/MYSTERY/ - Mystery & Detective General

[Anonymous No.16753992]

When was the last time you anons read some Holmes or Poirot?

[Anonymous No.16754174]

>>16753992
I've wanted to read Sherlock Holmes my entire life but never have, ):

Where do I start? I might read it on a trip.

[Anonymous No.16754213]

What are the best maigret novels?

[Anonymous No.16754239]

>>16754174
Start with A Study In Scarlet, which is the first chronologically. If you like the style then go for it, a lot of the segments are brief so it can make for great reading.

[Anonymous No.16754357]

>>16754239
I will do it anon, I'll read it anyway, but how long do you think it is to read?

[Anonymous No.16754393]

>>16754357
I was really young when I first tried reading them, so the difficulty seems greater to me than it probably is. I recently picked it back up though and it's a breeze.

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[Anonymous No.16755518]

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[Anonymous No.16755521]

>>16754393
Cheers lad, will read eagerly, and thankfully to you for the recommendation.

[Anonymous No.16755533]

I got collection of Poe short stories. Which ones should I read?

[Anonymous No.16755555]

>>16754174
>>16754357

All the stories are pretty good. You should be able to pick up some kind of anthology/collection of all the stories. Just start at the beginning and work through them.

You'll easily be able to read an entire story in one sitting. Probably even two or three.

[Anonymous No.16755576]

>>16754174
I highly recommend reading random Holmes stories you don't know anything about and going on a trip.

[Anonymous No.16755586]

This a based thread, so where the streams of based consciousness collide, I find it perfectly suitable to advise all to read Heraclitus here.

[Anonymous No.16755622]

>>16755586
>How can you hide from what never goes away?
Would Heraclitus have made a good sleuth?

[Anonymous No.16755626]

>>16753992
I'm literally Sherlock, AMA.

[Anonymous No.16755637]

>>16755576
Also, I think it's totally valid reading audiobooks of them, they're just perfectly sized for one and a half walks or so and there's good readers of them.

[Anonymous No.16755643]

>>16755626
Without looking my pants, how big is my peenor?

[Anonymous No.16755660]

>>16755643
Since you are not one for unnecessary questions, and one for apu, I shall say as big as your heart is.

[Anonymous No.16755693]

>>16755643
>hand callouses denote frequent masturbation and inability to copulate
(less than or equal to 15cm)
>most likely posting during late hours, again signifying a lack of social acuity and sexual veracity
(-2cm)
>use of the word "peenor" denotes the presence of child-like maturity. Therefore the presence of some hormonal imbalance, mental handicap, or further stunted sexual attractiveness can be deduced
(-3cm)
>posted apu
(+11cm)
That comes to about 21cm, elementary I must say.

[Anonymous No.16756237]

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[Anonymous No.16756250]

>>16756237
Glorious bump of life.

[Anonymous No.16756272]

Based thread, I got the collected Sherlock hardcover and I'm going to plow through it in January. On this topic, do you guys have any lesser known authors you want more people to read?

[Anonymous No.16756333]

>>16756272
The only other big name mystery author I know of is Christie. Although I suppose we could bring Encyclopedia Brown and the Hardy Boys back in style.

[Anonymous No.16756341]

>>16755533
All of them. Shut the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.16756357]

I strongly suggest to read George Simenon.

[Anonymous No.16756560]

>>16753992
I wish you the best and admit it's pathetic to spazz out. Read what you want but dear god, keep it to yourself. That's all I ever even fucking asked.

[Anonymous No.16756565]

>>16756560
Are you okay?

[Anonymous No.16756683]

>>16754239
>>16754357
>>16755521
a study in scarlet is not really the best place to start with holmes. it would be better to start with the short stories, then come back to the novels afterwards or at least after reading one or two of the collections. ASIS is an important part of the holmes timeline because it starts with holmes and watson meeting for the first time and moving into 221b together, but really doyle was still finding his feet with the characters.
better to start with one of the collections of short stories. it's ok just to assume that holmes and watson know each other and come back to the novels afterwards.
the collections called the adventures of sherlocks holmes and the memoirs of sherlock holmes are the best to start with. at the end of memoirs is when holmes and moriarty fall off the reichenbach falls together. by this time doyle was a bit fed up with the character and wanted that to be an end to it but public demand made him write more. the return of sherlock holmes collection is also classic, his last bow is still good, but the final collection the casebook of sherlock holmes is best avoided until you have read everything else
the novels can be read in pretty much any order. hound of the baskervilles is the best known and for good reason.
also make sure you get an edition with the original sidney paget illustrations.

[Anonymous No.16756687]

>>16755555
I know /lit/ is very big on dubs, but fucking checked my man

[Anonymous No.16756696]

>>16755555
Thanks bunches anon, that's been very helpful.

Also check those quints of five.

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[Anonymous No.16758212]

>>16756357
Yes, Shit ton of Maigret books.

[Anonymous No.16758388]

My favorite detective stories are the Father Brown series. A great mixture of mystery, philosophy and beautiful poetic writing. Also, I like an author who has a bit of hrumph in him.

[Anonymous No.16758399]

>>16758388
>for me its Father Brown - mysterious, philosophical and with a wicked sense of hrumph about him.

[Anonymous No.16758405]

>>16753992
Simenon is the best. Inspector Maigret is the best detective protagonist, every single book in that series is at least an 8/10, so consistent, so full of life and quiet humor, best mystery series hands down

>>16754213
i just read one about prostitutes in montmartre that was really good, and another one about a fallen family that used to own a biscuit empire that was great, and another one that took place in Belgium about murders in the canals and ferry boats. i dont remember titles

anybody read the Dr Siri Paiboun series? it's very maigret-ish murder mysteries set in Laos in the early 90s as communism is starting to fall, etc- he's a medium and uses his supernatural abilities to solve mysteries related to the excesses of communism and CIA stuff, really well written and as somebody who has traveled in laos quite a lot, they really capture the flavor of the country well. i think the author worked there for the UN or something

10/10

[Anonymous No.16758699]

>>16753992
>When was the last time you anons read some Holmes or Poirot?
Like this morning, continued The Hound of the Baskervilles, it's translated but it's still a good read so far.

[Anonymous No.16759428]

>>16758399
hrumph

[Anonymous No.16759441]

>>16753992

I read some Poirot every now and then, when I want something cozy to read, usually around christmas.

[Anonymous No.16759795]

Anyone got any charts?

[Anonymous No.16759936]

>>16759795
there should be a chart, I don't see one in the wiki

[Anonymous No.16759943]

I haven't felt the need to read them since I have seen the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett.

Look at this scene from the Final Problem. Absolute kino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsiE8ABiztU

[Anonymous No.16759962]

Georges Simenon

[Anonymous No.16760782]

>>16759936
Let’s create one.

[Anonymous No.16761427]

>>16760782
go for it

[Anonymous No.16761807]

>>16761427
After you.

[Anonymous No.16762512]

>>16753992
>When was the last time you anons read some Holmes
read through them all earlier this year. some of them were good but many were absolute trash. i would have liked them more if conan doyle wasn't such a spartan prose stylist.

[Anonymous No.16762582]

>>16759943
He doesn't really look like the stereotypical Sherlock. Still kino scene.

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