Literary Mystery

Clever plots with emotional consequence beneath the clues.

Literary Mystery4.3

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie · 1939

Challenging · 679 pp.

Literary Mystery3.7

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote · 1966

Challenging · 322 pp.

Literary Mystery3.6

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie · 1934

Moderate · 430 pp.

Literary Mystery3.7

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton · 2018

Challenging · 469 pp.

Literary Mystery3.5

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892

Accessible · 677 pp.

Literary Mystery3.7

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler · 1939

Challenging · 635 pp.

Literary Mystery4.3

The Guest List

Lucy Foley · 2020

Challenging · 412 pp.

Literary Mystery4.3

The Last Devil to Die

Richard Osman · 2023

Challenging · 361 pp.

Literary Mystery4.2

The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler · 1953

Moderate · 344 pp.

Literary Mystery3.8

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett · 1930

Accessible · 617 pp.

Literary Mystery4.3

The Man Who Died Twice

Richard Osman · 2021

Challenging · 423 pp.