Match Book

Mystery novels, by mood, pace and tone

A mystery can be a cosy puzzle you solve with a cup of tea or a procedural that stays with you for a week. The genre label doesn't separate them; mood and tone do.

Each book below shows Match Book's reading of it across fifteen dimensions, with links to the mysteries closest to it.

125 books, best known first. New to the dimensions? Here's what each one means.

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Match Book for iPhone reads the books you gave five stars on Goodreads, works out what they have in common across these fifteen dimensions, and finds more books that share it. Free, no account, no subscription.