Editing Approved Literature (section)

==Mystery==

*'''''Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep''''': The grandfather of noir, single-handedly responsible for establishing about half of all genre conventions and creating the image of what an investigator should be like. If you '''ever''' plan to run just about anything about cool detectives doing cool stuff, it's a must read.
**'''''The Lady in the Lake''''': Probably the most applicable of the books featuring Marlowe, trading the big city and its massive police department for rural nowhere and a much smaller scale investigation, but not stakes.

*'''''Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None''''': Ten random strangers trapped with a vengeful killer. Or so they think. Aged like milk, but is still one of the staples of the genre and a well-tested premise.

*'''''Harlan Coben - Tell No One''''': A grieving widower receives a message with a proof that his wife, murdered few years ago, is actually alive and well, and her kidnapping was just a set-up. Like all Coben books, it's a pyramid scheme of backroom deals, conflicting motivations and gaslighting the reader, but due to its plot structure, it's the closest to your near-occult investigation for a game campaign.

*'''''Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''''': A staple of detective fiction, often to the point of being considered the godfather of the genre. An incredibly useful point of reference for late 19th century social norms and attitudes, on top of being a great influence for mystery-focused campaigns. All of which are short, easy reads. If you run Call of Cthulhu or any period-specific setting relevant to Victorian Britain, Doyle's tales are a must-read.

*'''''Henning Mankell - Wallander series''''': Swedish crime series, featuring a provincial police investigator Wallander dealing with local crimes in Ystad. It's a blend of your hard-boiled fiction, especially as far as Wallander himself goes, with a very routine, grounded police procedural. As such, it offers just the right level of applicability for modern investigation scenarios, without things getting convoluted, while keeping it modern. Aside the 11 books, both Swedish and British TV series adaptations are approved, too.
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