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100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime

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Rank Title Author Added

1

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

20,127 members

515 reviews

4.1

15 Members: Stav, longway, merrystar, deldevries, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alguien, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, cap78

2

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,003 members

244 reviews

4.1

14 Members: Stav, longway, fvg, merrystar, blackdove07, deldevries, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alguien, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Daphne Du Maurier

19,813 members

587 reviews

4.2

11 Members: fvg, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

4

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,414 members

331 reviews

4.1

12 Members: merrystar, alex68, rretzler, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alguien, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

5

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

41,938 members

1,715 reviews

4

11 Members: longway, blackdove07, deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

5,953 members

194 reviews

3.9

10 Members: Stav, longway, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, Alguien, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88

7

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

16,149 members

399 reviews

4.1

10 Members: Stav, merrystar, deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alguien, jenniferw88, cap78

8

The Name of the Rose

19,198 members

308 reviews

4.2

9 Members: longway, fvg, merrystar, dustydigger, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88

9

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

8,937 members

274 reviews

3.9

10 Members: longway, blackdove07, deldevries, rretzler, NinieB, Alguien, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, cap78

10

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

16,655 members

312 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: Stav, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alguien, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,719 members

224 reviews

3.9

9 Members: Stav, fvg, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by Truman Capote

22,931 members

455 reviews

4.1

9 Members: blackdove07, deldevries, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

13

by Gillian Flynn

21,165 members

1,527 reviews

3.9

9 Members: fvg, deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, jenniferw88, steller0707

14

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,086 members

111 reviews

4.2

9 Members: merrystar, blackdove07, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Alguien, TheFineColumbian, ManWithAnAgenda, cap78

15

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

by John le Carré

8,294 members

230 reviews

4

9 Members: Stav, longway, blackdove07, deldevries, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88

16

The Da Vinci Code

68,853 members

1,291 reviews

½ 3.5

9 Members: fvg, deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Stav ,merrystar

17

19,337 members

233 reviews

4

6 Members: Stav, alex68, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

18

by Louise Penny

6,359 members

411 reviews

3.8

7 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, jenniferw88, steller0707

19

by John Grisham

12,006 members

149 reviews

3.8

6 Members: fvg, blackdove07, deldevries, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

20

by Dennis Lehane

5,689 members

138 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Stav, deldevries, gypsysmom, NinieB, TheFineColumbian, cap78

21

Eye of the Needle

5,200 members

91 reviews

4

7 Members: deldevries, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, cap78

22

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,312 members

143 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene

6,622 members

109 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

24

6,457 members

210 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88, steller0707

25

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

9,831 members

147 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88

26

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

11,812 members

330 reviews

4.1

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

27

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,284 members

6 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Stav, alex68, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

28

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by James M. Cain

3,364 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

5,163 members

90 reviews

4

5 Members: longway, deldevries, alex68, gypsysmom, NinieB

30

The Secret History

19,154 members

528 reviews

4.1

5 Members: deldevries, gypsysmom, ahef1963, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda

31

by James Clavell

7,753 members

132 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: fvg, deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963

32

by Patricia Cornwell

7,026 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB, TheFineColumbian, jenniferw88

33

Presumed Innocent

4,242 members

73 reviews

3.8

5 Members: fvg, deldevries, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

34

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George

3,622 members

107 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, NinieB, jenniferw88

35

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

2,535 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88

36

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

7,816 members

178 reviews

4

4 Members: alex68, ahef1963, TheFineColumbian, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Hunt for Red October

11,026 members

113 reviews

4

4 Members: Stav, fvg, deldevries, rretzler

38

14,311 members

595 reviews

3.8

4 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963, jenniferw88, cap78

39

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

3,875 members

33 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

10,784 members

287 reviews

4

4 Members: Stav, blackdove07, deldevries, ahef1963

41

by Stephen King

14,659 members

195 reviews

4

3 Members: Stav, ahef1963, Alguien

42

by Thomas Harris

9,767 members

102 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Stav, longway, blackdove07

43

The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

13,805 members

396 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, jenniferw88,merrystar

44

The Tower Treasure

by Franklin W. Dixon

3,838 members

37 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: deldevries, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

45

by Michael Connelly

5,118 members

110 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Stav, NinieB, cap78

46

The Circular Staircase

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

924 members

40 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: merrystar, NinieB, steller0707

47

8,330 members

287 reviews

3.8

3 Members: deldevries, NinieB, cap78

48

3,678 members

184 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, jenniferw88

49

Raise the Titanic!

by Clive Cussler

3,140 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: deldevries, peugenio1

50

9,917 members

566 reviews

3.8

3 Members: NinieB, jenniferw88, steller0707

51

by James Lee Burke

1,804 members

69 reviews

3.8

3 Members: fvg, gypsysmom, jenniferw88

52

9,385 members

245 reviews

4

3 Members: ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88

53

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich

11,442 members

372 reviews

3.9

3 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

54

by Martin Cruz Smith

3,700 members

76 reviews

3.9

3 Members: deldevries, gypsysmom, ahef1963

55

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum

9,632 members

154 reviews

3.8

3 Members: deldevries, rretzler, gypsysmom

56

A Judgement in Stone

by Ruth Rendell

1,019 members

31 reviews

4

3 Members: ahef1963, NinieB, TheFineColumbian

57

1,791 members

65 reviews

3.8

3 Members: rretzler, NinieB, jenniferw88

58

I Am the Only Running Footman

by Martha Grimes

978 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963

59

by Tess Gerritsen

4,252 members

131 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ahef1963, NinieB, jenniferw88

60

The Killer Inside Me

by Jim Thompson

2,349 members

82 reviews

3.9

2 Members: blackdove07, Alguien

61

L. A. Confidential

by James Ellroy

3,324 members

36 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Stav, alex68

62

by James Patterson

6,004 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, TheFineColumbian

63

by Karin Slaughter

3,214 members

112 reviews

3.8

2 Members: NinieB, TheFineColumbian

64

The Strangers in the House

by Georges Simenon

405 members

15 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Richard Price

1,275 members

29 reviews

4

2 Members: fvg, deldevries

66

The Drowning Pool

by Ross Macdonald

790 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: fvg, NinieB

67

The Eiger Sanction

814 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: fvg, ahef1963

68

Motherless Brooklyn

by Jonathan Lethem

4,822 members

106 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, gypsysmom

69

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver

4,260 members

101 reviews

4

2 Members: gypsysmom, TheFineColumbian

70

Dance Hall of the Dead

by Tony Hillerman

1,918 members

53 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, NinieB

71

Devil in a Blue Dress

by Walter Mosley

2,530 members

98 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, NinieB

72

From Russia with Love

3,640 members

60 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, NinieB

73

by Elmore Leonard

2,311 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963

74

Into the Darkest Corner

by Elizabeth Haynes

1,349 members

105 reviews

3.9

Member: kara.shamy

75

1,527 members

44 reviews

3.9

Member: fvg

76

A Rage in Harlem

by Chester Himes

779 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: blackdove07

77

by John D. MacDonald

631 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: fvg

78

by Douglas Preston

5,118 members

148 reviews

3.9

Member: NinieB

79

3,754 members

85 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

What the Dead Know

by Laura Lippman

2,507 members

121 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: NinieB

81

The Mask of Dimitrios

1,784 members

50 reviews

3.8

Member: NinieB

82

The Last Good Kiss

by James Crumley

988 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: NinieB

83

Before I Go to Sleep

by S. J. Watson

6,030 members

466 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

84

The Kill Artist

by Daniel Silva

2,413 members

70 reviews

3.8

85

by Daniel Woodrell

2,317 members

128 reviews

4

86

Where Are the Children?

by Mary Higgins Clark

2,205 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

87

by Rosamund Lupton

2,108 members

142 reviews

½ 3.7

88

by Charles Bukowski

1,947 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

89

1,839 members

57 reviews

3.9

90

1,147 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

91

by Donald E. Westlake

874 members

31 reviews

3.9

92

by Mickey Spillane

722 members

30 reviews

½ 3.4

93

Wife of the Gods

by Kwei Quartey

545 members

74 reviews

3.8

94

by George P. Pelecanos

307 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

95

True Confessions

by John Gregory Dunne

256 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

96

by William Goldman

224 members

2 reviews

3.1

97

Evil and the Mask

by Fuminori Nakamura

176 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

98

The Hot Spot [1990 film]

by Dennis Hopper

18 members

1 review

4

99

by Katherine Neville

4,793 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: gypsysmom,merrystar

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Started: Alguien
February 2016
Type: Numbered and unnumbered, Adding restricted

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