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Best Literary Mysteries

These mysteries are more than a typical whodunit. The characters in these are complex, the storyline intriguing, and the language is rich.
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
2
Daphne Du Maurier
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
3
Alice Sebold
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
4
Gillian Flynn
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
5
Mark Haddon
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
6
Truman Capote
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
7
Dan Brown
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
8
Agatha Christie
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
10
Agatha Christie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
11
Ken Kesey
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
12
Shirley Jackson
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
13
Dan Brown
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
14
Wilkie Collins
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
15
Donna Tartt
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
16
Margaret Atwood
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
17
Umberto Eco
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
18
Diane Setterfield
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
19
Stieg Larsson
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
20
Agatha Christie
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
21
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
22
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
23
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
24
Stieg Larsson
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
25
A.S. Byatt
In the Woods (Tara French)
In the Woods
26
Tara French
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
27
Charles Dickens
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
28
John Berendt
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
29
Gillian Flynn
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
30
Elizabeth Kostova
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
31
Jasper Fforde
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
32
Wilkie Collins
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
33
Margaret Atwood
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
34
Sarah Waters
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
35
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
36
Patricia Highsmith
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
37
Dashiell Hammett
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
38
Caleb Carr
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
39
Gillian Flynn
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
40
Ellen Raskin
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