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Best Mysteries of All Time

Mysteries that I've often seen on best mysteries of all time lists. Although, some I disagree with, these titles seem to continue to appear time and time again.
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
1
Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
2
Agatha Christie
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
3
Dashiell Hammett
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Whose Body?
5
Dorothy L. Sayers
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
7
Wilkie Collins
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
8
Truman Capote
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
9
Daphne Du Maurier
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
10
Bram Stoker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
11
Alexandre Dumas
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
12
Henry James
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
13
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
14
Dorothy L. Sayers
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
15
James M. Cain
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
16
Hughes
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
17
Umberto Eco
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm
18
John Grisham
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
19
Donna Tartt
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
20
Gillian Flynn
Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
Da Vinci Code
21
Dan Brown
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
22
Alex Michaelides
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
23
Stieg Larsson
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
24
Raymond Chandler
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
25
Dan Brown
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
26
Dennis Lehane
In the Woods (Tara French)
In the Woods
27
Tara French
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
28
Patricia Highsmith
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
29
Edgar Allan Poe
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
30
Raymond Chandler
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
31
Dennis Lehane
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
32
John Berendt
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
33
John Grisham
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
34
Diane Setterfield
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
35
Graham Greene
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
36
Alice Sebold
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
37
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
38
Mark Haddon
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
39
Ira Levin
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
40
James Ellroy
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