Most Popular Mystery Books of the 2010s

Discover popular Mystery books from the 2010s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Pendergast #14

Blue Labyrinth

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

November 2014

Night School #1

Night School

C. J. Daugherty

Young Adult · Mystery

January 2012

Pendergast #10

Fever Dream

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

January 2010

Night School #2

Legacy

C. J. Daugherty

Young Adult · Mystery

January 2013

Wayward Pines #1

Pines

Blake Crouch

Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 2012

Pendergast #15

Crimson Shore

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

November 2015

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

Fantasy · Mystery

February 2018

Pendergast #12

Two Graves

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

December 2012

Robert Langdon #4

Inferno

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

May 14, 2013

Robert Langdon #5

Origin

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

October 2, 2017

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

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

Jackdaw Hammond #1

The Secrets of Life and Death

Rebecca Alexander

Fantasy · Mystery

October 7, 2013

The Chalk Man

C. J. Tudor

Mystery · Thriller

January 2018

Joyland

Stephen King

Horror · Mystery

May 31, 2013

The Three #1

The Three

Sarah Lotz

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

May 15, 2014

Wayward Pines #3

The Last Town

Blake Crouch

Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

July 2014

Spy School #7

Spy School British Invasion

Stuart Gibbs

Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery

April 30, 2019

Spy School #6

Spy School Goes South

Stuart Gibbs

Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery

October 1, 2018

Spy School #5

Spy School Secret Service

Stuart Gibbs

Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery

October 10, 2017

Spy School #3

Evil Spy School

Stuart Gibbs

Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery

April 21, 2015

Stephanie Plum #25

Look Alive Twenty-Five

Janet Evanovich

Mystery · Romance

September 3, 2019

This Tender Land

William Kent Krueger

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 4, 2019

Ali Cross #1

Ali Cross

James Patterson

Middle Grade · Mystery

November 25, 2019

Warlock Holmes #4

Warlock Holmes: The Sign of Nine

G. S. Denning

Fantasy · Mystery

May 20, 2019

Verity

Colleen Hoover

Mystery · Romance · Thriller

December 7, 2018

From the Casebook of Lyons & Hound

The Curious Case of the Kensington Kidnapping

Caractacus Plume

Fantasy · Mystery

October 2018

From the Casebook of Lyons & Hound

The Undead King of New York City

Caractacus Plume

Fantasy · Mystery

December 2018

The Beauty of the Death Cap

Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze

Horror · Translation · Mainstream · Mystery

August 2018

Luke Stone #6

Our Sacred Honor

Jack Mars

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 19, 2017

Sweet Dreams

Tricia Sullivan

Science Fiction · Mystery

September 2017

Lawless #2

Lawless and the Flowers of Sin

William Sutton

Mystery · Thriller

July 12, 2016

Angels of Music

Kim Newman

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

October 4, 2016

The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #2

The Dead Assassin

Vaughn Entwistle

Fantasy · Mystery

June 2015