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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 32 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.20 — 737,964 ratings — published 1934
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,629,894 ratings — published 1939
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.13 — 497,237 ratings — published 1887
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.00 — 511,730 ratings — published 1920
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 21 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.26 — 350,473 ratings — published 1926
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 18 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.12 — 308,851 ratings — published 1937
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 17 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 202,579 ratings — published 1936
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The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.88 — 179,198 ratings — published 1890
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.94 — 169,271 ratings — published 1939
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A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4) A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 16 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.01 — 86,701 ratings — published 1950
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.89 — 628,732 ratings — published 2013
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 15 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 390,470 ratings — published 1902
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Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5) Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.38 — 148,220 ratings — published 2020
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.51 — 217,457 ratings — published 1887
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.30 — 327,541 ratings — published 1892
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Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4) Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.25 — 187,170 ratings — published 2018
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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.05 — 295,320 ratings — published 2014
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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.81 — 129,411 ratings — published 1942
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.04 — 215,389 ratings — published 1930
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Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 12 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.98 — 89,116 ratings — published 1941
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Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.22 — 230,171 ratings — published 2015
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Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 93,589 ratings — published 1942
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The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.87 — 120,222 ratings — published 1923
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In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.78 — 441,309 ratings — published 2007
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Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.56 — 105,750 ratings — published 1969
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,460,510 ratings — published 2005
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Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42) Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)
by (shelved 11 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.66 — 49,482 ratings — published 1972
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4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 10 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.97 — 77,050 ratings — published 1957
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20) Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 10 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.98 — 109,946 ratings — published 1938
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Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.87 — 69,818 ratings — published 1938
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Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9) Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.95 — 62,695 ratings — published 1933
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The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5) The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.57 — 75,056 ratings — published 1927
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Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.96 — 73,142 ratings — published 1936
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.29 — 105,984 ratings — published 1893
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Step on a Crack (Michael Bennett, #1) Step on a Crack (Michael Bennett, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.08 — 60,188 ratings — published 2007
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 217,253 ratings — published 1992
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Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35) Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)
by (shelved 9 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.82 — 37,867 ratings — published 1956
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Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.90 — 286,133 ratings — published 2005
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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.86 — 790,890 ratings — published 2020
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Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12) Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.86 — 66,450 ratings — published 1935
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The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.17 — 78,749 ratings — published 2005
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The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2) The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.06 — 181,217 ratings — published 2008
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The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3) The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.24 — 80,160 ratings — published 1994
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Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.02 — 83,936 ratings — published 1932
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.81 — 276,422 ratings — published 1998
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The Thin Man The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,470 ratings — published 1934
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Crooked House Crooked House (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 4.08 — 92,618 ratings — published 1949
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The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot, #27) The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot, #27)
by (shelved 7 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.76 — 32,017 ratings — published 1947
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Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22) Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22)
by (shelved 7 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.94 — 47,585 ratings — published 1940
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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as detective-novels)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,567 ratings — published 2000
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My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only
“My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!”) signs along the state roads. One cigarette butt flicked out a passing car window and there’d be real hell to pay.”
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