{"id":40169,"count":155,"description":"Even if you love reading mysteries, it sometimes takes a while to figure out what kind of books you enjoy reading. At one end are those that are light on violence and often humorous in approach. These look back to what is sometimes called the \u2018golden age\u2019 of mystery writing between the world wars, when reading mysteries was a form of escapism, rather than a confrontation with the horrors of crime. At the other end are gritty, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/book\/the-treatment-mo-hayder\/\">violent books where the gory details<\/a> can be hard to read. At <em>Five Books, <\/em>we cover a range, and our best of the year lists, which appear below, are a great place to start.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-cozy-mystery-books-sophie-roell\/\">Best Cozy Mysteries<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/historical-mystery-novels-tuva-kahrs\/\">Historical Mystery Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/murder-mysteries-stuart-turton\/\">Murder Mystery Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-mystery-books-of-2025\/\">Best Mystery Books 2025<\/a>\r\n\r\nSee also: <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/thriller-books\/\">Best Thriller Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/crime-books\/\">Best Crime Books<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/mystery-books\/","name":"Mystery","slug":"mystery-books","taxonomy":"category","parent":11186,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/40169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11186"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=40169"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=40169"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=40169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}