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Crime & detective

The best books on crime & detective, ranked by quality.

  1. 1
    The Sign of the Four Arthur Conan Doyle · 1889
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (94 ratings)
  2. 2
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (174 ratings)
  3. 3
    The Red House Mystery A. A. Milne · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
  4. 4
    The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1908
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (17 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
  5. 5
    The Secret of Chimneys Agatha Christie · 1925
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (19 ratings)
  6. 6
    Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
  7. 7
    POIROT INVESTIGATES Agatha Christie · 1924
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
  8. 8
    The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1583
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
  9. 9
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition Holly Jackson · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (186 ratings)
  10. 10
    Peril at End House Agatha Christie · 1932
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (23 ratings)
  11. 11
    The secret of the old clock Leslie McFarlane · 1930
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (24 ratings)
  12. 12
    Mr. Mercedes Stephen King, Stephen king, Ingah Mikhaʼeli · 2013
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (57 ratings)
  13. 13
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (91 ratings)
  14. 14
    The Valley of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle · 1914
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (29 ratings)
  15. 15
    A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (126 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
  16. 16
    The Woman in White Wilkie Collins, John McLenan, Summit Press Staff · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (22 ratings)
  17. 17
    The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (63 ratings)
  18. 18
    The Mystery of the Blue Train Agatha Christie · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (34 ratings)
  19. 19
    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)
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    The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie · 1924
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (21 ratings)
  21. 21
    The Wisdom of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1913
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
  22. 22
    The Shore Road Mystery Leslie McFarlane · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  23. 23
    The Big Bow Mystery Israel Zangwill · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
  24. 24
    The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (8 ratings)
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