Solving the riddle books, ranked by your taste
Books where nothing is quite what it seems: every book on Boxlist tagged with the solving the riddle story theme, the same taste attribute as on films and TV. 2,061 books on Boxlist.
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The 100 best rated solving the riddle books

The Silent Thaw
Family · 2019
5.0 / 5

Never Say Die
Teen · 2017
5.0 / 5

The Crisscross Shadow
Mystery · 1953
5.0 / 5

Detectives in Togas
Mystery · 1953
5.0 / 5

Measuring Behaviour
Documentary · 1986
5.0 / 5

Open Season
Mystery · 2001
5.0 / 5

The Girl Who Wasn't There
Thriller · 2015
5.0 / 5

The Scam
Documentary · 1993
4.9 / 5

Demon Dentist
Family · 2013
4.9 / 5

Five Go Adventuring Again
Family · 1943
4.9 / 5

The Egypt Game
Mystery · 1967
4.9 / 5

Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery
Mystery · 1950
4.9 / 5

The Creeping Shadow
Mystery · 2016
4.9 / 5

The Twisted Ones
Horror · 2017
4.8 / 5

Thea Stilton and the Dancing Shadows
Family · 2011
4.8 / 5

The Guest List
Mystery · 2020
4.8 / 5

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage
Mystery · 1943
4.8 / 5

Code of Honor
Thriller · 2015
4.8 / 5

Losing Hope
Romance · 2013
4.8 / 5

The Anatomy of Motive
Biography · 1999
4.8 / 5

The Oath
Horror · 1995
4.8 / 5

French Silk
Thriller · 1991
4.8 / 5

JFK and the Unspeakable
Documentary · 2008
4.8 / 5

The Mystery at the Ski Jump
Family · 1952
4.8 / 5

The Shivering Sands
Mystery · 1969
4.8 / 5

The Beautiful Mystery
Mystery · 2012
4.8 / 5

Vampire, Interrupted
Romance · 2008
4.8 / 5

Cows, Pigs, Wars, & Witches
Documentary · 1974
4.8 / 5

Keeper of the Lost Cities
Fantasy · 2012
4.7 / 5

The School for Good and Evil
Fantasy · 2013
4.7 / 5

Exile
Fantasy · 2012
4.7 / 5

The Last Question
Science fiction · 1956
4.7 / 5

Defy Me
Science fiction · 2019
4.7 / 5

The Whispering Skull
Mystery · 2014
4.7 / 5

Exhalation
Science fiction · 2019
4.7 / 5

Without a Silver Spoon
Family · 1981
4.7 / 5

Remember When
Romance · 1996
4.7 / 5

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Drama · 1979
4.7 / 5

Before We Were Yours
Historical · 2017
4.7 / 5

The Space Merchants
Science fiction · 1952
4.7 / 5

Looking for Bobowicz
Comedy · 1997
4.7 / 5

Love and Gelato
Romance · 2016
4.7 / 5

Bloodline.
Thriller · 1977
4.7 / 5

Kiss Kiss
Horror · 1960
4.7 / 5

Down a Dark Hall
Horror · 1974
4.7 / 5

A Treasure Worth Seeking
Romance · 1982
4.7 / 5

Serafina and the Black Cloak
Family · 2015
4.7 / 5

Those Across the River
Horror · 2011
4.7 / 5

The Hero of Ages
Fantasy · 2008
4.6 / 5

The Silver Eyes
Horror · 2016
4.6 / 5

Nightfall
Fantasy · 2017
4.6 / 5

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Mystery · 1927
4.6 / 5

The Hidden Kingdom
Fantasy · 2012
4.6 / 5

Everblaze
Fantasy · 2014
4.6 / 5

The Ballad of Never After
Fantasy · 2022
4.6 / 5

Thea Stilton and the Great Tulip Heist
Family · 2013
4.6 / 5

House of Sky and Breath
Fantasy · 2022
4.6 / 5

Thea Stilton and the Mystery in Paris
Family · 2008
4.6 / 5

Say Nothing
Documentary · 2018
4.6 / 5

The Dangerous Gift
Fantasy · 2021
4.6 / 5

Thea Stilton and the Hollywood Hoax
Family · 2015
4.6 / 5

Evil Spy School
Espionage · 2015
4.6 / 5

Iron Kissed
Fantasy · 2008
4.6 / 5

The Girl in Room 105
Mystery · 2018
4.6 / 5

Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure (Thea Stilton 6)
Detective · 2010
4.6 / 5

The Moon-Spinners
Adventure · 1962
4.6 / 5

Billion Dollar Whale
Documentary · 2018
4.6 / 5

The Surgeon
Thriller · 2001
4.6 / 5

Murder Most Unladylike
Family · 2014
4.6 / 5

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
Family · 1963
4.6 / 5

The Mystery of the Secret Room
Family · 1950
4.6 / 5

Allies of the Night
Horror · 2002
4.6 / 5

Innocent in Death
Mystery · 2006
4.6 / 5

No Time for Goodbye
Thriller · 2007
4.6 / 5

The Philip K. Dick Reader
Science fiction · 1997
4.6 / 5

A Great Reckoning
Mystery · 2016
4.6 / 5

The Gathering
Teen · 2011
4.6 / 5

The Reverse of the Medal
Historical · 1986
4.6 / 5

The Inmate
Thriller · 2022
4.6 / 5

One of Us Is Back
Mystery · 2023
4.6 / 5

Brood of the Witch-Queen
Horror · 1918
4.6 / 5

Legacy
Family · 2019
4.6 / 5

Allegedly
Drama · 2017
4.6 / 5

The Last House on Needless Street
Horror · 2021
4.6 / 5

Journey Under The Sea
Adventure · 1977
4.6 / 5

Bury Your Dead
Mystery · 2010
4.6 / 5

A Marvellous Light
Fantasy · 2021
4.6 / 5

Scout Mindset
Documentary · 2021
4.6 / 5

No Man's Land
Thriller · 2016
4.6 / 5

City of Orphans
Family · 2011
4.6 / 5

Feet of Clay
Fantasy · 1996
4.5 / 5

As Good As Dead
Thriller · 2021
4.5 / 5

Cryptonomicon
Thriller · 1999
4.5 / 5

Spy School
Espionage · 2012
4.5 / 5

Stellarlune
Fantasy · 2022
4.5 / 5

The Complete Robot
Science fiction · 1982
4.5 / 5

The Screaming Staircase
Horror · 2013
4.5 / 5

Neverseen
Fantasy · 2015
4.5 / 5

Lodestar
Fantasy · 2016
4.5 / 5

The Case of the Missing Marquess
Mystery · 2006
4.5 / 5
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