Reddit mentions: The best historical mystery books

We found 288 Reddit comments discussing the best historical mystery books. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 41 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.

1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery

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2. Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church

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4. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce Mystery, Book 4)

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6. The King's Gambit (SPQR I)

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7. The Da Vinci Code: A Novel (Robert Langdon)

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Release dateMarch 2003
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11. SERIAL KILLERS: 130 Facts and Trivia

SERIAL KILLERS: 130 Facts and Trivia
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Top Reddit comments about Historical Mystery:

u/autumnfalln · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Do you like mysteries?? I hope you do! Because I'm about to tell you about my favorite mystery series ever! =D

Check out The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. It's the first in an absolutely amazing mystery series. Mysteries are my favorite books, but I'm weird and I'm really picky about them. So I promise this one is good!

To sum it up, the stories follow an 11-year-old girl who lives in a small village in 1950s England. She is very clever for her age and is very talented at chemistry. In particular, she is very fond of poisons. Long story short, a murder occurs and she helps solve it!

They're SO GOOD. I haven't heard many people IRL talk about these books, but according to the first couple of pages or so, they win awards and such. Anyway, I'd highly recommend this book and the whole series!

Thank you so much for this contest! =D

u/bnyeeyore · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Hi my name is Bethany and my favorite e-books to read are the Flavia deluce books but I would really love a science book in this series because my niece is home schooled and we love to learn science together we do not spend enough time with each other. I also like to learn new things as well. Thanks for the contest :)

u/FluffernutterJess · 2 pointsr/CatsandCosmetics

Vinyl first because you have to have music on to do your make up. Lana Del Rey has vinyl records! You said you like Amy Winehouse and Bastille, so I think you will like this too! It is $17.99.

Books, ok we are going be here all day! I'm not really sure what you like in terms of music, so I would say any one of the following

Viridis and Devil on a Sparrow's Wing by Calista Taylor. Steampunk action romance. I looooove this series, and even Mr Jess liked it to, after telling me that I was reading smut. Book 1 and Book 2 and they are also just $2.99

The Legends of Regia by Tenaya Jayne and book two for $2.99 for the both, since one is free!

Makeup because now that we are entertained, we need to be fabulous. We have $74.03 left for make up

EYES

Pixie Epoxy

Because Cats eyeshadow

Rapunzel Had Extensions eye shadow

Space Kitty eyeshadow

The Seven Kingdoms sample sized collection

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10K blush

Lips

I would make 2 custom lipglosses using 1-up and Potion using customgloss and the opaque option.

Done! Now, I've got to Get busy living, because I sat here for an hour. :)

u/Jokonaught · -4 pointsr/marvelmemes

You can call the similarities superficial all you want, but it's totally copied homework at the end of the day. It's like the time in high school that I got a bunch of awards for an "original" fiction piece that lifted setting and plot notes from a book I had read with my own characters and a few other changes. You could say I made an original work, and that it still took a lot of skill and creativity to do. But one thing's for sure, if any of the judges along the way had been familiar with the book, I wouldn't have been winning awards for an 'original story'

u/krq316 · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon
  • The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first book of the Flavia De Luce mystery series. I quickly fell in love with the heroine and the authors writing style draws you in easily.

  • Note to self: don't read sad books while you're on an airplane

    *Done

    Thanks for passing on the literary enjoyment!
u/bellyfold · 2 pointsr/writing

I'd say get in at least a few young adult fiction, as they're full of saccharine and angst ridden metaphor:

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Looking For Alaska

A few historical fictions:

Wolf Hall

Memoirs Of A Geisha

Comedy:

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Good Omens

Stephen king (just because he's a favorite)

11/22/63

IT

And finally, some objectively "bad" books, to learn what not to do.

Wild Animus: A Novel

The Da Vinci Code

Moon People


All of these books are personal favorites for one reason or another, and some may fit into multiple categories (see: looking for Alaska under YA fiction and "bad,").

That said, this should at least keep you busy for a bit.

Happy reading, and good luck on your novel!

u/DaveShadow · 2 pointsr/selfpublish

The Four Treasures

A murder at the base of The Spire in the heart of Dublin, Ireland launches a centuries old race for power.

Amber, a frustrated agent of the Irish National Bureau of Investigation, and Sean, a fresh-faced but disheartened Garda officer, must team up to catch a madman who believes that the Four Treasures of an ancient civilization, the Tuatha De Danann, will grant him unimaginable control over the country. Together, the two must join the hunt for the artifacts in the hopes of preventing any more deaths.

But, set in Dublin and the university town of Maynooth, the two soon find that the ravings of a lunatic might have more power behind them than first imagined.

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My first book and first jaunt into self-publishing. Have it up on Amazon and its available on KindleUnlimited as well. I'm still new to the whole self-publicizing thing but have spent a lot of time reading through the topics on this subreddit. So, yeah. Thanks :)

u/Eostrix · 1 pointr/Eesti

I would recommend Indrek Hargla Apothecary Melchior saga. It is about medieval apothecary who solves crimes in medieval Tallinn. He likes to drink some nice herbal snapps and he has also his own demons. Books are good because Hargla is very experienced author who has written a lot of sci-fi and now crime novels, too. These novels are written nowadays so it's more easier to understand them for foreign (than maybe some old time authors) and descriptions of medieval town is rather visual and include nice knowledge about medieval culture and everyday life. And crime stories are quite strong.

First novel of the saga is below:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apothecary-Melchior-Mystery-St-Olafs/dp/0720618444

u/JackACR · 1 pointr/KindleUnlimited

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BBS39L2

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00BBS39L2

If you enjoy the eBook, I'd be thrilled if you left a short review!! Thanks, Jack :)

u/tockenboom · 6 pointsr/Fantasy

There was a lot of good stuff in here but personally I was most pleased to find the following -

Fata Morgana by Kotzwinkle
and

[The Still](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQAD1YG/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpageo04?ie=UTF8&psc=1) & The King by Feintuch

also
Budayeen Nights by Effinger and
Tourist by Goldstein.


But overall, lots of gems if your willing to dig and like older stuff.

u/amazon-converter-bot · 2 pointsr/FreeEBOOKS

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u/kllink · 1 pointr/books

Check out the Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley. While they do feature murder they're light, humorous, and quick reads. There are only 4 currently in print, but I think there'll be something like 7 in total. Bradley is pushing them out pretty quick.