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Flavorwire's 50 Mystery Novels That Everyone Should Read

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gaudy Night (1935)
Gaudy Night (1935)
2
A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
3
Arthur & George
Arthur & George
4
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
5
Raymond Chandler
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
6
Dashiell Hammett
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
7
Agatha Christie
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
8
The First Detective
The First Detective
9
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
10
Daphne Du Maurier
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
11
Caleb Carr
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
12
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
13
Michael Chabon
When We Were Orphans
When We Were Orphans
14
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem
15
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
16
Wilkie Collins
Dust and Shadow
Dust and Shadow
17
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
18
Paul Auster
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
19
Walter Mosley
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
20
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
21
John Le Carré
Fadeout
Fadeout
22
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
23
Umberto Eco
The Circular Staircase
The Circular Staircase
24
True Confessions
True Confessions
25
Beast in View
Beast in View
26
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
27
Josephine Tey
From Russia, With Love
From Russia, With Love
28
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
29
Patricia Highsmith
Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow)
Presumed Innocent
30
Scott Turow
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
31
Frederick Forsyth
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
32
Dennis Lehane
Sneaky People
Sneaky People
33
In the Woods
In the Woods
34
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
35
Barbara Vine
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
36
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
37
John Buchan
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
38
Ken Follett
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
39
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
40
Stieg Larsson
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