Most Popular Mystery Books
Explore the most popular Mystery books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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City Spies #1
City Spies
Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery
March 10, 2020
Spy School #11
Spy School Goes North
Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery
October 3, 2023
Miss Fortune Mysteries #29
Coeds and Cattails
Cozy Mystery · Mystery
November 9, 2025
Spy School #9
Spy School at Sea
Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery
January 1, 2021
InvestiGators #4
Ants in Our P.A.N.T.S.
Middle Grade · Graphic Novels · Mystery · Comics
September 28, 2021
Mitch Rapp #1
American Assassin
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
October 12, 2010
Lincoln Lawyer #1
The Lincoln Lawyer
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
2005
Jack McEvoy #1
The Poet
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1996
Hercule Poirot #10
Murder on the Orient Express
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
January 1, 1934
Lincoln Rhyme #1
The Bone Collector
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1997
Dark Verse #1
The Predator
Dark Fiction · Mystery · Romance
January 1, 2020
Andrea Oliver #1
Pieces of Her
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
August 21, 2018
Truly Devious #1
Truly Devious
Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller
January 16, 2018
Charlie Quinn #1
The Good Daughter
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
August 8, 2017
Warlock Holmes #2
Warlock Holmes: The Hell-hound of the Baskervilles
Fantasy · Mystery
May 16, 2017
Spy School #4
Spy Ski School
Middle Grade · Adventure · Mystery
October 10, 2016
Warlock Holmes #1
Warlock Holmes: A Study in Brimstone
Fantasy · Mystery
May 16, 2016
Mycroft Holmes #1
Mycroft Holmes
Horror · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 24, 2015
Dublin Murder Squad #1
In the Woods
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
May 17, 2007
Women's Murder Club #3
3rd Degree
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
2004
Women's Murder Club #2
2nd Chance
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
2002
Grant County #1
Blindsighted
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
2001
Women's Murder Club #1
1st to Die
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
March 5, 2001
The Devil's Teardrop
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1999
Alex Cross #5
Pop Goes the Weasel
Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1999
Alex Cross #1
Along Came a Spider
Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
February 1, 1993
Kindle County Legal #1
Presumed Innocent
Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1987
Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #9
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Sherlock Holmes · Short Stories
1927
Cormoran Strike #7
The Running Grave
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 26, 2023
6:20 Man #1
The 6:20 Man
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
July 12, 2022
Renée Ballard #1
The Late Show
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
July 18, 2017
Amos Decker #1
Memory Man
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
April 21, 2015
Will Robie #1
The Innocent
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
April 17, 2012
The Camel Club #1
The Camel Club
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
2005
Chief Inspector Gamache #1
Still Life
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
2005
Mitch Rapp #3
Transfer of Power
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
1999