The top ten most classic mystery novels in the world were as follows: 1 The Sherlock Holmes Series (Arthur Conan Doyle) 2. The Murder on the Oriental Express (Agatha Christie) Tragedy on the Nile (HP Lovecraft) 4. Seven Deadly Sins (Raymond Joey) 5 "White Night Journey"(Keigo Higashino) 6. The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin) 7. Murder of Green Toes (Purple Gold Chen) Mysterious Island (J.D. Salinger) 9 "Malice"(Keigo Higashino) 10 "Flowers in the Mirror"(Lu Xun) The above rankings were all mystery novels that were worth reading.