101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

Jules Verne · Charles Dickens · Mark Twain · Fyodor Dostoyevsky · Oscar Wilde · Edgar Allan Poe · William Hope Hodgson · John Buchan · Anna Katharine Green · Bram Stoker · Charlotte Brontë · Anne Brontë · Emily Brontë · Arthur Conan Doyle · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Joseph Conrad · Algernon Blackwood · Guy de Maupassant · Ernest Bramah · Walter Scott · Thomas Hardy · Mary Roberts Rinehart · Daniel Defoe · Arthur Morrison · Agatha Christie · Marie Belloc Lowndes · Sax Rohmer · Alexandre Dumas · Washington Irving · Maurice Leblanc · Erskine Childers · Gaston Leroux · Wilkie Collins · Earl Derr Biggers · Marcel Allain · Richard Marsh · H. G. Wells · E. Phillips Oppenheim · J. S. Fletcher · R. Austin Freeman · E. W. Hornung · G. K. Chesterton · A. A. Milne · D. H. Lawrence · E. C. Bentley · H. P. Lovecraft · F. Scott Fitzgerald · Dorothy L. Sayers · Anton Chekhov · Robert William Chambers · Sheridan Le Fanu · Nikolai Gogol · Émile Gaboriau · Annie Haynes · Sapper · S. S. Van Dine

Nov 2023 · DigiCat

About this ebook

This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Valley of Fear The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Mysteries The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Moonstone Charles Dickens: Bleak House Great Expectations The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The Plumed Serpent (D. H. Lawrence) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) That Affair Next Door (Anna Katharine Green) The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)

About the author

Jules Verne (1828–1905), a French novelist, poet, and playwright, is often referred to as the 'Father of Science Fiction'. A pioneer of the genre, Verne's writing is characterized by an enthralling fusion of scientific facts, technological inventions, and adventurous exploits. His immersive narratives and speculative visions have captured the imagination of readers for generations, earning him a prominent position in the pantheon of classic literature. Among his most famous works are 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea', 'Around the World in Eighty Days', and 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'. These timeless novels not only showcase Verne's storytelling prowess but also reflect his profound insight into the potential of science and its impact on the future. While '101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die' is an anthology to which Verne and his literature are essential inclusions, his own works principally belong to the adventure and science fiction genres, rather than mystery or detective per se. Nevertheless, his influence on these and numerous literary categories is undeniable, as his visionary creativity has been an inspiration for countless writers who followed in his footsteps. Verne's narratives are celebrated for their intricate plots, rich detail, and imaginative foresight that often anticipated technological advancements long before their real-world manifestation.