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Best Murder Books

📚 18 books🔄 Updated 2026

🏆 Top Rated

#1
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
#2
Stranger
by Albert Camus
#3
The secret history
by Donna Tartt

All Murder Books (18)

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Psychology book cover

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

Medium
Stranger by Albert Camus - Fiction book cover

Stranger

Albert Camus

Medium
The secret history by Donna Tartt - Fiction book cover

The secret history

Donna Tartt

705 pagesHard
Mystic river by Dennis Lehane - Fiction book cover

Mystic river

Dennis Lehane

Medium
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Mystery book cover

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

284 pagesMedium
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson - Non-Fiction book cover

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

464 pagesHard
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk - Fiction book cover

Invisible Monsters

Chuck Palahniuk

5 pagesEasy
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin book cover

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Michelle Hodkin

Medium
El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - Mystery book cover

El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

269 pagesMedium
Big little lies [sound recording] by Liane Moriarty book cover

Big little lies [sound recording]

Liane Moriarty

Medium
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi book cover

Helter Skelter

Vincent Bugliosi

528 pagesHard
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Mystery book cover

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

337 pagesMedium
Du juan de hu huan by J. K. Rowling book cover

Du juan de hu huan

J. K. Rowling

447 pagesHard
At Some Disputed Barricade by Anne Perry book cover

At Some Disputed Barricade

Anne Perry

0Medium
Medusa by Markus Ahonen book cover

Medusa

Markus Ahonen

147 pagesEasy
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Twisted Prey
John Sandford

Twisted Prey

John Sandford

402 pagesHard
The Law Killers by Alexander McGregor book cover

The Law Killers

Alexander McGregor

257 pagesMedium
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Small Sacrifices
Ann Rule

Small Sacrifices

Ann Rule

496 pagesHard