mystery. It's why so many of us grew up playing detective alongside fictional favorites like Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, Encyclopedia Brown, and Nancy Drew. It's also why Agatha Christie—queen of mystery books and the top female author—is the second best-selling author of all time, bested only by Shakespeare.You'll know a whodunnit when you read it. Typically, mystery books begin with a crime, offer several suspects and scenarios throughout the story, and culminate in a surprise ending. To come up with our list of the best mystery books, we polled Reader's Digest book editors (look for the Reader's Digest Editor's Choice seal!) and friends and combed through best seller lists and five-star reviews. In short, discovering the best mystery books of all time was elementary, dear Watson." - stage.rd.com
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2 Sisters Detective Agency (James Patterson)
2 Sisters Detective Agency
1
James Patterson
Fallen (Linda Castillo)
Fallen
2
Linda Castillo
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
3
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
4
Stieg Larsson
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
5
Delia Owens
Runner (Tracy Clark)
Runner
6
Tracy Clark
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
7
Daphne Du Maurier
Wherever She Goes (Kelley Armstrong)
Wherever She Goes
8
Kelley Armstrong
A Spy in the Struggle (Aya)
A Spy in the Struggle
9
Aya
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
10
Gillian Flynn
The Cutting Season (Attica Locke)
The Cutting Season
11
Attica Locke
The Laughing Policeman (Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö)
The Laughing Policeman
12
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
13
Donna Tartt
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
14
Agatha Christie
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
15
Dennis Lehane
The Guest List (Lucy Foley)
The Guest List
16
Lucy Foley
A Dangerous Man (Robert Crais)
A Dangerous Man
17
Robert Crais
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
18
Liane Moriarty
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods
19
Tana French
One of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus)
One of Us Is Lying
20
Karen M. McManus
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
21
Raymond Chandler
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
22
Dan Brown
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