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Top 100 Best Mystery Books of the 21st Century - Page 2

Here's the list of the 100 best crime books of the 21st century according to Goodreads readers. Only books with at least 5000 ratings have been taking into account.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
41
Maria Semple
The Crossing Places (Elly Griffiths)
The Crossing Places
42
Elly Griffiths
You (Caroline Kepnes)
You
43
Caroline Kepnes
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
44
Julian Barnes
Career of Evil (Robert Galbraith)
Career of Evil
45
Robert Galbraith
The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
The Lost Symbol
46
Dan Brown
The Anatomist's Wife (Anna Lee Huber)
The Anatomist's Wife
47
Anna Lee Huber
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
48
Alice Sebold
Dissolution (C J Sansom)
Dissolution
49
C J Sansom
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep
50
S.J. Watson
The Good Girl (Mary Kubica)
The Good Girl
51
Mary Kubica
The Hunting Party (Lucy Foley)
The Hunting Party
52
Lucy Foley
Pretty Girls (Karin Slaughter)
Pretty Girls
53
Karin Slaughter
Sycamore Row (John Grisham)
Sycamore Row
54
John Grisham
In a Dark Dark Wood (Ruth Ware)
In a Dark Dark Wood
55
Ruth Ware
I Let You Go (Clare MacKintosh)
I Let You Go
56
Clare MacKintosh
Origin (Dan Brown)
Origin
57
Dan Brown
Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear)
Maisie Dobbs
58
Jacqueline Winspear
The Grownup (Gillian Flynn)
The Grownup
59
Gillian Flynn
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
60
Olga Tokarczuk
What Angels Fear (C.S. Harris)
What Angels Fear
61
C.S. Harris
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
62
Alan Bradley
Bruno, Chief of Police (Martin Walker)
Bruno, Chief of Police
63
Martin Walker
Phantom
Phantom
64
The Man Who Died Twice (Richard Osman)
The Man Who Died Twice
65
Richard Osman
Midnight Riot (Ben Aaronovitch)
Midnight Riot
66
Ben Aaronovitch
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
67
Jasper Fforde
Purple Cane Road (James Lee Burke)
Purple Cane Road
68
James Lee Burke
The Sunday Philosophy Club (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Sunday Philosophy Club
69
Alexander McCall Smith
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
70
Stuart Turton
The Maid (Nita Prose)
The Maid
71
Nita Prose
The Prisoner of Heaven (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Prisoner of Heaven
72
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Something in the Water (Catherine Steadman)
Something in the Water
73
Catherine Steadman
A Great Reckoning (Louise Penny)
A Great Reckoning
74
Louise Penny
The Satapur Moonstone (Sujata Massey)
The Satapur Moonstone
75
Sujata Massey
Bury Your Dead (Louise Penny)
Bury Your Dead
76
Louise Penny
Troubled Blood (Robert Galbraith)
Troubled Blood
77
Robert Galbraith
My Sister's Grave (Robert Dugoni)
My Sister's Grave
78
Robert Dugoni
The Secret Keeper (Kate Morton)
The Secret Keeper
79
Kate Morton
The Angel's Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Angel's Game
80
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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