100 Mysteries & Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks!

Back in April, the editors over at Amazon complied a list of Mystery and Thriller books, and asked readers to vote for their favorites on Goodreads. The votes are in and the list of 100 Mysteries and Thrillers to read in a lifetime has been created! 

The top 10 books are listed below, and all available at the Community Library. 

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

Still Life by Louise Penny

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson
Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family, her octogenarian uncle hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional young hacker, to investigate. (Publisher Summary)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
When ten people arrive on private Indian Island off England's southwest coast, lured to a mansion by invitations from a mysterious host, terror mounts as one guest after another is murdered, in a classic whodunit that is an elaboration of the famous children's rhyme "Ten Little Indians. (Publisher Summary)

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society. (Publisher Summary)

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks in the middle of Yugoslavia. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for this time of year. But by morning there is one passenger less. A "respectable American gentleman" lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. (Publisher Summary) 

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
For months after her death, the memory of Rebecca de Winter continues to dominate everyone at her former home, Manderley, one of the most famous English country houses. (Publisher Summary)

Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 
Here, collected in one volume, are all four full-length novels and 56 short stories chronicling the colorful adventures of Sherlock Holmes--every word Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote about Baker Street's most famous resident. (Publisher Summary)

When the reporters to a sex-trafficking exposâe are murdered and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is targeted as the killer, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of the exposâe, investigates to clear Lisbeth's name. (Publisher Summary)

While recovering in the hospital, Lisbeth Salander enlists the aid of journalist Mikael Blomkvist to prove her innocent of three murders and identify the corrupt politicians who have allowed her to suffer. (Publisher Summary)

Still Life by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the SpuretGe du QuGebec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. (Publisher Summary)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
When a woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage, while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred. (Publisher Summary)

Click here to view the complete list of winners.

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