
Best Mystery & Thrillers of ’21 Lists
I never met a book list that I didn’t click on. Maybe you share my compulsion? Then let me make it easier for you.
I am aggregating every mystery, thriller, suspense, or crime fiction online year-end book list I find. I will be making updates regularly.
Please feel free to e-mail me with any I have missed.
(Last update: January 19th)
Amazon (best mysteries and thrillers)
Akron Library (best true crime)
Barnes and Noble (best mysteries and thrillers)
Best Thrillers (best thriller books)
The Book Decoder (best cozy mysteries in a series)
The Book Decoder (best cozy mystery series debuts)
The Book Decoder (best police procedural books)
The Book Decoder (best thrillers)
Booklist (top mystery & thriller on audio)
Booklist (top mysteries for youth)
Book Marks (best reviewed mystery/thrillers)
BookPage (best mystery & suspense books)
Booktopia (best crime and thriller books)
CrimeReads (best crime/mystery/thrillers)
CrimeReads (best true crime)
CrimeReads (best crime debuts)
CrimeReads (best historical crime/mystery)
CrimeReads (best international crime)
CrimeReads (best crime movies)
Crime Fiction Lover (top 5 crime books)
cup of tea with that book, please (best mysteries & thrillers)
Financial Times (best thrillers)
FiveBooks (best thrillers)
Goodreads (best mystery & thriller)
Guardian (best crime books & thrillers)
Kirkus (best mysteries & thrillers)
MBTB’s Mystery Book Blog (best books)
New York Times (best thrillers)
PBS (authors’ favorite mystery books)
Publishers Weekly (best mystery books)
Readings (best crime books)
Telegraph (best crime fiction and thrillers)
The Times (best crime books)
The Times (best thriller books)
Waterstones (best crime & thriller books)
Washington Post (best thriller and mystery books)