Whodunit Definition – Complete List of Book Genres

Whodunit Definition – What’s the best definition for whodunit genre? The whodunit genre is a sub-genre of the crime genre. The stories involve an engaging plot where the reader follows the protagonist in a detective-like manner, finding clues; the revelation of who committed the crime is the climax.

There are three other common plots in crime fiction: murder mystery, hardboiled, and gangster.

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Whodunit Definition – Examples

Review this list of popular examples to help you get a better understanding of the whodunit fiction genre.

1. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

3. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

4. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

6. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

7. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie

8. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

9. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

11. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

12. A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

13. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

14. In the Woods by Tana French

15. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

16. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

17. Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

18. The Big Four by Agatha Christie

19. The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

20. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

21. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

22. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

23. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie

24. Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

25. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

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Whodunit Definition – Related Book Genres

* Crime Fiction Genre

* Detective Fiction Genre Definition

* Gangster Genre

* Hardboiled Crime Fiction Genre

* Murder Mystery Genre

* Mystery Genre Definition

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