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Detective Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1131 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 740,944 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 961 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 498,364 ratings — published 1887
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 832 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 629,936 ratings — published 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 824 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 391,598 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 809 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,636,886 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 796 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 352,626 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 788 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 513,928 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 719 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 328,106 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 653 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 310,083 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 639 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 179,813 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 578 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 203,492 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 569 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 295,950 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 533 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 169,683 ratings — published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 464 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 217,665 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 463 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 230,702 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 421 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 381,558 ratings — published 2000
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 421 times as detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,466,475 ratings — published 2005
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 402 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 120,922 ratings — published 1923
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 371 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,324 ratings — published 1930
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 369 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 797,991 ratings — published 2020
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 368 times as detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 216,104 ratings — published 1930
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 366 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 106,182 ratings — published 1893
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 357 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 217,679 ratings — published 1992
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 342 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 110,269 ratings — published 1938
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 338 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 70,915 ratings — published 1904
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 335 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 187,687 ratings — published 2018
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 323 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 94,094 ratings — published 1942
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 317 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 130,030 ratings — published 1942
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 317 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 84,313 ratings — published 1932
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 311 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,537,885 ratings — published 2003
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 308 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 84,447 ratings — published 1928
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 299 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 73,562 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 298 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 89,474 ratings — published 1941
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 297 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 442,226 ratings — published 2007
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 287,112 ratings — published 2005
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 288 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 150,340 ratings — published 2011
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 288 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 71,216 ratings — published 1936
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 287 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 56,129 ratings — published 1914
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 3.57 — 75,465 ratings — published 1927
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 284 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 106,124 ratings — published 1969
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 276,723 ratings — published 1998
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 63,017 ratings — published 1933
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 991,001 ratings — published 2006
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,760 ratings — published 1924
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 274 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 212,939 ratings — published 2001
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 271 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 66,794 ratings — published 1935
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 270 times as detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 148,785 ratings — published 2020
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 131,988 ratings — published 1997
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 265 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 70,094 ratings — published 1938
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 259 times as detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 87,106 ratings — published 1950
“Stomach full of jitters, little beasts that were second cousins to guacamolians—little green monsters that wreaked havoc in your stomach.”
― Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven
― Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven
“He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what's your theory?”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
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