Mystery fiction reading guide
Heroes and villains. Puzzles and tests. Thrillers and killers. Who doesn't love a good mystery?
Mystery is a broad term that covers stories in a lot of different styles, and settings from the grand to the gritty.
From historical whodunnits, to the golden age of crime writing, cosy and quirky amateur sleuths like Poirot and Father Brown, to the war-torn and world-weary Jack Reacher. We’ve got detectives and psychopaths, accidental heroes, unwitting victims, and vigilante justice – there’s something for everyone in this popular genre, and this page is your doorway into a world of intrigue!
Happy sleuthing…
If you like reading about crimes that actually happened check out our True crime reading guide.

Mystery fiction reading lists
Mystery - eBooks & eAudiobooks
Mystery fiction sub-genre lists
Mystery - The Modern Detective
Mystery - Locked Room
Mystery - Graphic Novels
Psychological Thrillers
Mystery - 20th Century Detective Fiction
Mystery - Police Procedural and Forensic Thriller
Mystery - The Golden Age
Victorian Mysteries
Mystery - If you like... Lee Child
Mystery - Contemporary
Mystery - Cosy Crime
Mystery - Legal and political thrillers
Mystery - Hardboiled
Short Stories - Mystery/Thriller/Adventure
Historical Mysteries (of the Ancient World)
Mystery by country
Lists of crime novels grouped by country
Mystery - Korean Crime
Mystery - American Crime
Mystery - Scandinavian Crime Noir
Mystery - Scottish Crime
Mystery - Irish Crime
Mystery - British Crime
Mystery - Australian Crime
New Zealand crime fiction
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