Most Popular Mystery Books

Explore the most popular Mystery books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Movie · Mystery · Thriller

November 6, 1939

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

1983

Pendergast #4

Still Life with Crows

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2003

Pendergast #6

Dance of Death

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2005

Night School #1

Night School

C. J. Daugherty

Young Adult · Mystery

January 2012

Pendergast #3

The Cabinet of Curiosities

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2002

Pendergast #5

Brimstone

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2004

Dresden Files #4

Summer Knight

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2002

The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Translation · Mystery

2000

Dresden Files #3

Grave Peril

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2001

Dresden Files #1

Storm Front

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2000

The Eight #1

The Eight

Katherine Neville

Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

December 27, 1988

Night School #2

Legacy

C. J. Daugherty

Young Adult · Mystery

January 2013

Wayward Pines #1

Pines

Blake Crouch

Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 2012

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

Fantasy · Mystery

February 2018

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Horror · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction

1902

Robert Langdon #2

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

2003

Robert Langdon #4

Inferno

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

May 14, 2013

Hercule Poirot #5

The Big Four

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 27, 1927

The Valley of Secrets

Charmian Hussey

Fantasy · Young Adult · Mystery

2003

Robert Langdon #5

Origin

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

October 2, 2017

Adventure #5

The Mountain of Adventure

Enid Blyton

Childrens · Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery

1949

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Peter Høeg

Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

September 1, 1993

Dresden Files #2

Fool Moon

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Demon · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Werewolves

2001

The Snow White Trilogy #3

As Black as Ebony

Salla Simukka

Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

August 2015

The Snow White Trilogy #1

As Red as Blood

Salla Simukka

Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

July 31, 2014

Robert Langdon #1

Angels & Demons

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

2000

Wayward Pines #2

Wayward

Blake Crouch

Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

September 2013

The Snow White Trilogy #2

As White as Snow

Salla Simukka

Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

March 2015

Languedoc #1

Labyrinth

Kate Mosse

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery

2005

Jackdaw Hammond #1

The Secrets of Life and Death

Rebecca Alexander

Fantasy · Mystery

October 7, 2013

Three Bags Full

Leonie Swann

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Werewolves · Translation · Mystery

2006

Languedoc #2

Sepulchre

Kate Mosse

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery

2007

Joyland

Stephen King

Horror · Mystery

May 31, 2013

Robert Langdon #3

The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

September 15, 2009

The Three #1

The Three

Sarah Lotz

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

May 15, 2014