Literature that falls under the Detective Fiction genre. See also Mystery Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Detective Fiction, and Mystery Literature.
- The Affinity Bridge
- Albert Campion
- Alex Cross
- The Alienist
- Amelia Peabody
- American Tabloid
- Angie's First Case
- Anonymous Rex
- Another Note
- Archie Sheridan
- The Arcology
- Arsène Lupin
- Asshole Yakuza Boyfriend
- ATL Stories From The Retrofuture
- Aunt Dimity
- The Automatic Detective
- Azure Rain
- Babylon
- Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
- Ben Safford Mysteries
- Ben Snow
- The Bigger They Come
- Black Bat
- Bret King
- Blood Books
- A Blunt Instrument
- Bone Song
- Bony
- Brother Cadfael
- Bubbles in Space
- Bright Falls Mysteries
- Cam Jansen
- Carnacki the Ghost-Finder
- The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko
- Case File nº221: Kabukicho
- Cassie Dewell
- C. Auguste Dupin series
- Charlie Chan
- Charlie Parker Series
- The Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Series
- Chet and Bernie
- City of Devils
- City Primeval
- Claudius Lyon
- The Club of Queer Trades
- Cormoran Strike Novels
- Conciencia y Voluntad
- The Continental Op
- The Count of 9
- Corinna Chapman
- Crooked Little Vein
- Danganronpa Kirigiri
- Daniel Hawthorne Novels
- Daphne & Velma (2020)
- Dead Silver
- Detective Inspector Chen series
- Detective Lane Mysteries
- DI Fawley
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
- The Dresden Files
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes
- Dr. Thorndyke series
- Easytown
- Ellery Queen
- The Exile's Violin
- Emma
- End of Watch
- Enola Holmes
- Encyclopedia Brown
- Erast Fandorin series
- Even Though I Knew the End
- Everybody Lies In Hell
- Ezzie
- Far Cry
- Father Brown
- Feluda
- Felse Investigates
- Finders Keepers
- The First Rule of Survival
- Flavia de Luce
- Fletch
- Four Faultless Felons
- Fun Jungle
- Garrett, P.I.
- Gervase Fen
- Get Blank
- The Glass Key
- The Great Merlini
- Greywalker
- Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
- Half Moon Investigations
- Hamish Macbeth
- The Hardy Boys
- Harry Bosch series
- Harry Hole
- Hercule Poirot
- The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures
- Holmes on the Range
- Hoshi and the Red City Circuit
- Hungover and Handcuffed
- In Death series by Nora Roberts
- In Hero Years, I'm Dead
- In/Spectre
- Inspector Lynley
- Inspector Morse
- The Invisible Detective
- Jo Gar
- Joe Grey
- John Devil
- John Putnam Thatcher
- John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
- J.P. Beaumont
- Judge Dee
- Judge Knott
- Julian Kestrel
- Julius Katz
- Kate Shugak
- Kenzie and Gennaro Series
- Killing Time
- King City
- Kinky Friedman
- Kinsey Millhone
- The L.A. Quartet
- Lady Audley's Secret
- The Lady Grace Mysteries
- The Late Show
- Leaphorn & Chee
- Lee Nez
- Lessons for a Perfect Detective Story
- Lester Leith
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
- Lord Darcy
- Lord El-Melloi II Case Files
- Lord Peter Wimsey
- Magic for Liars
- Magpie Murders
- Moonflower Murders (the sequel)
- Maigret
- Malice (2014)
- The Maltese Falcon
- "The Man of the Crowd"
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Marcus Didius Falco
- Margin Play
- Matthew Scudder
- Martin Beck
- The McGurk Organization
- The "Michael Shayne" series
- Dividend on Death (1939)
- The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (1940)
- The Uncomplaining Corpses (1940)
- Tickets for Death (1941)
- Bodies Are Where You Find Them (1941)
- The Corpse Came Calling (1942)
- Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask (1943)
- Blood on the Black Market (1943)
- Michael Shayne's Long Chance (1944)
- Murder and the Married Virgin (1944)
- Murder Is My Business (1945)
- Blood on Biscayne Bay (1946)
- Counterfeit Wife (1946)
- Blood on the Stars (1948)
- This Is It, Michael Shayne (1950)
- Framed in Blood (1951)
- One Night With Nora (1953)
- When Dorinda Dances (1953)
- She Woke to Darkness (1954)
- Death Has Three Lives (1955)
- Stranger in Town (1955)
- The Blonde Cried Murder (1956)
- Murder and the Wanton Bride (1958)
- Mick Oberon
- Midnight Occult Civil Servants (Partially)
- Mike Hammer
- Miles Pennoyer series
- Mindspace Investigations
- Miss Marple
- Montague Egg
- The Moonstone
- Morris and Chastain Investigations
- Mr Blank
- Mr. Mercedes
- The Murder Most Unladylike series
- Murder of a Lady
- Murdle
- Myron Bolitar Series
- Naming The Hangman
- Nancy Drew
- Nate the Great
- New Amsterdam
- Nero Wolfe
- Fer-de-lance
- The League of Frightened Men
- The Rubber Band
- The Red Box
- Too Many Cooks
- Some Buried Caesar
- Over My Dead Body
- Where There's a Will
- Where There's a Will
- The Silent Speaker
- Too Many Women
- And Be a Villain
- The Second Confession
- In the Best Families
- Murder by the Book
- Prisoner's Base
- A Family Affair
- Nerve Zero
- The New York Trilogy
- Nickel Plated
- Nick Velvet
- Nikki Heat
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- No Gods for Drowning
- October Daye
- The Office Of Lost And Found
- The Outsider (2018)
- Philip Marlowe
- Perfidia
- Philo Vance
- Phryne Fisher
- The Poet and the Lunatics
- Pronto
- Put the Sepia On
- Retrieval Artist
- The Roman Mysteries
- The Salmon of Doubt
- Sam the Cat: Detective
- Sano Ichiro
- The Savannah Reid Mysteries
- Scarlett Undercover
- Search the Seven Hills
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not
- Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street
- The Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D. Hoch
- Sid Halley
- The Silence of Bones
- Simon Ark
- Sister Fidelma
- Sister Pelagia
- Small Change
- Smaller & Smaller Circles
- Snyper
- Solar Pons
- Spellman Files
- Spenser
- Split Images
- SPQR
- Sugawara Akitada
- Suspicion
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- The Teresa Knight Trilogy
- Terror Is My Trade
- The Thinking Machine
- The Thin Man
- Thraxas
- This Storm
- The Three Investigators
- TKKG
- Traces
- The Trees of Pride
- Triptych
- Trueman Bradley
- Undead on Arrival
- Vasquez Private Eye
- Veronica Mars
- Wallander
- * Donald Westlake
- Widespread Panic
- Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
- The Woman in Cabin 10
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Zachary Nixon Johnson