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Mystery & thriller

The best books on mystery & thriller, ranked by quality.

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  1. 1
    The Sign of the Four Arthur Conan Doyle · 1889
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (94 ratings)
  2. 2
    Misery Stephen King · 1978
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (147 ratings)
  3. 3
    The Lost World Michael Crichton · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (34 ratings)
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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (174 ratings)
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    The Red House Mystery A. A. Milne · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
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    The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1908
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (17 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
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    Brain Damage Freida McFadden · 2016
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (25 ratings)
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    Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz · 2001
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (26 ratings)
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    The Secret of Chimneys Agatha Christie · 1925
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (19 ratings)
  10. 10
    Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
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    The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (216 ratings)
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    POIROT INVESTIGATES Agatha Christie · 1924
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
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    The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1583
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
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    Cyclops Clive Cussler, Oliver Cussler · 1986
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (158 ratings)
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    Mother Night (Panther Books UK Edition) Kurt Vonnegut, Victor Bevine, Avirama Golan · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (36 ratings)
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    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition Holly Jackson · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (186 ratings)
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    Peril at End House Agatha Christie · 1932
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (23 ratings)
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    The secret of the old clock Leslie McFarlane · 1930
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (24 ratings)
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    Mr. Mercedes Stephen King, Stephen king, Ingah Mikhaʼeli · 2013
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (57 ratings)
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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (91 ratings)
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    Ark Angel Anthony Horowitz · 2005
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (20 ratings)
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    The face on the milk carton Caroline B. Cooney · 1990
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (16 ratings)
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    Snakehead Anthony Horowitz · 2007
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (14 ratings)
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    Mr. Standfast John Buchan · 1918
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (11 ratings)
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