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The 48 Best Detective Books of All Time

"Detective novels are such a great genre of books, filled with with quirky private investigators, dark back alleys, sultry heiresses, and shocking villains.
I fell in love with Agatha Christie novels early on when I was young for reasons I don't entirely understand, but I've loved detective novels ever since. Most of the authors on this list have written multiple detective novels, but I tried to limit most of them to one or two entries, usually the first book in a series unless there's a particularly good or well-known book in the series. The only exception is Agatha Christia, who gets three because I love her!
Anyway, there's the list of the Best Detective Books of All Time! Happy detecting slash reading!" - The Bibliofile
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
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The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
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Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
8
The Snowman (Jo Nesbø)
The Snowman (Jo Nesbø)
9
Killing Floor #1 (Lee Child)
Killing Floor #1 (Lee Child)
10
Case Histories (Kate Atkinson)
Case Histories (Kate Atkinson)
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
12
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
13
The Bone Collector (Jeffrey Deaver)
The Bone Collector (Jeffrey Deaver)
14
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
15
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
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Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
17
The Dry (Jane Harper)
The Dry (Jane Harper)
18
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
19
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
20
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
21
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods (Tana French)
22
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
23
Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear)
Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear)
24
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
25
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
26
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
27
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
28
The Cuckoo's Calling (Robert Galbraith)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Robert Galbraith)
29
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King)
30
Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
31
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
32
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
33
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
34
Magpie Murders (Anthony Horowitz)
Magpie Murders (Anthony Horowitz)
35
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City (China Miéville)
36
Still Life (Louise Penny)
Still Life (Louise Penny)
37
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
38
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
39
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
40
Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon
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