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
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Movie · Mystery · Thriller
November 6, 1939The Name of the Rose
Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
1983Pendergast #4
Still Life with Crows
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2003Pendergast #6
Dance of Death
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2005Night School #1
Night School
Young Adult · Mystery
January 2012Pendergast #3
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2002Pendergast #5
Brimstone
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2004Dresden Files #4
Summer Knight
Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery
2002The Thief Lord
Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Translation · Mystery
2000Dresden Files #3
Grave Peril
Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery
2001Dresden Files #1
Storm Front
Fantasy · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery
2000The Eight #1
The Eight
Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
December 27, 1988Night School #2
Legacy
Young Adult · Mystery
January 2013Wayward Pines #1
Pines
Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
August 2012The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Fantasy · Mystery
February 2018Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Horror · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction
1902Robert Langdon #2
The Da Vinci Code
Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
2003Robert Langdon #4
Inferno
Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
May 14, 2013Hercule Poirot #5
The Big Four
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 27, 1927The Valley of Secrets
Fantasy · Young Adult · Mystery
2003Robert Langdon #5
Origin
Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
October 2, 2017Adventure #5
The Mountain of Adventure
Childrens · Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery
1949Smilla's Sense of Snow
Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller
September 1, 1993Dresden Files #2
Fool Moon
Fantasy · Demon · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Werewolves
2001The Snow White Trilogy #3
As Black as Ebony
Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller
August 2015The Snow White Trilogy #1
As Red as Blood
Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller
July 31, 2014Robert Langdon #1
Angels & Demons
Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
2000Wayward Pines #2
Wayward
Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 2013The Snow White Trilogy #2
As White as Snow
Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller
March 2015Languedoc #1
Labyrinth
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery
2005Jackdaw Hammond #1
The Secrets of Life and Death
Fantasy · Mystery
October 7, 2013Three Bags Full
Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Werewolves · Translation · Mystery
2006Languedoc #2
Sepulchre
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery
2007Joyland
Horror · Mystery
May 31, 2013Robert Langdon #3
The Lost Symbol
Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller
September 15, 2009The Three #1
The Three
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
May 15, 2014