23 must-read mystery books like The Madman Theory by Ellery Queen

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The Madman Theory

By: Ellery Queen

3.45

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspector Omar Collins tracks a mad killer through California’s Sierra Nevada mountains in this cla…

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Cover of Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1) by Rex Stout, Loren D. Estleman

1. Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

By: Rex Stout , Loren D. Estleman

3.97

Format: 285 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man.… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"You are so engrossed in the fact that you are oblivious to its environment"

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

"[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant."

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

"...it is our good fortune that the exigencies of birth and training furnish all of us with the opportunities for snobbery."

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

"To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices."

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

Cover of Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) by Agatha Christie

2. Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players! Mr. Shaitana wa… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"I have always disapproved of murder."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?"

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"Hercule Poirot spread out his hands in his most foreign manner."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

Cover of The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14) by Ellis Peters

3. The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)

By: Ellis Peters

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Brother Cadfael’s pastoral life is upended by the disappearance of a young boy and the arrival of a… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Whatever the rights or wrongs of their affection, in the teeth of danger and despair love is entitled to speak its mind, and all others should be blind and deaf."

-Ellis Peters, The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)

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4. The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

By: Agatha Christie , None , Robin Bailey

3.73

Format: 8 pages, Audio Cassette

Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"To every problem, there is a most simple solution."

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

"It seemed unnecessary for her to have had a premonition at all."

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

"What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions."

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

"It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong…"

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

Cover of Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7) by Jim Butcher

5. Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)

By: Jim Butcher

4.41

Format: 517 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full o… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"What's with that?"

-Jim Butcher, Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)

"Polka will never die."

-Jim Butcher, Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)

"Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar"

-Jim Butcher, Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)

"When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic,"

-Jim Butcher, Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)

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6. They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #6)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home – but someone else dies… Miss Marple senses danger wh… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"His eyes now were bright and beady with pleasurable anticipation."

-Agatha Christie, They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #6)

"Into the Gothic gloom of the library, Gina brought an exotic glow."

-Agatha Christie, They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #6)

"Her eyes were shining, and her long thin mouth was curved in a triumphant smile."

-Agatha Christie, They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #6)

"Toată lumea se așteaptă ca educația să fie un drept fundamental și nu pun mare preț pe ea când o primesc!"

-Agatha Christie, They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #6)

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7. Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)

By: Jim Butcher

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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8. Endless Night

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Strapped by a chauffeur's wages, Michael Rogers' want of a better life seems out of reach. Especial… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) by Jim Butcher

9. Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)

By: Jim Butcher

4.09

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pret… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) by Jim Butcher

10. Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

By: Jim Butcher

4.14

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition with a different page count exists here. Harry Dresden - Wizard Lo… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Bob,"

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"Murphy,"

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"God save me from idealists."

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"Ease off the martyr throttle."

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

Cover of Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) by Jim Butcher

11. Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8)

By: Jim Butcher

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

There's no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the Whit… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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12. The Tragedy of X

By: Ellery Queen , Barnaby Ross

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

New York City, the early 30's. A man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar during rush hour. Everyone … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) by Jim Butcher

13. Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)

By: Jim Butcher

3.97

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

For the 1st printing edition of this ISBN, see . HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost items found. Paranor… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) by Jim Butcher

14. Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)

By: Jim Butcher

3.97

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Harry Dresden--Wizard Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable R… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence, #4) by Agatha Christie

15. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

While visiting Tommy's Aunt Ada at Sunny Ridge Nursing Home, Tuppence encounters some odd residents… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35) by Agatha Christie

16. Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Poirot is approached by a girl who shared a flat with two other girls in London. She is convinced s… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #10) by Agatha Christie

17. A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #10)

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is no rest or relaxation for Miss Marple. Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's most appealing… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Trio for Blunt Instruments (Nero Wolfe, #39) by Rex Stout

18. Trio for Blunt Instruments (Nero Wolfe, #39)

By: Rex Stout

3.47

Format: 185 pages,

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2) by Kerry Greenwood

19. Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.88

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

Phryne Fisher has her hands full in this, her second adventure. And just when we think she s merely… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

20. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #22)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Audio CD

A dentist's suspicious death leads Poirot to drill the good doctor's patients, partners, lovers, an… read more

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21. Winesburg, Ohio

By: Sherwood Anderson

2.96

Format: 7 pages, Paperback

Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life… read more

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22. Passenger to Frankfurt

By: Agatha Christie

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a bored diplomat is approached in a bleak airport by a woman whose life is in danger, his inte… read more

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23. N or M? (Tommy and Tuppence, #3)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appointed as spies by the in… read more

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24. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.82

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Here was a man who would never rail against fate but accept it and pass on to victory"

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

"Because when you’re in love, you think you’re invincible. It blinds you. And you don’t seem to care."

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

"What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean."

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

"Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a…"

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

25. The Case of the Buried Clock

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

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26. The Confession of Brother Haluin (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #15)

By: Ellis Peters

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine… read more

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Cover of 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie

27. 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that froze… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Don’t go,"

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"I think, my dear, we won't talk any more about murder during tea. Such an unpleasant subject."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"Everybody in St. Mary Mead knew Miss Marple; fluffy and dithery in appearance, but inwardly as sharp and as shrewd as they make them."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

28. The Case of the Singing Skirt

By: Erle Stanley Gardner , None

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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29. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs (Felse, #4)

By: Ellis Peters

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Shed here no tears. No Saint could die More Blessed and Comforted than I." So read the epitaph com… read more

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Cover of A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

30. A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1)

By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Nell Ward is an ecologist, not a detective. But when she’s the prime suspect in a murder, only h… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Madman Theory by Ellery Queen

31. The Madman Theory

By: Ellery Queen

3.45

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspector Omar Collins tracks a mad killer through California’s Sierra Nevada mountains in this cla… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

23 best-selling fiction books like The Madman Theory by Ellery Queen

Transform Your Habits

Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

Rex Stout , Loren D. Estleman

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

Agatha Christie

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)

Ellis Peters

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

Agatha Christie , None , Robin Bailey

3.73

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8 Best fiction books like Endless Night by Agatha Christie

Transform Your Habits

Unfinished Portrait

Agatha Christie , Mary Westmacott

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Endless Night

Agatha Christie

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Unexpected Guest

Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Spider's Web

Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.92

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