Curated category · 2006—2025

Best mystery & crime

Award-winning and editorially recommended mystery & crime across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

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2023Mystery & crime

Age of Vice

Deepti Kapoor

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Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

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2023Mystery & crime

Brutes

Dizz Tate

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2023Mystery & crime

Edith Holler

Edward Carey

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2023Mystery & crime

Holly

Stephen King

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Kala

Colin Walsh

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My Murder

Katie Williams

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Our Share of Night

Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

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2023Mystery & crime

Stolen

Ann-Helén Laestadius, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles

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2023Mystery & crime

The Centre

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

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