Crime and Mysteries to Read

20,211 members

514 reviews

4.1

10 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

9,980 members

277 reviews

4

10 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: Not sure I could get through it now, but I liked it when I read it.

4

Gaudy Night

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

5,320 members

144 reviews

½ 4.3

10 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, elkiedee, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

5

by Robert Louis Stevenson

16,679 members

310 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, jhaggis, thecoroner, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Secret of the Old Clock

14,766 members

288 reviews

3.9

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda

7

6,670 members

108 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, mbc2, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

8

Whose Body?

4,789 members

188 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG,

9

Strong Poison

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

4,362 members

116 reviews

4.1

9 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

10

by Stieg Larsson

42,094 members

1,718 reviews

4

8 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Murder on the Orient Express

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

16,233 members

400 reviews

4.1

8 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, Stepn

12

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,438 members

332 reviews

4.1

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, autumnmysteries, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explanations: aulsmith: Really enjoyed this one.

13

9,489 members

304 reviews

4.1

8 Members: merrystar, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Still Life

by Louise Penny

6,355 members

408 reviews

3.8

8 Members: JaneAustenNut, LC, rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

15

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,098 members

113 reviews

4.2

8 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Sign of Four

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

4,855 members

164 reviews

3.8

8 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, thecoroner, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

3,856 members

92 reviews

4.2

8 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, LC, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

18

A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters

3,825 members

99 reviews

3.8

8 Members: aulsmith, mkbird, merrystar, jhaggis, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: I really liked this one, but I found the rest tiresome.

19

Murder Must Advertise

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

3,681 members

104 reviews

4.2

9 Members: inge87, aulsmith, merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG,

20

The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova

21,193 members

749 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

21

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

11,876 members

330 reviews

4.1

7 Members: mkbird, merrystar, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

22

8,434 members

270 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

23

Death on the Nile

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

8,401 members

177 reviews

3.9

7 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, rretzler, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

24

The Body Farm

by Patricia Cornwell

6,234 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: dara85, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, Stepn, GeraldineG

25

by Laurie R. King

5,741 members

283 reviews

4.1

7 Members: KimarieBee, jhaggis, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, cindyalee, GeraldineG

26

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,727 members

225 reviews

4

7 Members: inge87, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

4,408 members

101 reviews

4.1

7 Members: aulsmith, Crazymamie, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, JJCassard, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

28

Innocent Blood

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

1,836 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

7 Members: mkbird, JaneAustenNut, elkiedee, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

29

The Laughing Policeman

by Maj Sjöwall

1,789 members

64 reviews

3.9

7 Members: mkbird, elkiedee, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, carole888fort, GeraldineG

30

by Mark Haddon

43,419 members

1,308 reviews

3.9

6 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

31

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

29,562 members

913 reviews

4.1

6 Members: rretzler, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

21,408 members

685 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, jhaggis, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: True crime. Good book

33

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

21,262 members

1,516 reviews

3.9

6 Members: rretzler, mbc2, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

34

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,174 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Firm

11,209 members

109 reviews

3.8

6 Members: dara85, LC, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

36

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

10,485 members

246 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

37

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,760 members

319 reviews

3

7 Members: rretzler, mbc2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar : wasn't able to finish this one

38

The Thin Man

by Dashiell Hammett

4,156 members

141 reviews

3.8

6 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG, miguel.catalan

39

Unnatural Causes

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

2,079 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, Stepn, GeraldineG

40

by Nicholas Meyer

1,780 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

41

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

129,228 members

2,009 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: merrystar, jhaggis, LC, rretzler, mbc2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia,aulsmith , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Didn't finish

42

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

19,280 members

523 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jhaggis, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

43

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

19,154 members

302 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Hated this one.

44

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

16,787 members

902 reviews

4

5 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, autumnmysteries, GeraldineG

45

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

15,615 members

271 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

46

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

12,676 members

188 reviews

3.8

5 Members: KimarieBee, JaneAustenNut, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

47

A Time to Kill

12,045 members

150 reviews

3.8

5 Members: KimarieBee, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

48

The Pelican Brief

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

10,792 members

81 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: dara85, LC, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963

49

by Michael Chabon

10,185 members

417 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aulsmith, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

50

In the Woods

by Tana French

9,953 members

569 reviews

3.8

5 Members: KimarieBee, JaneAustenNut, jhaggis, Crazymamie, GeraldineG

51

The Murder at the Vicarage

6,013 members

188 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

52

The Body in the Library

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

5,559 members

143 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

53

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

4,940 members

83 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

4,226 members

58 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

3,694 members

74 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Dry

by Jane Harper

3,535 members

256 reviews

4

5 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, kara.shamy, carole888fort, GeraldineG

57

A Taste for Death

3,048 members

37 reviews

3.8

5 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, Stepn, GeraldineG

58

Devices and Desires

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

3,045 members

42 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

59

2,538 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, GeraldineG

60

The Black Tower

Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

2,170 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

61

2,138 members

25 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, GeraldineG

62

Shroud for a Nightingale

The Man with a Load of Mischief

2,130 members

41 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

63

The Coroner's Lunch

by Colin Cotterill

1,669 members

138 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aulsmith, rretzler, gypsysmom, carole888fort, GeraldineG

64

by Martha Grimes

1,535 members

26 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, mbc2, ahef1963, GeraldineG

65

In the Bleak Midwinter

by Julia Spencer-Fleming

1,534 members

128 reviews

3.9

5 Members: dara85, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, carole888fort, GeraldineG

66

In a Dry Season

by Peter Robinson

1,451 members

39 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

67

The Ritual Bath

by Faye Kellerman

1,411 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: dara85, aulsmith, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG
Explanations: aulsmith: Lot's of interesting Jewish culture, but I thought the mystery part was weak.

68

Aftermath

by Peter Robinson

1,241 members

31 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

69

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

103,409 members

957 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: merrystar, jhaggis, LC, rretzler, mbc2, ahef1963,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

70

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

98,829 members

917 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: merrystar, jhaggis, LC, rretzler, mbc2, ahef1963,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

24,648 members

714 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

72

Foucault's Pendulum

by Umberto Eco

17,182 members

253 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

73

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,274 members

380 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG,

74

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

13,559 members

230 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Sharp Objects

by Gillian Flynn

9,170 members

519 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, kara.shamy, carole888fort, GeraldineG

76

The Last Juror

8,133 members

94 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

77

Case Histories

by Kate Atkinson

7,831 members

341 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG,

78

Labyrinth

by Kate Mosse

7,120 members

205 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

79

The ABC Murders

6,637 members

128 reviews

3.8

4 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963, ryaSilvia

80

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

5,971 members

190 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : I just don't like thrillers.

81

Cruel and Unusual

by Patricia Cornwell

5,458 members

55 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, Stepn, GeraldineG

82

The Hidden Staircase

5,129 members

50 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

83

A Murder Is Announced

4,455 members

90 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

84

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow

4,255 members

73 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG

85

The Bungalow Mystery

4,236 members

29 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

86

The Mystery at Lilac Inn

3,955 members

27 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

87

Sycamore Row

The Secret of Shadow Ranch

3,876 members

159 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, GeraldineG

88

A Fatal Grace

by Louise Penny

3,839 members

219 reviews

3.9

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

89

3,814 members

28 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, GeraldineG

90

Gorky Park

by Martin Cruz Smith

3,705 members

76 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rretzler, mbc2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG,

91

The Bat

by Jo Nesbø

3,697 members

184 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, carole888fort, GeraldineG

92

Death in Holy Orders

The Keeper of Lost Causes

3,597 members

51 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JaneAustenNut, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, GeraldineG,KimarieBee

93

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

3,547 members

209 reviews

3.9

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, carole888fort, GeraldineG

94

A Pocket Full of Rye

3,508 members

67 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

95

Nemesis

3,496 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

96

The Clocks

3,496 members

60 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: merrystar, JaneAustenNut, rretzler, ahef1963

97

A Caribbean Mystery