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Detective Fiction Books
Showing 1-50 of 12,521
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 172 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 747,669 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 158 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 501,302 ratings — published 1887
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 151 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 358,239 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 140 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 518,976 ratings — published 1920
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 139 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 394,251 ratings — published 1902
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 137 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 329,587 ratings — published 1892
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,653,326 ratings — published 1939
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 170,575 ratings — published 1939
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 113 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 632,442 ratings — published 2013
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,986 ratings — published 1930
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 106 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 181,231 ratings — published 1890
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 102 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 313,665 ratings — published 1937
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 94 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 206,882 ratings — published 1936
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 73 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 106,675 ratings — published 1893
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 217,850 ratings — published 1930
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 43,633 ratings — published 2010
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 66 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.51 — 218,299 ratings — published 1887
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 297,334 ratings — published 2014
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 62,268 ratings — published 1923
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 61 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 85,159 ratings — published 1932
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,424 ratings — published 1923
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 59 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 56,553 ratings — published 1914
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 57 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 71,587 ratings — published 1904
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 231,910 ratings — published 2015
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 57 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 74,302 ratings — published 1936
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 56 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 95,163 ratings — published 1942
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 56 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 85,566 ratings — published 1928
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,429 ratings — published 1940
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 55 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 131,315 ratings — published 1942
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 54 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 110,888 ratings — published 1938
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 54 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 47,486 ratings — published 1953
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,480,394 ratings — published 2005
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 53 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 90,224 ratings — published 1941
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 51 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 67,526 ratings — published 1935
The Moonstone (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 99,836 ratings — published 1868
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 48 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 70,690 ratings — published 1938
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 48 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 87,926 ratings — published 1950
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 444,423 ratings — published 2007
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 47 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 63,672 ratings — published 1933
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 47 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.56 — 106,912 ratings — published 1969
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 47 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 71,786 ratings — published 1936
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 45 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 78,007 ratings — published 1957
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 38,803 ratings — published 1934
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,547,967 ratings — published 2003
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 813,738 ratings — published 2020
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
by (shelved 41 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 33,853 ratings — published 1930
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 41 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.57 — 76,334 ratings — published 1927
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 40 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 45,958 ratings — published 1940
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
by (shelved 40 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,573 ratings — published 1935
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 39 times as detective-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 188,910 ratings — published 2018
“It’s not like the movies. There are rarely gunshots or explosions, bad guys hunting you down. You follow a lead to where it takes you. Most times it takes you to a dead end and you have to return to the beginning and follow another. Usually, you have to follow dozens of leads before you get anywhere. But, sometimes, you get lucky, and every door you open leads you to another until, finally, you stumble upon the truth. It’s not about justice, you see, or money—God knows it’s not about money. It’s about bringing the truth to light. It’s not glamorous, but it makes the world a little more truthful a place. That’s enough for me.”
― Porno Valley
― Porno Valley
“What mystery novels need are – some might call me old-fashioned – a great detective, a mansion, a shady cast of residents, bloody murders, impossible crimes and never-before-seen tricks played by the murderer. Call it my castle in the sky, but I’m happy as long as I can enjoy such a world. But always in an intellectual manner.”
― The Decagon House Murders
― The Decagon House Murders
