Literature that falls under the Detective Fiction genre. See also Mystery Literature.
- Most of the books by Agatha Christie
- Albert Campion
- The Alienist
- Amelia Peabody
- Arsène Lupin
- Ben Snow
- The Big Sleep
- Bony
- Brother Cadfael
- Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
- Charlie Chan
- Corinna Chapman
- Crooked Little Vein
- The Dresden Files
- The Dupin stories by Edgar Allan Poe
- Ellery Queen
- Emma. No, really.
- Enola Holmes
- Encyclopedia Brown
- Erast Fandorin
- Father Brown
- Felse Investigates
- Garrett P.I.
- Hamish Macbeth
- The Hardy Boys
- Harry Hole
- Hercule Poirot
- In Death series by Nora Roberts
- In Hero Years… I'm Dead
- Inspector Lynley
- Inspector Morse
- Joe Grey
- John Putnam Thatcher
- Judge Dee
- Judge Knott
- Kinky Friedman
- Kinsey Millhone
- Lady Audley's Secret
- Lord Darcy
- Lord Peter Wimsey
- Marcus Didius Falco
- Michael Connelly
- Mike Hammer
- Miss Marple
- Morris and Chastain Investigations
- Myron Bolitar Series
- Nancy Drew
- New Amsterdam
- Nero Wolfe
- The New York Trilogy
- Nick Velvet
- October Daye
- Phryne Fisher
- Poirot
- Retrieval Artist
- The Roman Mysteries
- The Salmon of Doubt
- Sano Ichiro
- Savannah Reid
- Sherlock Holmes
- Simon Ark
- Small Change
- Solar Pons
- The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries
- Spenser
- The Thin Man
- Thraxas
- The Three Investigators
- Traces
- Wallander
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