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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 167 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.20 — 749,995 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 139 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 502,408 ratings — published 1887
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 124 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.00 — 520,931 ratings — published 1920
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,659,665 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 122 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.26 — 360,030 ratings — published 1926
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 108 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.12 — 314,686 ratings — published 1937
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 104 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.30 — 330,097 ratings — published 1892
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 103 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 395,358 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 633,360 ratings — published 2013
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 90 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 181,825 ratings — published 1890
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.78 — 445,371 ratings — published 2007
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.05 — 297,890 ratings — published 2014
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.04 — 218,519 ratings — published 1930
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 74 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 207,829 ratings — published 1936
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 170,918 ratings — published 1939
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 819,965 ratings — published 2020
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,949 ratings — published 1923
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 131,798 ratings — published 1942
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 117,208 ratings — published 1930
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.51 — 218,517 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.22 — 232,367 ratings — published 2015
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 78,274 ratings — published 1957
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 111,104 ratings — published 1938
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,485,748 ratings — published 2005
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 86,014 ratings — published 1928
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 95,562 ratings — published 1942
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.29 — 106,861 ratings — published 1893
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 52 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.02 — 85,500 ratings — published 1932
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 52 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 72,042 ratings — published 1936
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 50 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.01 — 88,249 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 — 277,670 ratings — published 1998
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 74,602 ratings — published 1936
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.06 — 183,076 ratings — published 2008
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 48 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 90,515 ratings — published 1941
Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.92 — 50,048 ratings — published 1937
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 46 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 70,908 ratings — published 1938
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 149,762 ratings — published 1987
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.25 — 189,357 ratings — published 2018
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 63,929 ratings — published 1933
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 59,763 ratings — published 1942
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,637 ratings — published 1924
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 107,189 ratings — published 1969
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.84 — 50,566 ratings — published 1935
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 71,721 ratings — published 1904
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.80 — 45,073 ratings — published 1946
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.57 — 76,666 ratings — published 1927
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.90 — 290,167 ratings — published 2005
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 56,714 ratings — published 1914
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,593 ratings — published 2016
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.14 — 400,824 ratings — published 1980
“I pulled the MG in beside him at the curb and he got in.
"This thing ain't big enough for either one of us," he said. "When you getting something that fits?"
"It goes with my preppy look," I said. "You get one of these, they let you drive around the north shore, watch polo, anything you want."
I let the clutch in and turned right on Dartmouth.
"How you get laid in one of these?" Hawk said.
"You just don't understand preppy," I said. "I know it's not your fault. You're only a couple generations out of the jungle. I realize that. But if you're preppy you don't get laid in a car."
"Where do you get laid if you preppy?"
I sniffed. "One doesn't," I said.
"Preppies gonna be outnumbered in a while," Hawk said.”
―
"This thing ain't big enough for either one of us," he said. "When you getting something that fits?"
"It goes with my preppy look," I said. "You get one of these, they let you drive around the north shore, watch polo, anything you want."
I let the clutch in and turned right on Dartmouth.
"How you get laid in one of these?" Hawk said.
"You just don't understand preppy," I said. "I know it's not your fault. You're only a couple generations out of the jungle. I realize that. But if you're preppy you don't get laid in a car."
"Where do you get laid if you preppy?"
I sniffed. "One doesn't," I said.
"Preppies gonna be outnumbered in a while," Hawk said.”
―
“I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter nights.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
