Welcome to the Mystery page of the “Map of Genres” series. If you are unfamiliar with the series, you can read the introduction post here.
I have currently broken down this list into Adult and Young Adult, categories. I read a lot of mystery, so I imagine I will be splitting these categories into their own pages in the not so far off future. Depending on what I read, I may also break down this list into different sub-genre categories.
If you have suggestions of Mystery books I should read, I would love to hear them in the comments!
*Note: Many of the links below currently link to the same handful of articles, and many have only brief notes about the book listed. These will be expanded upon as more posts are added to the site.
Adult
- Deja Dead – Kathy Reichs
- The Dry – Jane Harper
- Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny
- Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo
(Also listed in Fantasy) - On What Grounds – Cleo Coyle
- Storm Front – Jim Butcher
(Also in Fantasy) - Fool Moon – Jim Butcher
(Also listed in Fantasy) - Grave Peril – Jim Butcher
- Damaged – Pamela Callow
- Witchnapped in Westerham – Dionne Lister
- Witch Swindled in Westerham – Dionne Lister
- Witch Under cover in Westerham – Dionne Lister
- The Cat Came Back – Louise Clark
- 1st to Die – James Patterson
- Trick or Treat Murder – Leslie Meier
- Wicked Witch Murder – Leslie Meier
- Blood Rites – Jim Butcher
- Phantom Evil – Heather Graham
- The Spook in the Stacks – Eva Gates
- Candy Corn Murder – Leslie Meier
Young Adult
- The Hand on the Wall – Maureen Johnson
- Capturing the Devil – Kerri Maniscalco