Classic mystery books are some of the very earliest touchstones of the genre. 

The first in a series from Agatha Christie’s favorite American author.

 A curated guide to the best books in the most beloved mystery subgenres.

The best of the baddies. 

Decode Daly's literary mysteries with amateur sleuth Henry Gamadge.

Without the guiding hand of this Bostonian gothic, the modern detective genre would be very different.

Check out the best of classic crime fiction!

The young minds within old favorites.

Clever characters create lasting stories.

These tried and true mystery books are sure to become new favorites.

It's curtains down for these killers.

Having more than one narrator makes these mysteries even tougher to solve.

The 19th-century author of the macabre exerts enormous influence over the detective fiction we know today.

Sometimes reality and fiction are intertwined.

An eccentric diplomat from the Netherlands exposed the West to Chinese detective fiction—some of the oldest in the world.

Jacques Futrelle was lost to tragedy, but his captivating works live on.

How a haunting crime inspired an author of classic detective fiction.

A prolific author and his charmingly vivid detective.

A champion of the downtrodden with remarkable sense-driven deductions.

It's a great time to revisit this classic British mystery

E.W. Hornung, author and creator of Raffles the Amateur Cracksman, died 100 years ago this year.