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Books About Murder

Type: Preset list created by sturlington

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
40,043 members, 1,258 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), dara85 (4), KimarieBee (5)

2
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
10,320 members, 142 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (1), ahef1963 (21), dara85 (38)

3
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
10,246 members, 114 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), KimarieBee (10), ahef1963 (20)

4
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
10,678 members, 134 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (9), dara85 (14), ahef1963 (19)

5
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
5,012 members, 200 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (32)

6
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
12,967 members, 967 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (8), dara85 (27), ahef1963 (52)

7
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
4,610 members, 302 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (15), dara85 (26), ahef1963 (38)

8
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
52,528 members, 3,306 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), ahef1963 (67)

9
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
7,589 members, 160 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (11), dara85 (24), ahef1963 (81)

10
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
5,966 members, 336 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (2), ahef1963 (31)

11
The Murder at the Vicarage
by Agatha Christie
4,934 members, 155 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), ahef1963 (34)

12
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
20,128 members, 403 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), ahef1963 (7)

13
Bitter Harvest
by Ann Rule
665 members, 16 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), ahef1963 (288)

14
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
32,537 members, 907 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), dara85 (25)

15
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
15,957 members, 394 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (6), ahef1963 (12)

17
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
3,807 members, 59 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), ahef1963 (114)

18
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
37,499 members, 1,648 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (3), ahef1963 (49)

19
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
11,623 members, 170 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (7), ahef1963 (16)

20
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,180 members, 272 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), merrystar (11)

21
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,338 members, 98 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), ahef1963 (41)

22
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
86,868 members, 803 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), ahef1963 (253)

23
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
12,879 members, 341 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10), ahef1963 (17)

24
The Brutal Telling
by Louise Penny
2,435 members, 237 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (4), ahef1963 (80)

25
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
9,623 members, 301 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), ahef1963 (58)

26
Everything She Ever Wanted
by Ann Rule
548 members, 6 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), ahef1963 (289)

27
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
60,615 members, 1,003 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1)

28
The Murder Stone
by Louise Penny
2,295 members, 124 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (5), ahef1963 (96)

29
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
18,631 members, 621 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: dara85 (8), ahef1963 (47)

30
Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
6,127 members, 151 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7), ahef1963 (62)

31
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
35,180 members, 1,040 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), ahef1963 (4)

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32
4.50 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie
3,726 members, 81 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), ahef1963 (88)

33
Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
2,275 members, 185 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (6), ahef1963 (102)

34
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
7,688 members, 251 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: merrystar (14), ahef1963 (28)

35
Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,164 members, 162 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: merrystar (13), ahef1963 (37)

36
Helter Skelter
by Vincent Bugliosi
4,082 members, 79 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: dara85 (10), ahef1963 (57)

37
The Cruellest Month
by Louise Penny
2,493 members, 153 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (7), ahef1963 (129)

38
Nemesis
by Agatha Christie
2,921 members, 60 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), ahef1963 (131)

39
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
6,794 members, 228 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: merrystar (12), ahef1963 (65)

40
Finders Keepers
by Stephen King
3,067 members, 169 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (16), ahef1963 (45)

41
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,793 members, 468 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (8), ahef1963 (145)

42
Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
6,367 members, 93 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (12), ahef1963 (73)

43
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
21,632 members, 185 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15), ahef1963 (54)

44
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
3,092 members, 62 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), ahef1963 (173)

45
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
26,633 members, 876 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (17), ahef1963 (50)

46
Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult
9,588 members, 353 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: dara85 (12), ahef1963 (87)

47
Déjà Dead
by Kathy Reichs
5,578 members, 139 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (13), ahef1963 (78)

48
A Painted House
by John Grisham
8,182 members, 103 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: dara85 (9), ahef1963 (171)

49
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
by Stieg Larsson
21,813 members, 678 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (18), ahef1963 (56)

50
Body of Evidence
by Patricia Cornwell
4,881 members, 50 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (14), ahef1963 (86)

51
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,138 members, 86 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), ahef1963 (198)

52
The Body in the Library
by Agatha Christie
4,626 members, 115 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: merrystar (17), ahef1963 (72)

53
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie
3,498 members, 60 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: merrystar (16), ahef1963 (93)

54
Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn
6,554 members, 381 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), dara85 (42)

55
Dead to the World
by Charlaine Harris
9,111 members, 226 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (9), ahef1963 (291)

56
We Need to Talk about Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
6,898 members, 372 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: dara85 (23), ahef1963 (59)

57
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
2,944 members, 243 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (24), ahef1963 (60)

58
Police
by Jo Nesbo
1,580 members, 75 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (10), ahef1963 (293)

59
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
8,031 members, 162 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (11), ahef1963 (264)

60
The Husband's Secret
by Liane Moriarty
4,664 members, 350 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (27), ahef1963 (61)

61
Dead by Sunset
by Ann Rule
626 members, 10 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: dara85 (11), ahef1963 (271)

62
Killing Mr. Griffin
by Lois Duncan
1,021 members, 35 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: dara85 (17), ahef1963 (124)

63
Feet of Clay
by Terry Pratchett
8,802 members, 105 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (12), ahef1963 (240)

64
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
3,908 members, 88 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (14), ahef1963 (179)

65
The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie
3,421 members, 82 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: merrystar (19), ahef1963 (108)

66
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie
3,696 members, 72 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: merrystar (18), ahef1963 (121)

67
Phantom
by Jo Nesbø
1,942 members, 72 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: tmrocks (13), ahef1963 (220)

68
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham
9,743 members, 69 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: dara85 (16), ahef1963 (161)

69
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
by Ann Rule
638 members, 21 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: dara85 (15), ahef1963 (187)

70
Death in Holy Orders
by P. D. James
3,306 members, 48 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (23), ahef1963 (94)

71
–And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano, the Deadly Seducer
by Ann Rule
543 members, 11 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: dara85 (13), ahef1963 (261)

72
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
4,946 members, 326 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (21), ahef1963 (115)

73
Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,897 members, 94 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: merrystar (20), ahef1963 (135)

74
A Is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
5,805 members, 169 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: dara85 (30), ahef1963 (77)

75
The Surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
3,790 members, 118 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: dara85 (19), ahef1963 (152)

76
Cover Her Face
by P. D. James
2,836 members, 78 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: merrystar (21), ahef1963 (130)

77
The Pact
by Jodi Picoult
7,761 members, 179 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: dara85 (22), ahef1963 (126)

78
Death du Jour
by Kathy Reichs
4,030 members, 75 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (20), ahef1963 (151)

79
The Client
by John Grisham
9,376 members, 67 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: dara85 (20), ahef1963 (162)

80
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
by Agatha Christie
3,103 members, 62 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: merrystar (22), ahef1963 (139)

81
Monday Mourning
by Kathy Reichs
3,300 members, 45 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (22), ahef1963 (146)

83
A Caribbean Mystery
by Agatha Christie
2,958 members, 69 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: merrystar (23), ahef1963 (140)

84
Perfect Match
by Jodi Picoult
3,250 members, 71 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: dara85 (21), ahef1963 (165)

85
The Clocks
by Agatha Christie
2,922 members, 48 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: merrystar (24), ahef1963 (141)

86
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
by Agatha Christie
3,438 members, 89 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: merrystar (25), ahef1963 (147)

87
They Do It with Mirrors
by Agatha Christie
2,703 members, 55 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: merrystar (26), ahef1963 (149)

88
Cruel and Unusual
by Patricia Cornwell
4,943 members, 48 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: dara85 (41), ahef1963 (83)

89
The Stranger Beside Me
by Ann Rule
2,184 members, 54 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: dara85 (40), ahef1963 (91)

90
Point of Origin
by Patricia Cornwell
4,712 members, 33 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: dara85 (39), ahef1963 (97)

91
The Moving Finger
by Agatha Christie
3,184 members, 80 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: merrystar (27), ahef1963 (166)

92
In the Woods
by Tana French
8,499 members, 526 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4)

93
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
2,959 members, 57 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: merrystar (28), ahef1963 (191)

94
The Man in the Queue
by Josephine Tey
1,396 members, 45 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: merrystar (29), ahef1963 (194)

95
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
10,202 members, 86 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: merrystar (30), ahef1963 (195)

96
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
4,513 members, 98 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (31), ahef1963 (209)

97
D Is for Deadbeat
by Sue Grafton
3,375 members, 52 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: dara85 (28), ahef1963 (265)

98
Unnatural Death
by Dorothy L. Sayers
2,734 members, 69 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: merrystar (32), ahef1963 (212)

99
H Is for Homicide
by Sue Grafton
3,172 members, 45 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: dara85 (29), ahef1963 (266)

100
E Is for Evidence
by Sue Grafton
3,245 members, 52 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: dara85 (36), ahef1963 (197)

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Started by: sturlington (June 2017)

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