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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 165 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.20 — 763,349 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 508,284 ratings — published 1887
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 124 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.26 — 369,365 ratings — published 1926
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,695,110 ratings — published 1939
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.00 — 531,627 ratings — published 1920
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 106 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.12 — 320,831 ratings — published 1937
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 102 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.30 — 332,899 ratings — published 1892
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 101 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 401,127 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 638,291 ratings — published 2013
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 89 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 184,644 ratings — published 1890
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 77 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.05 — 300,535 ratings — published 2014
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.78 — 450,912 ratings — published 2007
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 75 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 212,587 ratings — published 1936
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.04 — 221,760 ratings — published 1930
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,830 ratings — published 1939
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 851,160 ratings — published 2020
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 134,446 ratings — published 1942
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 125,845 ratings — published 1923
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 59 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.22 — 234,667 ratings — published 2015
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 118,568 ratings — published 1930
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.51 — 219,809 ratings — published 1887
4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 79,569 ratings — published 1957
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 56 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 112,266 ratings — published 1938
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,514,578 ratings — published 2005
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 97,987 ratings — published 1942
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 54 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 88,416 ratings — published 1928
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.29 — 107,908 ratings — published 1893
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 51 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.02 — 87,355 ratings — published 1932
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 51 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 73,570 ratings — published 1936
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 50 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.01 — 90,013 ratings — published 1950
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 279,180 ratings — published 1998
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.06 — 185,666 ratings — published 2008
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 76,264 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 92,470 ratings — published 1941
Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.92 — 51,306 ratings — published
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 46 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 72,258 ratings — published 1938
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.25 — 191,556 ratings — published 2018
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 65,354 ratings — published 1933
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 150,659 ratings — published 1987
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 61,064 ratings — published 1942
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 77,975 ratings — published 1924
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 108,712 ratings — published 1969
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.84 — 51,792 ratings — published 1935
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 294,856 ratings — published 2005
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 177,223 ratings — published 2016
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 72,510 ratings — published 1904
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.80 — 46,145 ratings — published 1946
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 78,514 ratings — published 1927
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,725 ratings — published 1914
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.14 — 405,041 ratings — published 1980
“I couldn't have made a better shot, if I had been one of those detectives who see a chap walking along the street and deduce that he is a retired manufacturer of poppet valves named Robinson with rheumatism in one arm, living at Clapham.”
― The Code of the Woosters
― The Code of the Woosters
“You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police officer."
"I sometimes think I should have been a good one."
"Why?"
"Because I am patient.”
― Lady Audley's Secret
"I sometimes think I should have been a good one."
"Why?"
"Because I am patient.”
― Lady Audley's Secret
