Police procedurals, cozy mysteries, psychological thrillers, true crime: whatever your mystery flavor, we’ve got recommendations on the best mystery books out there, from diverse authors writing in every mystery sub-genre. Get your whodunit (orwhatdunit, if you like a supernatural mystery) fix with posts from our mystery/thriller-reading contributors. Now go crack those cases!
In the mood for mysteries/thrillers as the weather is turning? Swapna has some suggestions.
A fan of Gwenda Bond's Lois Lane novels dips into the author's new comic.
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Why you should read Tana French's Murder Squad series (and why you should read it out of publication order)
How Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher unravels stereotypes about female detectives in literature.
Why we need more modern girl detectives in the style of Nancy Drew and Phryne Fisher.
One reader's experiences exploring the mystery genre for the first time: different ways of reading, sub-genres, and intellectual puzzles.
Want more crime fiction? Here's a roundup of titles written by black and latinx women.
Calling all mystery and crime readers: 100 mystery & crime novels around the world from the cozy to the deeply disturbing.
Modern mysteries that reimagine classic authors as detectives and crime fighters!