Most Popular Mystery Books of the 1970s
Discover popular Mystery books from the 1970s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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George Smiley #7
Smiley's People
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1979
George Smiley #6
The Honourable Schoolboy
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1977
Hercule Poirot #44
Curtain
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
June 7, 1975
By the Rivers of Babylon
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1979
The Stepford Wives
Psychological Horror · Mystery · Thriller
October 13, 1972
Dirk Pitt #5
Vixen 03
War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
1978
Dirk Pitt #4
Raise the Titanic!
War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
1976
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Giant Rat of Sumatra
Horror · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction · Mystery
1976
Dirk Pitt #3
Iceberg
War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
1975
The Cry of the Halidon
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1974
Dirk Pitt #2
Mayday!
War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
1973
Mayday
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1979
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1971
George Smiley #5
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1974
Hercule Poirot #42
Elephants Can Remember
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
November 1, 1972
Hercule Poirot #43
Poirot's Early Cases
Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller
April 1, 1974
Spenser #1
The Godwulf Manuscript
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
June 2, 1973
Miss Marple #11
Nemesis
Crime Fiction · TV Series · Mystery · Thriller
November 5, 1971
Ripley #2
Ripley Under Ground
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
June 1, 1970
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer
War & Military · Sherlock Holmes · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery
1974
Kane and Abel #3
Shall We Tell the President?
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1977
Where Are the Children #1
Where Are the Children?
Mystery · Thriller
1975
Backfire
Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
Make Death Love Me
Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #2
One Corpse Too Many
Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
June 1, 1979
87th Precinct #33
Calypso
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
Christopher Paget #1
The Lasko Tangent
Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
The November Man #1
November Man
Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
To Catch a King
Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
August 21, 1979
Travis McGee #18
The Green Ripper
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
Herbie Kruger #1
The Nostradamus Traitor
Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
Paul Christopher #4
The Better Angels
Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
Kane and Abel #1
Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
Dr. David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler #9
Tomorrow's Ghost
Spy Thriller · Mystery
January 1, 1979
The Charlie Muffin Thrillers #3
The Unscrutable Charlie Muffin
Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1979
The Debriefing
Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
March 1, 1979