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Detectives Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 165 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.20 — 740,955 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 139 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 498,368 ratings — published 1887
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 125 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.00 — 513,935 ratings — published 1920
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 122 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.26 — 352,635 ratings — published 1926
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,636,912 ratings — published 1939
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 107 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.12 — 310,088 ratings — published 1937
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 105 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.30 — 328,108 ratings — published 1892
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 103 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.14 — 391,600 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 629,939 ratings — published 2013
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 90 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 179,814 ratings — published 1890
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.05 — 295,954 ratings — published 2014
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.78 — 442,228 ratings — published 2007
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.04 — 216,104 ratings — published 1930
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 169,685 ratings — published 1939
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 72 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 203,493 ratings — published 1936
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 798,003 ratings — published 2020
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 120,922 ratings — published 1923
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 130,031 ratings — published 1942
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,324 ratings — published 1930
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.51 — 217,665 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.22 — 230,703 ratings — published 2015
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 110,270 ratings — published 1938
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 56 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 77,325 ratings — published 1957
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,466,501 ratings — published 2005
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 84,448 ratings — published 1928
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.29 — 106,183 ratings — published 1893
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 94,094 ratings — published 1942
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 71,216 ratings — published 1936
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 52 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.02 — 84,316 ratings — published 1932
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 276,726 ratings — published 1998
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 73,565 ratings — published 1936
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.01 — 87,109 ratings — published 1950
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.06 — 181,626 ratings — published 2008
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 89,475 ratings — published 1941
Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
by (shelved 46 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.92 — 49,229 ratings — published 1937
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 46 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 70,095 ratings — published 1938
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 45 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,762 ratings — published 1924
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 149,114 ratings — published 1987
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.25 — 187,688 ratings — published 2018
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 63,017 ratings — published 1933
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.84 — 49,781 ratings — published 1935
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 58,937 ratings — published 1942
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 106,124 ratings — published 1969
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 70,917 ratings — published 1904
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.80 — 44,401 ratings — published 1946
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.57 — 75,467 ratings — published 1927
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 169,369 ratings — published 2016
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.90 — 287,118 ratings — published 2005
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 56,130 ratings — published 1914
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.14 — 397,982 ratings — published 1980
“Thank you sir," she said. "I hope that your friend feels better soon."
I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said, "are often dark, but never pleasant.”
― The Widening Gyre
I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said, "are often dark, but never pleasant.”
― The Widening Gyre
“Sorry, D'on didn't mention a dress code. Is a duster too revealing?”
― A Cult of Questionable Motives
― A Cult of Questionable Motives












