What are the top historical mystery novels?

Sure. 'The Daughter of Time' by Josephine Tey is a great historical mystery. It features a detective who is bedridden and tries to solve the mystery of whether King Richard III really killed his nephews while in prison. It's a fascinating exploration of history and mystery combined.

I think 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown is quite popular. It combines historical facts and mystery elements, like the mystery around the Holy Grail. It has been widely read around the world.

Some of the 2018 top mystery novels could include 'The Woman in the Window' by A.J. Finn. It's a gripping psychological thriller with a reclusive woman who believes she witnessed a crime. Another might be 'Bluebird, Bluebird' by Attica Locke, which combines mystery with elements of race and place in a small Texas town.

Some of the top mystery novels include 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle. It features the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson solving various mysteries in Victorian London. Another is 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie, where ten strangers are lured to an island and start to die one by one in a very mysterious way. Also, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson is quite popular. It has a complex mystery involving a journalist and a hacker girl as they dig into a decades - old disappearance case.

Well, 'The Big Sleep' by Raymond Chandler is often considered among the top mystery novels. It has the hard - boiled detective Philip Marlowe investigating a blackmail case in a corrupt world. 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote is a non - fiction mystery that delves deep into the real - life murder of a family in Kansas. It's a chilling and detailed account of the crime and the search for the killers.

The top 50 mystery novels include many classics. For instance, 'The Maltese Falcon' by Dashiell Hammett. This novel has a hard - boiled detective, Sam Spade, who gets involved in a hunt for a valuable statuette. Then there is 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. It's a non - fictional mystery that reads like a novel, exploring a real - life murder case in great detail. And 'The Big Sleep' by Raymond Chandler is also among them, with its noir - like atmosphere and complex mystery.

Some of the top mystery novels in 2017 could include 'A Gentleman in Moscow' by Amor Towles. It has elements of mystery as the main character's life in a hotel is filled with secrets and hidden pasts. Another might be 'The Dry' by Jane Harper. It's a great Australian mystery set in a drought - stricken town where a detective has to solve a murder with a lot of buried secrets.

One of the top mystery novels is 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle. It features the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Dr. Watson solving various complex mysteries in Victorian London.

Some of the top historical novels include 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy. It vividly depicts the Napoleonic era in Russia. Another is 'Gone with the Wind' which gives a detailed account of the American Civil War from a Southern perspective. And 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco, set in a medieval monastery, is also highly regarded.

The top 10 historical novels would surely feature 'The Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett. This novel delves into the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages, showing the political, economic, and social forces at work. 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel García Márquez, although it has elements of magic realism, is also a historical exploration of a family's history in a fictional South American town over a century. 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classic that delves into the Puritan era in America, exploring themes of sin, guilt, and society.